Billions of people around the world are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ on this Christmas Day.
But who exactly was this man that so many feel so close to? Why, 2,000 years later, do we still celebrate his birth?
For answers and perspective on these and other questions, I have always turned to my friend Frank Marino, a world-renowned musician by profession and an incisive theologian by avocation.
Gentle and generous of spirit, Frank comes the closest to anyone I know to living (at least, what I imagine to be living) the life of a true, practising Christian.
I can think of no better person to share his thoughts about Christmas Day and the man for whom it is named.
A year ago, seeking more insight into the meaning of Christmas, I spoke by telephone from an RCI studio to Frank and his home in Montreal. Here, once again, is that interview.
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