The smallness of God in the Eucharist and in the manger is a scandal. The all-powerful One becomes so small that he can be ...
The wise men in today's gospel reading are often depicted in our cribs and carols as kings. However, the gospel describes them as magi, what we would call today astronomers. The wise men at the time ...
The question is: what happened in the land of Israel and Judah in the few centuries leading up to the time of Jesus? Herod the Great, a military general and astute politician, was a complex man.