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A Christmas message from the bishop
How many of us as an uncle, godparent, aunt, grandparent or parent
have watched a crying, fussing infant in a crib suddenly become quiet
and awestruck when the color and movement of a toy is suspended above
the crib? For a few moments, the child has forgotten its discomfort
and anxiety as its whole being becomes focused on this wondrous new
thing that has mysteriously entered its life.
It is a Christmas image for us. For what are we but God's children,
anxious, uneasy, pained by the personal and global circumstances of our
lives? And then God becomes incarnate in Jesus in Bethlehem. Like
shepherd and wise men and angels we are awestruck -- our whole beings
drawn to this new revelation that God places in our midst. Come
worship. Come adore. May the Spirit bring you all the joy of this
Christmas season.
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The Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE
Christmas 2009
Photo: St. Peter's Church, Beverly by Deborah Gardner Walker |
