From the perspective of liturgy or the public worship of the Church, Christmas time begins with the Vigil Mass on December 24 ...
COMMENTARY: The first witnesses to the messianic birth are not the great and the good but the lowly shepherds.
COMMENTARY: A Polish Christmas Eve tradition, kept year after year, came to life in a way none of us expected.
The readings on this Feast of the Holy Family encourage and challenge us in our own relationships.