Christmas and New Year
Year A readings
The Season of Christmas, more than any other religious festival, has the power to capture heart and imagination. Nostalgia clearly plays a part, but here there is something deeper, something richer, something that answers a forgotten longing.
This longing is beautifully captured in the biblical imagery that takes us from Advent to Christmas and the beginning of a new year.
We are that people who walked in darkness and longed for light. We have, in our doubt and disappointment, lived in a land of deep shadow. Hidden beneath the passing of our days there is a longing for Good News. “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of one who brings good news, who heralds peace, brings happiness and proclaims salvation.”
