COMMENTARY: Gaudete Sunday invites us to taste already the joy that comes from knowing our Savior is coming for us out of love.

PINK is the color of Mass vestments, as well as the Advent candle for Dec. 14, the Third Sunday of Advent, also called Gaudete or Rejoice Sunday.

The third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday, is a time to pause and rejoice. Joy is different from happiness and can ...

On a Gaudete Sunday blizzard at St. Patrick’s, a blind priest and the Xavier Society reveal a clearer kind of sight: faith ...

This Third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday, invites us to rejoice as we draw nearer to the coming of Christ. The rose candle we light today is a sign of joy breaking into darkness and the ...

MOBILE, Alabama – This Sunday, many Christians will light the third candle on the Advent wreath – a rose candle standing out from among the three purple ones. Rose, or pink, is the color for Gaudete ...

The third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday. This Latin term, “Gaudete” (“Rejoice!”), is taken from the Entrance Antiphon: “Rejoice, the Lord is near!” (Phil4:4-5). Advent is a time of ...

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-17). The third Sunday of Advent marks a pivotal change in the liturgical season of Advent, Fr. Jeffrey Kirby told Fox News Digital. Kirby ...

“Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise” (Lk 3:11). Gaudete—rejoice! True to form, the first reading from Zephaniah and the ...

The third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday. As we are halfway through Advent, this is a good time to reflect on our progress in preparing to receive the Lord. Although it is the second ...