Who Would Have Thought
Who would have thought That good news could come to us? Lost in the sea of fields Cut off from family, home, faith Doing a job no one wants. Yet meeting angels and being sent…
Tag: Christmas
Sincerely, Maleficent
Dear Santa, For sixteen years I’ve watched with bitter disappointment as every other king, queen, lord, lady, commoner, and fairy has received whatever their heart desired from your great big bag of toys while my…
Christmas Mishaps
By David Glenn It’s probably pretty cliché to say this, but Christmas is my favorite holiday. I grew up loving the lights and magic this season brings, and the spirit I feel is always…
The Dawn Carol
Watchmen! – keep watch for light, Watch on the walls of our land. We long for days of lost sight, Shadowed by death’s dark hand. “Unto you that fear my name Shall the Sun…
Dear Father Winter
Dear Father Winter I hope that you are well, and that you are looking forward to the festive season. Thank you for the beautiful apple tree that you gave me last winter solstice, it has…
Can we eat, drink and be merry this Christmas?
A quick google search will reveal that Pope Francis warns us almost every year about the commercialisation of Christmas. This year, for example, he was quoted as saying: “The Christmas tree and Nativity crèche should…
Meditation On A Eucharistic Christmas Carol
“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” has long been a favorite hymn of mine. This is partly because my mother loved it, so from an early age I was exposed to the simple, solemn grandeur…
The Coming of Christmas
We have candled your coming O Lord of Love. As from the deep dark we have watched and waited your wombing into world; lit lamps of longing in our Advent art and found freedom in…
Christmas Reflection 2021
By Elizabeth Roper This Christmas time my reflection is on the many crises in the world and the opportunity we are given to enact our spiritual callings and apply their ways of being to how…
The Darkest Day
Those carefree days of Summer are a dim and distant dream.Autumn’s blaze of colours seems so very far away.I lay my sleeping bag behind a row of bins that make a useful screen.I close my…