A lonely Christmas
Christmas 2003 was probably my loneliest and most blessed. My internal life was undergoing what St John of the Cross...
Christmas
Ban Christmas? Why not?
Let us assume for a moment that in the spirit of the Vatican’s policy of engaging with other religions, we...
The meaning of Christmas
A reflection by Professor Peter Hunter Christmas means different things to different people. For the young children of families who...
Keeping Jesus warm
On Christmas Day we celebrate the fact that the Word became flesh. Or, to use a profound phrase of Benedict...
Nativity play nerves
Nativity plays. Everybody has either been in one or watched one. Sr ROSE POWER of Groblersdal reminisces about nativity plays and the...
Yehonatan and the baby
A short story by Louis Mallett He was street-child of his day, and Yehonatan’s mother had him up at first...
The bell of St Raphael
A short story by Fr Ralph de Hahn Port Raphael, on the Cape’s West Coast, was just a small insignificant...
Time and eternity meet on crossroads
Wherever Christian hearts beat, the holy night of Christmas draws millions together, writes Mgr JAN JAWORSKI. During the silent and...
God’s special gift to us
By Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI About 15 billion years ago a cosmic blast occurred that we have come to call...
