The Bishop of St Asaph offers a Christmas message of consolation and peace “in these days of Covid and international tension”

The Bishop of St Asaph has written a Christmas message of consolation and peace, despite the uncertainty posed by the Omicron variant of Coronavirus.

In his Christmas message and pastoral letter for December, the Rt Revd Gregory Cameron, reminds readers that “God intends peace” for everyone and says his prayer this Christmas time will be that “the gift of God’s peace may be real” for everyone.

In his letter, Bishop Gregory explains that “When the Bible speaks of Peace, it means not just the ending of conflict or the absence of noise and commotion, but of a richness of life and blessing, pressed down and running over.  To know Peace in God’s terms is to know completeness and fullness of life.”

You can read Bishop Gregory’s Christmas message in full, in Welsh and English, at: https://dioceseofstasaph.org.uk/bishopgregory/bishops-guidance-and-pastoral-support/

Christmas services will be taking place in churches across the diocese and online. The two Christmas Eve services and the Christmas Day service at St Asaph Cathedral will be broadcast online. You can find details at https://stasaphcathedral.wales/en/worship/20-25-december-2021. Information of other services are available on local church websites, facebook pages and twitter. A small selection of those services include:

The Diocese of St Asaph is part of the Church in Wales, an autonomous Province within the worldwide Anglican Communion of Churches.  The diocese is a community of more than 200 churches and 51 church schools, covering the counties of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham and parts of Gwynedd and Powys.