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Dear Parish Friends Despite what it might seem looking at the shops, Christmas is  not over.  The liturgical festival lasts until 6th January, the Epiphany (this is the 'twelve days of Christmas'), and the our celebration of the incarnation and all that this means continues throughout the year. In our gospel passage we will read the end of Matthew's nativity story of the Holy family fleeing from Herod and his threats, into Egypt (we will return to the story of the magi from t

Dear Parish Friends Christmas is only days away, and the gospel passage from Matthew finally starts some of the narrative of the nativity. But we are still in Advent, and still focused on the question of what the coming of Jesus, for which we are waiting, means. Matthew sees in the birth of Jesus the fulfilment of a prophecy of Isaiah, where an unborn child would bring the promise of hope for future generations. And indeed in the rest of his gospel, Matthew expounds on how Je

Dear Parish Friends The third Sunday of Advent, and our readings are once again focussed on Jesus' mission, rather than his incarnation. In our gospel passage from Matthew 11, Jesus tells John the Baptist's disciples that he is indeed the one about whom John spoke. Then our readings from the prophet Isaiah, and Mary's Song (the Magnificat) remind us of the promises of God that are fulfilled in Jesus. Services on Sunday Morning are as as usual at 7am and 9am, with Zoom stream

Dear Parish Friends On the second Sunday of Advent, our focus is on the preaching of John the Baptist, the voice in the wilderness proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is near. In his time it was a proclamation that the one for whom they had long waited was at hand. God was acting in a powerful way in creation through Jesus, and John had to tell everyone about it. It is a timely reminded for us as we wait in Advent for both the celebration of Jesus' first coming and in anticip