The Day After Christmas
The little grey Teddy Bear sat in the back corner of the long shelf, wistfully watching the employees clean up and put away the Christmas decorations. He didn’t really mind that he hadn’t been chosen…
Tag: Advent & Christmas
Christmas Tears
Christmas is a time of tears, A joyful melancholy, A dazzling of midnight dawn A glint of darkest glory. The ribbons are of crimson hue, And tinsel, silver-strung Wrapped round the stumbling Christ, With poinsettias…
Everyone Writes a Poem about the Winter Solstice
The moon is falling away from the full The axis of the earth will briefly pause Planets and stars align as the Maker wills And we wonder if we can sense our world Our…
Who Would Have Thought
Who would have thought That good news could come to us? Lost in the sea of fields Cut off from family, home, faith Doing a job no one wants. Yet meeting angels and being sent…
Can we eat, drink and be merry this Christmas?
A quick google search will reveal that Pope Francis warns us almost every year about the commercialisation of Christmas. This year, for example, he was quoted as saying: “The Christmas tree and Nativity crèche should…
Contemplation of a Pregnant Teenager
They say you forget the pain When the baby is in your arms. I don’t know if it’s true – I’m still waiting. But even if it is, I know I won’t forget the fear;…
The Desire of All Our Race
Two figures embody Advent: one, obvious by his irrepressible presence, the other hidden in her quiet faith. Taken together, they instruct us not only in the true meaning of Advent, but in the real meaning…
It’s a Wonderful Life: Defending Eucatastrophe
~ By Edwin Woodruff Tait It’s a Wonderful Life has been in my mind a lot recently. Not least because a few weeks ago I had the privilege of playing George Bailey in the climactic…
Advent – A Gift of Becoming
“The old order changeth, yielding place to new”-“The Coming of Arthur” and “The Passing of Arthur” in Idylls of the King There is much to be said for Ordinary Time It's very ordinariness is kind…
A Christmas Carol Staves
By Patrick Hilleary Image: Pixabay Hello and Seasons Greetings to you all. I hope you are having a very Merry Christmas Season and are able to spend it with those you love. It’s been some…