Auxiliary Bishop Peter Byrne celebrated a Mass organized by the Staten Island Catholic Worker to call for the canonization of Dorothy Day.

Durante la Misa él nos invita a llenarnos de esperanza en este inicio del Adviento y a preparar nuestros corazones para darle una plena bienvenida a Jesucristo en la Navidad.

Let's join "The Bells of Saint Mary's" first graders in a chorus of "Happy Birthday, dear Jesus" in gratitude to God for sending us His only son to save us.

Like that roman centurion in today's reading, we invite Jesus to come because we need Him. Jesus is the Eternal Word.

In his video today, Cardinal Dolan talks about the purpose of the holy season of Advent, and how it differs from mainstream understandings of Christmas.