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On Page 10, Kathryn Jean Lopez discovers St. Augustine as a guide to help us make the most of this pandemic-time Advent. On Page 13, Mike Aquilina offers reasons why the “dogma lives loudly” in the Church’s celebration of Christmas. And on Page 16, Filipino Catholics explain why this Advent’s pared down Simbang Gabi celebrations are an accidental return to the centuries-old tradition’s origins.