"All this indescribable thing that we call the Christmas atmosphere only hangs in the air as something like a lingering fragrance of fading vapor from the exultant explosion of that one hour in the Judean hills nearly two thousand years ago."

-G.K. Chesterton

Used with Permission from Winter Fire

Saint John Damascene - Joyful Mysteries

Pray and Sacrifice for Bishop Jorge H. Rodríguez, Auxiliary Bishop of Denver

First Monday of Advent, by Fr. Jerome Magat at TOH Blog

Longtime NFL QB Philip Rivers, Wife Tiffany Welcome 10th Child: ‘It’s Awesome’, by Ben Thomas at AL

Chester Jones' London Flat Is a Lesson in Balance and Erudition, by Liz Elliot at House & Garden 

Some Gifts of Being a Convert, by David Deavel at The Imaginative Conservative 

Korean Style Pot Roast, at The Modern Proper

Navigating Love and Religion in a Mixed-Faith Marriage, by Maddie Musante at Radiant 

Before and After: A $2,500 DIY Maximizes This Attic Bedroom’s Small Square Footage, by Emma Kershaw at Apartment Therapy

Advent: A Sacred Ache, at Claire Dwyer