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As the Christmas celebrations start, Canon Michael Hore, the Catholic Dean of Guernsey, has shared a message for the Bailiwick with Express.
"The year is closing and it is time to glance back. As we live in a time that is so void of peace and a world that seems to be digging deeper into disaster from a Christian perspective, our fullest identity is found in our being children of God, an identity we share with the people of this planet. God comes among us in the person of Jesus Christ, not as an outsider but fully human and with a perfect love for all humankind.
"The story of Christmas is however the story of someone who does not fit easily into neat categories.
"Jesus Christ became for a time a migrant child. He and his family fled to a foreign country because their lives were at risk. The plight of so many hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the world today gives us all cause for thought. If our concern with our own identity allows us to think of others as less worthy of God’s love or less in His heart of love, then we are both deluded and dangerous. Christmas, with its message of hope and joy, is a celebration of the real identity we all share in the love of Jesus Christ for each and every one of us.
"Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Christ. Hopefully he will come to life in each and every one. Allow his love to penetrate your mind and heart. Hopefully our minds and hearts will be filled with faith, hope and love in Jesus Christ.
"May you and your family and neighbours share with each other the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus Our Lord. Have a beautiful Christmas filled with love."
Canon Michael Hore
Catholic Dean of Guernsey
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