Reflection: A Bleu Christmas

We’re very conscious that this time of year is a time of great excitement and joy for some, but for
others, it is a time of intense loneliness and pain. There is pressure on us to ‘join the celebrations’
(even though they will be different this year). Sometimes we are just not in that place. Perhaps that is
because of bereavement; perhaps it may be that we are living with depression or anxiety. It may be
that we are struggling financially, and we can’t afford the basic necessities of life. This bleu
Christmas resource is offered in the hope it will help us focus on the true meaning of the birth of
Jesus who brought light into a world of darkness.
You will have a chance to light a candle today to honor the pain of the losses but also to celebrate
the anticipated joy, love and peace that the birth of Christ will bring into your heart.
Let us Pray:
Lord, in the beginning, when all was very dark, you said:
let there be light. And there was light and life throughout the universe.
And when the human race was exhausted, tired and weary, in the darkness of anxiety, confusion and
sin, into that darkness you came as light in Jesus Christ.
God became a human being among us all. Once again it is dark. Not just dark at midnight but dark
in ourselves: dark with doubt, dark with fear and uncertainty, Dark with confusing and conflicting
voices in our ears.
Come, light of Life, lighten the darkness in our lives with your mighty word of love.
Lighten our hearts with the joy of your promised coming. Lighten our world with the hope that
faith in you brings.