In the last installment of our Advent and Christmas video series Fr Jim Martin reflects on the Feast of the Three Kings Tim Reidy

The ancient world in all its parts had what we strictly or loosely call Philosophers that is those who love wisdom which is what Philosopher means Wisdom is avidly searched for because wisdom is the prerequisite or requirement for happiness and happiness perfect happiness is what we al

T S Eliot and W B Yeats both wrote poems about the visit of the three kings They re notable for the stark challenges they pose Eliot s poem particularly in the last verse shows the whole world of the three kings challenged radically just by the birth of Jesus Yeats has them seeking the

There is no getting around it if you grew up as a Protestant or an Anabaptist Mary is often a confusing figure Not I would say an essentially divisive figure not a troubling figure but confusing The confusion stems from how to accept Mary There is a sense that Roman Catholics say too much a

There was nothing so vulnerable in the ancient world as the life of a child The same is true in many ways even today a child s life is dependent upon those who will care for that child before the child can even know faith or trust her life is in the hands of others Yet other vulnerabilities

Editorial director Karen Sue Smith reflects on the importance of slowing down during the Christmas season Tim Reidy