Keeping Jesus warm
On Christmas Day we celebrate the fact that the Word became flesh. Or, to use a profound phrase of Benedict...
Reflections
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...
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...
Scrooge still haunts us
By Owen Williams The visible aspects of the English-speaking Christmas owe much to Charles Dickens (1812-1870), particularly of course to...
Christmas in orphanages
Most children experience Christmas joy in the fold of a loving family. But not all children have families. MICHAIL RASSOOL looks at...
Making too merry
By Bernard Likalimba During my teenage years in Malawi, Christmas was not all about going to church and praying. For...
