Presiding Bishop's Christmas Message
Let us Pray: O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thine only Son Jesus Christ; Grant that as we joyfully receive him for our redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our judge, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Once again, we find ourselves on our way to Bethlehem. Why, after all the theology is said and done, after al
Meditation on Advent and Christmas
I often think that many, certainly those of us in our highly secularized world, think of the “Christmas season” in very specific terms. It lasts, they might argue, from the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) until gifts are returned. Perhaps some might keep their holiday trees alight until New Years Day. Still others, those who have a vague notion about the time-line of Christmastide might regard Twelfth Night (whatever that is; party time perhaps?) as the real end of the
