Returning to the Heart of our Being

A Eucharist for Christmas Morning

25th December 2013

8am

St. Mary's Church

Sullington

RH20 4AE

I too will proclaim the greatness of this day:

the immaterial becomes incarnate,

the Word is made flesh,

the invisible makes itself seen,

the intangible can be touched,

the timeless has a beginning,

the Son of God becomes the Son of all people,

Jesus Christ,

always the same, yesterday, today and forever.

This is the solemnity we are celebrating today:

the arrival of God among us,

so that we might go to God,

unhindered and free,

returning to the heart of our being,

becoming one with God.

Gregory Nazianzen Oration 38, For Christmas (adapted)

Peace be with you

Being, Beholding, Bearing

A Service of Silence & Beholding

an unhurried time in which to dwell at the heart of the Eucharist

8a.m.

Sunday 22nd December

St. Mary's Church

Sullington

West Sussex

RH20 4AE

What good is it to me

if this eternal birth of the divine Son

takes place unceasingly

but does not take place 

within myself?

And,

what good is it to me

if Mary is full of grace

and if I am not also full of grace?

What good is it to me

for the Creator to give birth to his/her Son

if I do not also give birth to him

in my time

and my culture?

This, then,

is the fullness of time:

when the Son of God is begotten

in us.

from Meditations with Meister Eckhart

 by Matthew Fox

Peace be with you

Waiting for the Dawn

Still Waters

a time to enter silence, still the mind 

and encounter the present moment in quiet

Waiting for the Dawn - the now and not-yet of beholding

Saturday 7th December 

8 - 10am 

St. Mary's Church 

Sullington, West Sussex RH20 4AE 

You are welcome to come at either 8 or 9am for an hour, 

or to stay for the whole time. 

Please dress warm and comfortably as the heating can only do so much! 

Peace be with you