Something has started, something good, and we are going to be a part of it. But what is it exactly? Wait and see.

At Christmas we can rejoice in a uniquely rich and mysterious gift, the new personal presence of “God with us.”

My go-to for holiday comfort is generally British TV shows. Any TV trip to the U.K. feels instantly like a vacation.

Coinciding with the winter solstice, the Longest Night is a prayer service aimed at offering comfort to people who struggle with the in-your-face, over-the-top joy sometimes demanded during the Christmas season.

In the Gospel, the passion accounts are dramas. The infancy stories are tableaus. They simply want us to see something.

George W. Hunt, S.J., editor in chief of America from 1984 to 1998, wrote about some of our nation's most famous authors. But he was a gifted writer himself, as seen in his many Christmas essays for the magazine.