It’s that time of the year. The streets of every town in America shine brightly with holiday lights. Yards proudly display Christmas decorations in a parade of festive cheer. Stores are filled with ...

When you have an epiphany – under a flash of popping light bulbs – you suddenly grasp the reality or truth of something. From that moment on, you see things differently and look at the world with new ...

January 6th is a special date for both children and the religious community, marking the arrival of the Three Wise Men at the manger in Bethlehem to worship and present gifts to the Christ Child. If ...

Eoin Lettice receives funding from Science Foundation Ireland. Right now, Christmas nativity scenes across the world feature three kings – also known as the “wise men” or Magi – bringing gifts of gold ...

Writing his gospel to a Jewish audience, Matthew describes magi from the East bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to honor baby Jesus (MT 2:11): gold for a future king, frankincense to ...

The Gospel of Mathew tells of the visit by the three wise men to the birth of baby Jesus. They brought three gifts including “Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh” We know what gold is but whatever is that ...

Mention frankincense, and it’s hard not to instantaneously think of Christmas. Cited in the story of the birth of Christ in the Bible’s Book of Matthew, it was one of the precious gifts (alongside ...