Bethlehem smells wonderful. Out of all the places we visited in the Holy Land during our recent pilgrimage, the denizens of…
Among the list of most beloved Christmas carols one will surely find “O Come, O Come…
The gospel reading for today’s Mass is from the first chapter of Luke, when the angel Gabriel…
December 26, the second day in the Octave of Christmas, is also the feast of St. Stephen…
St. Ephraim the Syrian, deacon and doctor of the Church, composed nineteen hymns on the…
The day after my return from the Holy Land was the memorial of St. John of the Cross, that great Carmelite mystic. It was my…