People
of God: return!
You
are called to be God’s own.
From
the mountains announce the good news.
God
comes in justice and peace,
to
all who follow his ways.
You
are God’s children.
Lord,
make us one in the peace of Christ
today
and for ever.
Amen.
Love,
actually is the perfect Christmas film because it is so
recognisable. For so many of us, this season is a fraught one, pressure ramped-up
by office parties, school concerts, having to choose the perfect gift, the
expectation of spending time with relatives you don’t, actually, want to be
with. And for many more, a season that, unwelcome, magnifies our day-to-day
isolation. Still, the season works it magic on us, bewitching us into believing
that a better life is just about to begin—though we know that these will
probably look bleak in the stark cold light of January. Yet, despite all this,
and avoiding cynicism, we are reminded that sometimes it is when all the trappings
that have accrued around Christmas are stripped away, that we discover again
what truly matters—and that it might, actually, be all around us.
This
year the coronavirus might make for a stripped-back Christmas—though it may
well come with its own fraught-ness, and we might need to learn not to hate our
neighbours who bring on a third spike by their actions. It might just be our
own Love, actually moment. People of God: return!
No comments:
Post a Comment