When you begin to read the New Testament in Matthew chapter one, there is a long genealogy of Jesus who is proclaimed to be ...
COMMENTARY: The first witnesses to the messianic birth are not the great and the good but the lowly shepherds.
Does the Gospel of Luke really tell the truth about the Nativity? Was Quirinius really the governor of Syria at the time of ...
Jesus had a family tree. Do you know yours? A reflection for the Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent. “Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar ...
This Sunday's lectionary reading for Advent 4 in Year A is Matt 1.18–25. It is a short reading, but laden with significance ...
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From Manger To Miracle: Medieval Legends Of The Child Jesus
Manger scenes displayed at Christmas usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger “because there was no room for them in ...
Mr. Wehner, a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, is a contributing Opinion writer. One of the forgotten facts of the story of Jesus’ life is that he came from a profoundly dysfunctional family. I was ...
We’re in Year C of the liturgical cycle, and that means the Gospel of Luke is the one we’ll hear most often at Sunday Masses this year. Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, ...
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