‘If God can visit us, even when our hearts seem like a lowly manger, we can truly say: Hope is not dead; hope is alive and it embraces our lives forever!’

Inspired by his friend and mentor Henri Nouwen, Metropolitan Borys Gudziak, leader of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S., invites listeners in his Christmas Eve homily to approach the manger with renewed awe and openness.

A Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, by Father Terrance Klein

While Chesterton wrote on a vast number of subjects, Christmas was a favorite.

A Reflection for the Nativity of the Lord, Mass at Dawn, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in Gaza.