It’s not all that uncommon for very big things to have very small
beginnings.

 A very prominent Figure in Isaiah’s book of prophecy is Someone who
the prophet calls “the Servant of the Lord.”

    Psalm 72, in the original, bears the title “of Solomon.”  The big
question among Biblical scholars is:  Was this psalm written about
King Solomon at the beginning of his reign or was it written by King
Solomon in anticipation of the coming of the Lord’s Messiah?

Have you ever wondered what your name means?

  Today, on this “third day of Christmas” the Church remembers Saint John, one of the
Lord’s twelve apostles and the author of five New Testament books.

Well, it’s that time of the year again: the time of the year when at
least some of us have all kinds of mixed feelings as the world in
which we live throws a big birthday party for the Savior and seems to
invite everyone to it--except the Savior.

We know that Luke was an historian and a physician and yet, even with
such a scientific and precise mindset, he apparently was quite a
literary genius as well.