The fifth joyful mystery was probably very joyful for Mary and Joseph ... they went up according to festival custom.” In Jesus’ day, while the Temple still existed, devout Jews made a ...

Directed by D.J. Caruso, with a screenplay written by Timothy Michael Hayes, Mary tells the story of the mother of Jesus Christ ... that King Herod’s second temple was filmed at a museum ...

Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus by Elaine Pagels finds that the son of God is more than the sum of his ...

Magdalene is the most famous woman in Christianity after Jesus ... he met Mary of Egypt, instead. “The great moment of the story is he’s going in search of a desert father, and finds ...

When I pray these mysteries, the idea that most often comes to mind is the littleness of Jesus (and, for that matter, of Mary ... laying eyes on Jesus in the Temple—the fifth and final joyful ...

What could be (or should be) more welcome around Christmastime than a movie about Mary and the birth of Jesus? On Dec. 6 ... until she is brought to the Temple. There, Mary is met by Anna ...

The story of Mary is many things – an origin story, a Jesus prequel ... in the care of Anna the Prophetess (Susan Brown) at the temple. She prays and feeds the poor and does the washing ...