25/12/2021

May I wish you all a very blessed Christmas and Happy New Year. This has been a difficult year for everyone, of lockdown, of opening up, of changing patterns of restrictions, and now the gloomy prospect of further restrictions in the New Year, all of which has sapped the spirit. Despite and beyond this, Christmas is the Festival when the Church celebrates the breaking in of God, ‘now in flesh appearing’, into the world.  The Son broke-in decisively over 2000 years ago, born in that Bethlehem stable. Now God is breaking into our world today. This is the season of hope.

I hope your celebrations, despite all the obvious limitations, will bring you joy and peace, and strength for the year ahead.

May I wish you a very blessed Christmas
Fr Peter