CHRISTMAS TIME
25 DECEMBER 2022
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD – SOLEMNITY
AT THE VIGIL MASS
A REFLECTION (Matthew 1: 1-25)
MARY WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A SON AND YOU MUST NAME HIM JESUS. Tonight we celebrate the realisation of the angle’s prophecy to Joseph. God is born of a woman. Jesus is one of us for ever. From now on no human being need be called ‘Forsaken’ or ‘Abandoned’ but rather ‘God’s Delight’.
AT THE MASS DURING THE NIGHT
A REFLECTION (Luke 2: 1-14)
I BRING YOU NEWS OF GREAT JOY. You share the joy of the angels and the shepherds as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Saviour of the world. He is one with us, in times of darkness and hardship, in joy and celebration.