Pause for Thought

So the turkey has been eaten, the wrapping-paper tidied away and the presents enjoyed and (hopefully) thanked for, and so: is that really Christmas done for another year? '¨

Is that what it’s about? 
Have we allowed ourselves time to let its message sink in? 
Have we realised just why the birth of a baby 2,000 years ago happens to have been the most significant event in human history? For that was the moment when God broke into our own human space and time; when He who was invisible became visible, and He who is all-powerful became as vulnerable as a baby, living in far-from-ideal circumstances, and far from home.

Fr Michael Vyse, assistant curate, Worksop Priory with St Paul’s, Manton.