Holy Trinity and
Extracts from Newsletter for December 2003
A Christmas Meditation
Christmas began just over 2000 years ago with a gift;
the present of a Saviour given by God to the human
race, in the form of a baby, born in a
The familiar words of the Christmas hymn movingly
recall this for us:
How silently, how silently, the
wondrous gift is given.
So God imparts to human hearts, the
blessings of His heaven.
Silence! Silence is the powerful language God uses
when He speaks to us, so often. Rarely
does He speak to us in the dazzling display of human activity and noise. Rather in the power and majesty of
silence. That hymn continues:
No ear may hear His coming, but
in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him, still, The dear Christ enters in.
As we look at the Christmas scene in the crib, God
speaks to us in silence and humility.
Christmas should not pass for any of us, without our pausing in silent
adoration at the sight of God’s gift to us in the Crib. As we do so, are we not moved in silent
reverence and wonder? Do we not recall
once again, God’s profound generosity?
God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son.
When we look at the Crib, in our minds we go back to
our origins. We go back to our first
beginning. We creep up the stairs to the
cot of our childhood, where life began for each one of us. But in the Crib we go back to the moment
where Supernatural Life began again for each one of us. We all belong here, for we all belong to and
have been born into the family of God’s love.
And here, in this family: Where meek souls will receive Him, still, the
dear Christ enters in -- bringing to us something beyond our desiring and
deserving; the Supernatural Life He came to bring.
May God deepen His Love in all of us this Christmas.
Father Norman (Parish Priest)
At Your Word, Lord
Our thanks to
all who hosted or led small communities during the first Season of the ‘At Your
Word, Lord’ programme. We have been hearing great news about the
groups and how they have helped people to look at scripture, grow in their
faith, and get to know each other as a praying community. A letter to the
Cardinal, featured in the AYWL newsletter reads:
...and have now joined a little
group, which has very quickly become special. As I was driving to my group on
Monday, I thought to myself, at this time there must be lots of people from
this parish/diocese all going to their respective groups and I felt good about
it - I felt part of a large family. I also find the books that accompany the programme very beautiful, especially the art work and
meditations. .
However, it’s not over yet! We look forward to the next ‘season’ of 6
weeks, beginning on
If anybody is interested in
leading or hosting a group in the New Year, or in helping out as a member of
the Core Community, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would be delighted to hear from you!
Core Community Contacts:
Ian Allott,
Jennifer Blanchfield; Christopher Bryan;
Neil Haslam; Greg Hewitson;
Caroline Holmes; Bill Piper; Mike Tingle
AGAPE MEAL -
Churches Together in Baldock are arranging a meal during
Christian Unity week, as usual. This year it will be on Saturday 24th January
in the
Admission to
200 Club Winners for
this month are: Ken Woodruff, D Fidock,