All mankind will see God's salvation.
Luke 3:6

Our final theme: Love. The heart and soul of Advent and Christmas. We will look at love from three perspectives. Longing, almost a description of Advent, the world waiting and longing for God, our greatest love. God's great, faithful, patient love for his world. And finally finishing where Advent ends and Christmas begins, with a mother's love for her child. Recorder playing of 'Come now saviour of Gentiles' by Stephan Helfer Image: The angel, Eric Gill

Angel, Eric Gill; Listen to 'Come now saviour of Gentiles' played by Stephan Helfer

Graceful angels herald these graceful messages. We sense the caress of God in the delivery and fulfilment of these statements of intent.

"A voice of one calling in the desert,
Prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight paths for him.
Every valley shall be filled in,
every mountain and hill made low,
The crooked roads shall become straight,
the rough ways made smooth.
All mankind will see God's salvation"
Luke 3:6

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour."

"Today this scripture is fullfilled in your hearing!"
Luke 4:18,19,21