No. 17, Scenes from the Life of Christ – Nativity: Birth of Jesus, Giotto di Bondone (1304-1306), Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Veneto, Italy.
Wishing all of my online followers (especially those in Yanchep-Two Rocks) a most blessed, peaceful and joyful Christmas! God became flesh out of love for us – so that, attaching ourselves to Him, we might come to share in his glory. I pray for all of you, that Christ will make himself increasingly known to you, that you can share more and more in his divine life and love.
At the time appointed by God, the only Son of the Father, the eternal Word, that is, the Word and substantial Image of the Father, became incarnate; without losing his divine nature he has assumed human nature. (CCC 479)
It was so beautiful to be able to celebrate the birth of Christ our Saviour with a large crowd at the Yanchep Community Centre last night! As Fr Augustine said, there was no room in Bethlehem for the Saviour, and there was little room to sit down in the Community Centre. Please pray that we will be able to find a permanent, larger venue for our Church, and please pray that we can finally have a Pastoral Council to raise funds to do so! Thank you to all those who joined us for Mass!
I have to go and cook a turkey now, so if you would like some extra reflections on Christmas, I will leave you with these links:
A big shout out to Max Fraser of Two Rocks who made this wonderful sign for our Christmas Mass! Thanks Cathie and Max for installing this on the corner of Marmion Avenue. So good to see everyone pitching in and helping.
If you know anyone in our local area who doesn’t look forward to Christmas because it reminds them of their sadness, let them know that they can join us for lunch! Perhaps they have lost a loved one. Perhaps their family isn’t speaking to them. Or perhaps they are far away from their friends and relations.
Catholic in Yanchep 