Matthew Livingstone, S.J.

This year I was blessed with the opportunity to spend the Christmas holidays in the Holy Land something I have always hoped to do thanks to my one year of studies in Cairo Yet going from Egypt to the Kingdom of David struck me as a little odd Didn rsquo t the Holy Family escape from Herod in Be

Every Monday I enjoy a picnic along the banks of the Nile in a secluded spot that I found away from the bustle of the city Cairo is not an easy place to find such a place so I rsquo m rather pleased with myself I sit on an old wall and look at the cattails and bulrushes and imagine where the bas