You see, our loved ones are celebrating in heaven as well. It’s Jesus’s birthday and the angels are singing; everyone gathers to share in the celebration and at the same time they are watching over ...

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be ...

One night this Advent, when our family assembled to say the Rosary, our daughter Mary Katherine told us she had been praying all 15 mysteries of the Rosary by herself. Mary, who is 12 years old, ...

Christmas gives us the answer about heaven. Heaven is, the Catechism tells us, a “communion of life and love with the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, the angels and all the blessed” (1024). What scene ...

When readers write to me from various locations around the country and say good things about my column, it is like music to my ears. From the very beginning it has been my purpose and my heart’s ...

The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa Claus. But the classic poem also sparked a centuries-long controversy. Now, ...

DEAR BONNIE: This time of the year is so hard. Missing someone in Heaven has me in so much pain. I do not feel like celebrating Christmas or even putting up a tree. I do not know how others deal with ...