“So many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of Joseph and Mary,” Pope Francis said. “We see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day.”
Christmas
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why the world falls silent at Christmas
Today, the eternal Word is spoken by the Father into the world. Gabbing gives way to gaze.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
What being one of the first black Tiny Tims taught me about the Incarnation
Christ joined and redeemed the whole human family in all of our complex and beautiful diversity.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A battle in Britain as BBC launches war for Christmas & faith coverage
Just before Christmas, the announcement came that religious output on the BBC is to increase, not vanish, in 2018.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Bethlehem in 2017 is not the place of Christmas carols
We are full conspirators in this commerce, for we, too, have come to buy our bit of Bethlehem.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Christmas Eve: In Christ’s peace, we can do the impossible
Faith in God’s ability to do all things is the seed from which every miracle grows.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Las Posadas: a Mexican tradition keeps Christ (and Mary and Joseph) in Christmas
Las Posadas, “the inns,” is a reenactment of the Holy Family’s search for lodging in Bethlehem before the birth of Christ.
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
La Natividad del Señor
Para festejar este día santo, la Iglesia nos propone unos fragmentos de la Sagrada Escritura que dan sentido al misterio que celebramos.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Christmas prayer for (nearly) everyone
This Christmas, please help me remember a few simple things.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Can’t wait till the 25th? For Filipinos celebrating Simbang Gabi, Christmas comes early.
Simbang Gabi speaks to the central place that Christmas holds in the Filipino imagination.