Christmas

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To all my readers: Have a very happy Christmas and a blessed New Year. I have placed a link to the Song I have used in my Christmas Homily. God Bless you all. Fr Peter





And all this happened because the world is waiting, waiting for one child A Child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter. Hate to love, war to peace. And every one of everyone’s neighbour Misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten forever.

The Song as you may well know was sung by Jonny Mathis and comes out every Christmas. IT tells us the story of a Child that brings peace to the word. It is also a song of hope that we will learn from this child what it means to love one another. But, when we see a newly born baby what does it teach us about God and his love for us. A baby is totally dependent on its parents.  And so should try and become like little children and become dependent on God. A Baby brings also people together we only have to see that in the story of Christmas where the wise men and the shepherds came to see the Holy family. And so also 2000 years later Jesus brings families together. And so welcome if you are a long lost member of our family here in this Church. It is a great joy and blessing to see you today. Everyone is very welcome here as we are all part of God’s family.

I am aware though that there are lots of families cannot share in the joy of Christmas this year. Maybe their Sons or Daughters are away either in the armed forces or a member of their family has died in the last year. This is where the family of God can help sp much by praying for them. And maybe we can spare a though for them this Christmas day.

There are so many examples where the Christmas story is played out and the message of the love of God is shown. An example of this is the famous story of Christmas day 1914 when in the trenches the English and German went into no man’s land and shared songs, cigarettes and photos. They even had an improvised game of football. For a day they forgot about what the orders of their superiors had said and showed that the spirit of Christmas prevailed. In a sense it was a missed opportunity. Let us not waste our opportunities today to bring a Christmas into others lives. But, not only for one day but for all our lives so that the spirit of Christmas is always shown in how we live in the world and how we treat others.

And so I remind you of the words I started with:
And all this happened because the world is waiting, waiting for one child A Child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter. Hate to love, war to peace. And every one of everyone’s neighbour Misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten forever

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Anne Chapman said…
I really like the homily and can't stop singing the song now!
26 December 2011 at 17:19
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