Tag: Nativity

What are these “glad tidings of great joy” delivered by angels? Who received them, and why? What was the message or the news exactly? Who are the wise men and what was their role? What are their names and where are they from? Who were the “shepherds” abiding in the fields awaiting the “good news?” Were their “flocks” really just sheep, or were they congregations of faithful Christians converging in the area for the advent of Christ?