Christmas Mass

Christmas is normally a time when people come together at churches around the county to celebrate the birth of Jesus and the hope of a better life to come.  Yet this year, lockdown restrictions imposed due to Covid19 meant that, instead of coming together, people relied on online broadcasts to worship together. ‘I would normally attend six or more church services over the Christmas period,’ remarked Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Peaches Golding OBE.  ‘I was pleased, however, to participate by sending in a video of the reading of a lesson or a prayer services held at both Bristol Cathedral and St Mary Redcliffe Church.  I am so grateful that many of our churches are able to reach into our communities through the medium of video broadcasts to foster goodwill and proclaim peace to all mankind.’