The Holy Nights JournalÊis meant to help us to connect with the cosmic rhythm during the time of the holy nights (Christmas to Epiphany. The JournalÊcan be used as a guide for the 12 days and 13 nights to practice to live with a consciousness that connects in a meaningful way with the higher truths in the universe and concerning our own life. We are encouraged to turn inward and towards a contemplation of the deeper meaning of our lives and of our own unique biography. The focus of theÊ2024/2025 online Holy Nights JournalÊis: The Gospel of St. LukeÊLectures 1 through 4 by Rudolf Steiner (GA144). In these lectures on the Luke Gospel, Steiner provides the solution to the riddle of the irreconcilable contradictions in the accounts of the genealogy and childhood of Jesus in Matthew and Luke when he unveils for the first time the secret of the two Jesus children. He also describes the workings of Zarathustra, the relation between the Buddha and Jesus child, and more. The translation of these lectures has been made from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer and published as Volume No. 114 in the Complete Centenary Edition of the works of Rudolf Steiner.