Good evening!  At last, after four and a half long weeks of Advent, it is here. The altar and pulpit are hung with white, the colour of joy that surpasses understanding in the glorious mysteries that define us as Christians.  White is the colour of baptism and marriage, the colour of Easter and Christmas.  It signifies the triumph of good over evil and reflects the Light of Christ.   The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep

Isaiah 35:1-10    Matthew 11:2-11   Good morning! It is another Sunday where, like the first Sunday of Advent, our pulpit hanging does not match the altar hanging. The altar continues to be the traditional purple, while today the pulpit colour, like that of the colour in our Advent wreath, is rose. Please note, the Church does not recognize pink as a liturgical colour. Pink, a combination of red and white, was a colour worn in ancient India and imperial China, as well as the

Romans 13:11-14    Matthew 24:36-44   Good morning and Happy New Year!  It is Advent – the Church year begins.   Therefore you … must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.”   Ah yes – the season of preparation has arrived, though there may be some confusion as to what it means to be ready, to be prepared. Andy Wiliams would have told us in joyful song that “it’s the most wonderful time of the year”, and our minds fill with images of – what? – the mall