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PRESENTS

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT

A SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER

“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. Longfellow

This Advent, First Things authors profile St. John of the Cross and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, two men who lived out the spirit of our current season, persevering in  anticipation of the Christ Child against all odds.

DECEMBER 2016 ● BY WILLIAM DOINO JR.

ADVENT WITH ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS

There’s no Christmas without Christ—and no Advent without Christian virtue.

DECEMBER 2015 ● BY TIMOTHY GEORGE

BONHOEFFER’S LAST ADVENT

How to celebrate the season of hope in hopeless circumstance.