A Christmas Message from Bishop Susan Johnson and Archbishop Linda Nicholls

A Christmas Message

Our National Church leaders, Bishop Susan Johnson (ELCC)  and Archbishop  Linda Nicholls, (Primate, ACC) offer a Christmas message from Manger Square, the city centre of Bethlehem .

Greetings to Canadian Anglicans and Lutherans from Manger Square in Bethlehem.
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah.

“For a child has been born for us, a son given to us.
Authority rests upon his shoulders, and his name is
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

We’re living in the midst of really difficult and challenging times--end of the COVID pandemic (which really isn’t quite over yet) the war in Ukraine, and wars in many other places in the world, the growth of refugees,  care for those who are experiencing all of the kind of climate disasters, flood and famine, and especially in Canada, thinking about how we’re dealing with cost of living inflation, and athe way that poverty is increasing in our land.

And so now more than ever, we need the coming of the Prince of Peace here in this land, on which we stand, at home in our families and around the world.

And so this year we wish all of you, a joyous and peace-filled Christmas.