Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney
2015 Christmas Message
As Australians, we love to celebrate Christmas with lights.
On Christmas trees, in shopping centres and in suburban houses, we see lights
everywhere—nativity scenes aglow and twinkling lights in rhythmic patterns.
Even though we are in the height of summer, lights are very much a part of
Christmas. It is a wonderful time.
But this year, the world we live in has been overshadowed by
darkness. We are appalled at the dark acts committed in Paris, Beirut, San
Bernardino and elsewhere. We long for light to dispel the darkness. Yet that is
exactly the message of Christmas, when God’s light shone into the world and the
darkness did not overcome it.
Just as the Creator declared “Let there be light” and there
was light, so God sent Jesus to shine into our darkness. Nothing can compare to
the brightness of his star nor outshine his brilliance, no matter how many
lights we might create.
Though we see these dark acts and cry out to God, remember
this - he has answered with the words of Jesus – “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of
life.”
Dr Glenn N Davies
Archbishop of Sydney
Christmas 2015
Photo credit: sydneyanglicans.net
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