To all my readers, I wish you a very Merry Christmas. May your celebrations be safe and full of joy alongside your family and friends. It is a beautiful time to remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. Edna Ferber
We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. Pope Paul VI
Welcome to another blog post in my series on the individuals present at the First Christmas I will be examining the final witnesses to the Nativity: the shepherds who tending their flocks in the fields near Bethlehem. Before delving into the biblical account, it’s important to understand the social context of shepherds during Jesus’ time. (more…)
Greetings and welcome back to this mini-series on the people of the First Christmas. In this mini-series, I’m taking a look at what the Bible has to say about each of the characters there and this week, I will be examining St. Joseph, the earthly husband of Mary and the earthly father of Jesus. Let me (more…)
Welcome everyone to the first post in this mini-series where I’ll be looking at some of the people who participated in that first Christmas about two thousand years ago. In this week’s blog post, I’d like to examine one of the central characters, the Virgin Mary. As a Roman Catholic, I deeply admire the extraordinary (more…)