Christmas Eve

Have you noticed how Luke tells of the Nativity giving us stories that are filled with light & joy, of angels and the Holy Spirit...of Mary cared for by Elizabeth and then by Joseph and his family in Bethlehem.

joy

Shepherds & Angels

"...and suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God,

and saying

'Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace..."

Nativity : www.jesusmafa.com

"For most of us, there is only the unattended 

Moment, the moment in and out of time,

The wild thyme unseen...

Or the waterfall, or music heard so deeply

That is is not heard at all, but you are the music

While the music lasts. These are only hints and guesses...

The hint half guessed, the gift half understood, is Incarnation. "

 T S Eliot : The Dry Salvages

Christmas Eve

Beautiful clear dark sky;

The beginning of a frosty nip in the air,

And a new crescent moon arises among distant stars.

Was it such a night as this

That shepherds were out keeping watch over their flocks near Bethlehem?

And after the angel, which scared the life out of them,

Just imagine vast flocks of angels spiraling around, 

Like streams of coloured light dancing in the darkness...

Wow... all that joyful breathtaking glory...

this oil painting was requested as a Christmas card this year by Cornerstone, Charitas, Diocese of Salford

www.cornerstonecds.org.uk