How long has it been, years, months, days, since Jesus Christ was born? ?
light a candle in your local Roman Catholic church and say a prayer for someone who is in financial, moral, or spiritual trouble or conflict the birth of Jesus is not recoverable – – there is a Univ. of Notre Dame professor in South Bend, IN who maintains that the “Star Of Bethlehem” might be an astronomical clue but that does not persuade me that history can pin down a point for Jesus, son of Mary as if some sort of horoscope could be figured out. . . EDIT: Professor is an Astrophysicist Mathews will give four public presentations of his research, titled “What and When was the Christmas Star?” in the Digital Visualization Theatre of Notre Dame’s Jordan Hall of Science at 7 p.m. on Dec. 15 (Saturday); 3 p.m. on Dec. 16 (Sunday); 7 p.m. on Dec. 22 (Saturday); and 3 p.m. on Dec. 23 (Sunday). His investigative method is built around a key set of questions: When did the event occur? Who might have seen it? And what were its characteristics, such as color, brightness and the length of the o
