For Your Weekend: Lingering in the Darkness

Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Luke 1:39–45

December 22 marks the final Sunday of Advent. Though some years we are granted nearly a full week to savor the closing days before Christmas, this year, the fourth week of Advent is fleeting—only three days long. With so little time, there might be the temptation to declare Advent as complete, to pat ourselves on the back for getting through three weeks of frenzy (can you believe Thanksgiving was only 23 days ago?), and begin the final tasks for...