Beloved,
let us give thanks
to God the Father,
through his Son,
in the Holy Spirit,
because in his great love of us
he took pity on us,
and when we were dead in our sins
he brought us to life
with Christ,
so that in him we might be a new creation.
Le us throw off our old nature and all its ways and,
as we have come to birth in Christ,
let us renounce the works of the flesh.
Merry Christmas to each of you!
You are in my prayers in a special way this Christmas
and my intention is to ask the Lord God
to make the new year
2008
a period of twelve months
when you find peace to any problems that arise in your hearts
good health through all the sicknesses that might beset your body
and happiness in all that you do.
