Christmas

The Christ Child is the source of light in the painting. The edges of the scene are nearly in darkness reminiscent of John’s Gospel: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

“I would like my book to provide another option to families who want to commemorate the feast in a way that is both delightful and uplifting,” says author Thomas Williams. “I meant it as a fireside book, an around-the-table book, a bedside book for children young and old.”

During Christmas season, pray with our area religious communities, bishop.

Nearly 160,000 security personnel will be deployed to try to make upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations in Indonesia safe, according to a police official.

I’d suggest three ideas, three approaches to these days that can help us experience Advent the way it was meant to be.

The annual Box of Joy program “is an opportunity to consciously take time out of the busy holiday season to focus on serving others and sharing the joy of Jesus’ birth.”

These two books have some limitations but are beautifully published volumes that have the challenge of sharing the traditions of the Catholic faith and why some other practices have emerged and continuted.

Managua Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Jose Baez reiterated his calls for dialogue and respecting human dignity in Nicaragua, where the president has crushed protests, closed critical media outlets and persecuted anyone — including priests — publicly opposing his administration.