Dear Friends,
After worship on the 22nd I got a note from a friend. She wrote: “I think we should start wishing people a Mary Christmas. 
” When I responded “LOL,” she wrote back: “I’m serious! It has so much more depth and meaning than merry- a word we never use otherwise ever!”
Mary Christmas indeed. The Magnificat is always one of the readings in Advent as it was this past Sunday. Mary speaks a hopeful, excited word about the way God has ordered the world, by among other things, “lifting up the lowly.”
Mary is not speaking the angry word of a prophet. Mary is not speaking the anguished cry of a prophet. Mary is speaking a descriptive word about how she sees the world, and it is joyful, and she wants the world to see it the same way.
Mary Christmas indeed!
Keep tellin’ the Story,
Rev. Mike Mather
Enjoy the Wexford Carol by Yo-yo Ma and Alison Krauss.