In Wisconsin, the weather is drab and gray most days this time of year. We get up while it is still dark outside, and by the time we get home to have dinner, the sun, if it appeared at all during the ...

BEULAH - In a dark room, the flame of one candle lights the far corners. It is the same for the human heart. Sunday, parents with broken hearts lit candles for their children who have died. The ...

Today the Church honors St. Lucy, often referred to as the “Saint of Light.” It is not uncommon to have a procession with young girls carrying candles, with the lead girl wearing a wreath of lights.

On the World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to not be brought down by the “doom and gloom” of the world, but to witness to the joy of the Gospel through service to those in need. ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic A view of the Paschal candle in its holder at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 13, 2022. St. Bartholomew Catholic Church Youth and Young ...

That was the start of a practice I've taken to calling Candle Hour. An hour before I go to bed, I turn off all my devices for the night. I hit the lights. I light a candle or two or three — enough to ...

As we face the COVID pandemic, political unrest, economic challenges, and multiple crises, many of us are feeling anxious, uncertain, lost in darkness. We’re also deep in the season of winter, when ...

In all likelihood, it wasn’t his birthday, but the 25th of December (the 25th of Kislev on the Jewish calendar) was a celebration day for Jesus. It was time for a holiday trip to Jerusalem, a time to ...

The Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah, the festival of lights, begins at sundown on Sunday, Nov. 28. Jews celebrate the physical light that comes from candles in the menorah, which grows brighter as an ...

Maybe you are like me in marking the extra minute of daylight we will now gain each day after the winter solstice. Perhaps you’re also as weary as I of the darkness that seems to have settled on the ...

On the World Day of the Poor, the Holy Father encouraged Christians to witness to the joy of the Gospel through service to those in need, saying that ‘our God is the God of resurrection and hope.’ ...