Caritas Advent Reflection
Let us just take a moment this Advent to reflect on how many times we see news images of pregnant migrant women crossing deserts or getting off unsafe boats, with no home to go to.
Can we imagine ourselves being on their journey or on Joseph and Mary’s migrant journey to Bethlehem? The town was not equipped to welcome or accommodate them. It could not offer the care a pregnant woman needed. The Holy Family was one family too many for this small place.
Can we put ourselves in the shoes of the shepherds who went to visit the Christ child? They were uneducated outcasts in their society and yet the angels appeared to them, not to a rich landowner, and said, “Do not be afraid.”
News and events from across the diocese
Plymouth pilgrims attend Adoreums 2026
Accompanying Bishop Nicholas Hudson, they joined a public Eucharistic Procession through the streets of London.
Bishops mark third anniversary of 7 October Hamas attack
Bishop Nicholas Hudson and Bishop James Curry mark the third anniversary of the 7 October attacks with a call for peace and reconciliation.
Bishop Nicholas backs “Welcome the Stranger” campaign
The Bishop signed a postcard following Caritas Plymouth’s presence at a national hand-in at Number 10, Downing Street.
