Joe Iovino

Memories of my grandmother

My grandmother’s funeral was on Saturday, and I had the privilege of sharing my memories of her at a memorial.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no

I spent part of Saturday morning putting away our Christmas decorations. Friday was Epiphany, the last day of the Christmas

While they are not in my nativity set, there are two other characters that appear in Jesus’ birth stories who

As a kid, the Wise Men always fascinated me. Of all the figurines in the nativity set, they were the most

As we continue around our nativity scenes, we find the shepherds. Just moments before they were out in the fields

Mary was called to be Jesus’ mother, the Christ-bearer. She has a unique role in the history of the world.

Joseph, the earthy father of Jesus, has an extraordinary role in the Christmas story. In many ways, however, he was