Bishop John's Christmas message

All can be changed in a moment if we heed the knock and open the door to the one who will make our Christmas truly complete, Bishop John says in his Christmas message.

Gerard Kelly 's poem Behold, I stand and artist William Holman Hunt's painting Light of the World both illustrate that we are asked to listen for the one who knocks, to take notice of the one who stands outside of our celebrations.

It’s not always easy, in a busy house, to hear the knock at the door," Bishop John says. "Especially so when we are busier than usual. Christmas time for instance.

"But what is a birthday without a birth, a Kingdom without a King, a Christmas without a Christ.

"All can be changed in a moment, if we heed the one who stands outside, if we heed the knock, if we open the door and invite Him who will make our Christmas truly complete."