Scottish Catholic Observer

Christmas cards are a gentle but powerful way to remind our family and friends of our love, and God’s love, for them, according to Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

“Christmas cards are a great opportunity to keep ‘Christ in Christmas’, as some people like to say, and to gently remind people of the Incarnation and of the beautiful thing we actually celebrate at Christmas: that God has become one of us so that we may become like Him,” Archbishop Cushley said. “It’s a lovely thing.”

The deadline for sending Christmas post in the United Kingdom is fast approaching. All second class mail has to be sent by Thursday December 18. The cut-off day for first class mail is Saturday December 20. Although he has hundreds of cards to sign personally, the archbishop firmly believes it is worth the effort.

“It’s an opportunity to take just a little bit of longer to thank people for all their help in the past year, to wish them well, to pray for them and to send them your blessing.”

Pic: Archbishop Cushley writing his Aid to the Church in Need Christmas cards.