At 11.30 p.m. people
again gathered at St Paul’s for the Midnight Communion Service. The same
message of Christ’s coming to earth was celebrated in a quieter and more
reflective mood. The sermon reflected on the verse from Isaiah: “the people
that walked in darkness have seen a great light.” and St John’s reflection that
“people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.”
Nevertheless, in Jesus, God still offers his love, his light and life in all
its fullness.
The message was
reinforced as we left church on a very dark night when many of the streetlights
had been turned off.
