While Joseph is away trying to find light for the darksome stable, Mary brings into the world the Light of everlasting Day.

The chill of the night is relieved by the warmth of the beasts in their stalls, prompting Mary and Joseph reflect on the promises of Scripture.

When the plague once again visited Northumbria, Bishop Cuthbert of Lindisfarne left his island retreat and brought comfort and healing to the suffering.

After the monastery of St Paul in Jarrow was devasted by an epidemic, the Abbot had only a boy in his early teens to rely on.

Like the legendary phoenix, the Christian must spend his life making a nest fit for his rebirth in fire.

The Bishop of Myra’s ceaseless toil to put an end to the worship of Artemis made him some dangerous enemies.