Wednesday, 25 December 2024

A Happy and Holy Christmas: Christmas Candle

Bishop Paul preaching at Midnight Mass 
surrounded by the Advent and Christmas candles

Light me, I am the white candle,

I cry out the end of waiting.

I am the candle

whose colour contains

all the spectrum’s colours.

I am the light

that sets the sky ablaze

for shepherds.

I am the star

that draws wise men

to journey to a destination.

I am the glow

that comes from a baby born -

from all of Love.

I am the fire

that stands in the centre of four flames - I proclaim Gospel.

Poem by Tim Hoare, parishioner 2024