Vicar’s Christmas
Message 2003 Our
wonderful warm and sunny summer continues long into
Autumn. The feel of a crisp snowy Christmas night feels a
long way away. But then most of the world celebrates
Christmas in heat not in cold. Those many parts of the
world that straddle the equator, parts of Whatever
the weather, the heart of Christmas remains. In sending
Jesus, God sends love into the world to help us all to
love. For love is the most important thing of all. And
whatever the weather, we human beings usually manage to
contrive for some people in the world to be caught up in
cycles of violence and many in cycles of poverty. The
message of the angels is needed ass much as ever, 'Glory
be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards
people.' This Christmas, as we celebrate again this
coming of love into the world, let us try as we are able,
to bring love and peace into the lives of other people. My
colleagues Priscilla and Elizabeth, our spouses, Kitty,
Roger and Eddie, the Churchwardens and congregations of
this parish, welcome you to our Christmas services and
wish you all a very happy Christmas and a peaceful new
year. Christopher Morgan-Jones |