The feast of the Epiphany commemorates the arrival of the magi, perhaps astrologers, magicians, kings or priests from the East. They journey to find Christ, worship and offer gifts of gold, ...

VATICAN CITY — In his homily for the feast of the Epiphany, Pope Francis described how our lives are a continuous search to encounter “the Light” of Jesus, urging that we be “cunning” in our defense ...

Two years later, when my journey with the Magi was finally over, the nature of Christianity-not to mention Christmas-had been irreversibly transformed for me. But what they both perhaps lost on the ...

Gregory Elder is a professor emeritus of history and humanities at Moreno Valley College and a Roman Catholic priest. (Courtesy Photo) At this time of year, at the time of Christmas and so many other ...

(A Spiritual Reflection on T. S. Eliot’s Poem ‘The Journey of the Magi’ to Live the Spirit of Christmas Meaningfully) The modernist poet T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Journey of the Magi’ is a profound dramatic ...

Géraldine Elschner, trans. from the German by Kathryn Bishop. Minedition (IPG, dist.), $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-988-8341-26-9 As in The Nativity (2015), Elschner retells a biblical tale, in this case the ...

The Magi had the courage to set out on a journey in the hope of finding something new, unlike Herod who was full of himself and unwilling to change his ways, Pope Francis said. The Wise Men who set ...

In the last 30 years of his life, Gozzoli painted a vast cycle of Old Testament scenes in Pisa's Camposanto. Allied firebombs destroyed all but the odd fragment. Art historians had advised the ...

The Journey of the Magi is narrated by Michelle Fairley and Stuart Graham with an introduction by the award-winning poet, Michael Longley The Journey of the Magi is a lovely example of WR Rodgers’ ...

I had never really imagined their journey until I read T.S. Eliot’s poem, Journey of the Magi. I had never imagined much more than the scene around the manger: the kneeling kings holding out their ...