Vignettes Of Christmas
By JAMES MONTI The unfolding of the Advent season almost entirely within the concluding month of the year serves to accentuate the sense of the past, present, and future all converging in this liturgical season devoted to recalling the first coming of Christ and anticipating His return in glory. On a more personal level, as Christmas draws near, we all experience the stirring of deeply cherished memories of Christmases in our own past, but also a certain longing for the beauty of Christmases long past, those of our forefathers in the faith, echoed in centuries-old Christmas carols and visually preserved in religious art.What I would like to offer here are several vignettes of Christmas from different times and places, all…Continue Reading