President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines courts Muslim backlash after she withdrew an earlier order declaring the Muslim feast of Eid’l Adha as a national holiday.

The lessons learned then from the wedding feast at Cana is not the sanctity of marriage as the Roman Catholics associate it with. The narrative proved that the virgin from Nazareth is not the “Mother of God” but the “maidservant of the Lord” and that drinking is not a sin.

More people celebrate the Solstice than you think. Happy Holidays! We all share this wonderful season.

In the Bible, Jesus instituted two sacraments. The first was baptism. This was performed once as a sign of the beginning of life as a Christian. The second was the Lord’s Supper. This was performed repeatedly as a sign of continuing fellowship with Christ. Through baptism, believers confess their unity with Christ in His death and resurrection, and that union continues through the Lord’s Supper, which foreshadows the banquet at the second coming.