Tag: Jesus
Today a Saviour is born to us
Like a magnet the Christmas Babe draws a young woman and older man, heavenly angels, foreign kings and local shepherds – in other words, everyone.
Pope at Christmas: Jesus’s birth brings hope in troubling times
Pope Francis questioned why the "greatest of kings" was born "without decent accommodation, in poverty and rejection."
Philippa Martyr: The maleness of Jesus Christ
I’ve been reading a rather grim book lately called Clerical Sexual Misconduct, which was reviewed in The Catholic Weekly earlier this year.
But in the...
Dr Paul Morrissey: Fully human, fully divine
A recent national survey in the US focussing on the beliefs of Christians has garnered some media attention. As a theologian, I was particularly...
Simcha Fisher: Those people who leave the Church over little things
People leave the Church for all kinds of reasons. Usually it's more than one reason; but sometimes people will be able to point to...
Martyn Iles: Help a refugee? Love them
Among Christians, a debate about Nauru rarely gets far before someone invokes Jesus. His parable of the Good Samaritan, His command to love our...