If it is true that God is the end to which we are all called the source from whom all life emerges and the goal for which we yearn and strain then it is so for all people The knowledge of God is not simply something which becomes known with the coming of Christ it was known before his coming and

The central point of the Magi story is clear gentiles treat Jesus as a king whereas all Jerusalem is greatly disturbed by news of a newly born King of the Jews the title currently held by Herod the Great as a gift from Rome nbsp One finds little openness to gentiles from Jesus in his publ

Happy New Year Or is it The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas December 31 has readings from 1 John 2 18-21 and John 1 1-18 the first a little chilling the second very heart-warming nbsp Just like winter in the frozen north when you step into a warm house from the frigid outdoors nbsp

When I was 5 or 6 years old I convinced my mother that I should sleep under the Christmas tree so that I could wait for Santa and greet him when he arrived at our house I don rsquo t recall much of the rest of that night but I have always been a fitful sleeper and I rolled into the tree and crash

Every one of the canonical Gospels insists on starting its story with the identification of Jesus as divine nbsp It is Matthew by linking Isaiah with the child conceived through the Holy Spirit who uses the word Immanuel of him nbsp imm with anu us el God nbsp As Matthew draws the r

The claim that Christians chose December 25th as Jesus' birthday because it coincided with pagan celebrations is probably incorrect.