SATURDAY 24th DECEMBER

                                                                 The Crib: St. Peter's

God our Father
Tomorrow the Saviour is born
And those who live in darkness will see a great light.
Help us, who greet the birth of Christ with joy,
to live in the light of your Son
and to share the good news of your love.
We ask this through Jesus Christ,
the light who is coming into the world.
Amen

Are you ready?

I said:

Are you ready?

Let me hear you one time..:

Are you ready?

Look, enough of the James Brown shtick, you know what we're trying to say. Yes, the turkey, yes, the presents, yes, the tree, yes, the inevitable Christmas 'flu, but we know you won't forget the reason we do this stuff. The waiting is very nearly over. God becomes incarnate, reaching out to humankind to bring us home to his Kingdom. Make time for Him too.

If you have been, thank you for following this blog throughout the Advent season. We hope it's been a blessing to you: informative and if we've done our job, sometimes thought-provoking.

We'll leave the blog up, certainly to the middle of January, but then it will disappear like the winter snow. There's a New Year to be experienced: new challenges to be faced. We move on with Christ as our companion on the road.

There'll be one last post (lol) on Tuesday 27th.

                                                        Happy Christmas, St. Peter's!

Theotokos

She is greater than you could possibly imagine.
She is less than you demand she be.

She is the construct
Of a handful of words
A myriad paintings
An infinity of divines
Working out their purposes
On her person.

How could it be otherwise?
For she is the mother of God.
A single point of view,
A particular, partial understanding
Could never comprehend the truth.

Love her. Love her son.
Everything else follows.

                         VC


People of God: shout and sing!
Tell the good news of peace on earth.
Lord, bring us today into Christ's peace
All God's people shout:
Amen!

Angels dance
and the bright star shines.
All creation bows to the Lord of all.
Lord, bring us today into Christ's light.
All God's people shout:
Amen!

One with us,
yet born to save,
he will show us the way to God.
Lord, bring us today into Christ's love.
All God's people shout:
Amen!

People of God: shout and sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Amen!