He has filled the hungry with good things Reflections on the Nativity Gospels #13Luke 1:39-56 It is time once again to consider our icon of the Supplication (Deisis), depicting Christ Almighty flanked by John the Baptist, the final prophet of the Old...
She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger Reflections on the Nativity Gospels #14Luke 2:1-7 On Christmas Eve in the year 1223, St. Francis of Assisi marked the feast of Christ’s birth with a crib scene or creche, inaugurating a beloved custom that...
Glory to God in the HighestReflections on the Nativity Gospels #15Luke 2:8-20 When Uzziah, the tenth king of Judah, died in 739 B.C., the prophet Isaiah underwent an extraordinary experience in the Jerusalem Temple. He beheld the Lord God Almighty on His...
