The light shineth in the darkness

Dec 25, 2023 by

by Julian Mann, TCW: THE set Gospel reading for Christmas Day in the Book of Common Prayer makes clear that the conflict between good and evil is intrinsic to the Christmas message. Today’s reading from the first chapter of John’s Gospel,...

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Dec 25, 2023 by

A happy and blessed Christmas to all our readers.  

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Meditation for the Feast of the Nativity

Dec 25, 2023 by

 Mon Dec 25 am: 80 pm: 146, 147 2 Sam 7:-18-29 Gal 3:1-14 Luke 1:57-66 FEAST OF THE NATIVITY MEDITATION: We have spent Advent preparing for this day – and the future hope that Christ’s presence means. The words of Luke these last few days...

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Hard to beat this tearjerker about families at Christmas

Dec 24, 2023 by

By Mercator Staff (Editor’s note: a powerful reminder of the value of every human life) A sentimental Christmas ad for Chevrolet. The five-minute film, “A Holiday to Remember”, is circulating on social media. It’s a...

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The Curious History of Christmas

Dec 24, 2023 by

By Scott Hubbard, Mercator As day dawned over England on December 25, 1647, the nation woke to the strangest Christmas of all: no Christmas. For the first time, Christmas had been canceled. Christmas canceled? Indeed, Christmas canceled....

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How the wise men lifted my gloom at Christmas in bandit-ridden Baghdad

Dec 24, 2023 by

by Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday: Of all the strange, upset and postponed Christmases I have experienced in following my curious trade of journalism, the oddest was 20 years ago, when the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured by the...

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