True Christmas Celebrates Jesus: Tender and Humble
With Christmas just over a week away, visitors came to St. Peter’s Square with their Baby Jesus figurines for a...
Christmas
Our Priests in Rome!
A group of Southern African priests studying in Rome made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Padre Pio at San...
West Bank Residents Work to Ensure Tourists Spend Time with Locals
Bethlehem and the neighbouring towns of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour depend economically on tourism but traditionally have struggled with keeping...
The Pope’s Christmas and New Year
Pope Francis has a full schedule of Christmastime liturgies planned for December and January, including the customary baptism of...
How to Survive the ‘Secular Christmas’
The tinsel in the shops and colourful catalogues in newspapers have alerted us for the past few weeks already that...
Let’s Take Back Our Christmas!
Those who are serious about celebrating the birth of Christ, in a meaningful way, should consider leaving December 25 to the pagans and atheists. Let them have their fun and merriment on their “happy holidays” but refrain from hijacking our very important feast.
Carols We Love
Thank you for Günther Simmermacher’s article on “Stille Nacht”, one of the most-loved carols, and the belated recognition of writer Fr Joseph Mohr and composer Franz Gruber.
May I mention some beautiful carols which are not as well known?
See the Jewels on Black Velvet
I feel bad for those who have become so consumed with the errands of the day that they have not taken the time to lift their heads and count the white threads in God’s own tapestry. They sit like jewels in a black velvet box.
Epiphany Changes Our View of Reality
What is the great manifestation; the revelation of the epiphany of the lord that we celebrate to-day and how does this change my view of reality and my own way of being in the world?
