How Shepherds and Magi Teach Us to Find Christ
COMMENTARY: The first witnesses of Christ’s birth show how vigilance and humility lead the heart to recognize God’s saving presence.
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Lessons From the Christmas Gospels
COMMENTARY: The first witnesses to the messianic birth are not the great and the good but the lowly shepherds.
Fatima Message Emphasizes Need for Today’s Eucharistic Revival
All of the visionaries, particularly Francisco, had a deep devotion to the Eucharist. Francisco would spend hours before the tabernacle to console the Hidden Jesus.
Do Sheep Graze in Bethlehem in December?
Sheep (having wool coats) are easily able to endure even winter cold, and are grazed in the winter, even in very cold and snowy conditions.
What the Shepherds Saw When the Light Shone Upon Them
“‘Arise, shine; for your light has come.’ Today, the Solemnity of Epiphany … in pointing to the light the prophet is pointing to Christ. As it shone for the shepherds seeking the newborn Messiah, so this light shines today on the path of the Magi.’ —Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis Prays that Shepherds Will Have Courage to be Close to Their Flock
Celebrating Mass before a small congregation due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pope said that the disciples saw themselves as “a privileged class, ‘an aristocracy,’ so to speak,” but that Jesus repeatedly corrected them.
Pope: ‘The Lord Cannot Accept That Even One Person Can Be Lost’
The Parable of the Good Shepherd is a key example of God’s mercy, the Holy Father said May 4.
Palliums Will Be Given to New Archbishops at Home, Not Rome
Since 1983, the pope has bestowed the pallium to new archbishops at the Vatican on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul.
