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. …
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People of the First Christmas: The Virgin Mary
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 …