Christmas Day may be Dec. 25, but it’s not the end of Christmas story. In many Western Christian traditions, there are 12 days of Christmas, culminating around Jan. 6, known as the feast of the ...
Modified adjusted gross income, or MAGI, might sound like just more tax jargon, but knowing how to calculate your MAGI is key to determining your eligibility for several valuable tax benefits, ...
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A person’s modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) determines whether they pay higher Medicare Part B or Part D premiums. In 2025, this will be based on 2023’s MAGI. In 2026, it will depend on 2024’s ...
Sunday, Jan. 7, is the Epiphany of the Lord. Mass readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12. For Epiphany, the Gospel depicts the Magi in a ...
When I was a child, the small nativity scene my family displayed at Christmas included only a single king rather than the traditional three. Perhaps two had gotten lost before my family inherited the ...
They came. They saw. They gifted. That's about all we know of the foreign visitors who traveled to Bethlehem to see the infant Jesus. The scene ingrained in the public imagination - a stately ...
The Epiphany as a Solemnity once rivalled Christmas, because it was the celebration of the Incarnate God made manifest (“Epiphany,” ἐπιφάνεια, means “manifestation”) to all peoples. The Magi — by ...
The welcome winter festival has been upon us, starting with the solstice of the sun and carrying on until those late-arriving gift-givers, the magi, finally show up, as they will, in all their many ...
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, ...
Not to be confused with the stand-up comedian, Magi loosely bases its characters on the various heroes and heroines of the Arabic collection of Middle Eastern stories One Thousand and One Nights, ...