Christmas greetings from the Parish Team at St James’ Parish, Bootle.
Thank you for all your support and help over this past year and may 2022 bring you ever greater joy and blessing.
Christmas Mass Times
Please join us for family Eucharist for Christmas
Friday December 24th, 2021
7.30pm-First Mass of Christmas
Saturday December 25th, 2021
10.30am-Christmas day Mass
Sunday December 26th, 2021
10.30am Mass of The Holy Family
Saturday January 1st, 2022
10.30am Mary the Mother of God
Sunday January 2nd, 2022
10.30am Second Sunday after Christmas
Monday January 3rd, 2022
10.00am The Most Holy Name of Jesus
Thursday 6th January, 2022
10.00am Mass of the Epiphany
Merry Christmas!
Fr Brian, Fr Jim and the whole Salesian Community would to wish all our Parishioners and friends a very Happy and Joy-filled Christmas.
We hope you have an enjoyable but safe time with your families.
Christmas Message from the Most Reverend Malcolm McMahon
Christmas is a special time and at the heart of our celebrations is the fact that God became man for us. Two thousand years ago there wasn’t a feast of Christmas yet there was still expectation as people longed for the coming of the Messiah.
I am sure celebrations were far from the minds of the shepherds on a cold, bleak hillside yet suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to them. The first words of the angel were “Do not be afraid...” We need those words today as, weighed down with the cares of life we fear for the future but Christmas gives us hope as we know that Christ is with us.
The message of peace and goodwill means it is a time for us to reach out to others, especially those in need. During the pandemic we have renewed our spirit of care and generosity, we have reached out to others and offered them hope and readily give thanks to those who care.
When we gather as far as restrictions allow, remember what it is to be a family no matter how few we are or how distant from one another. May our families have the child Jesus at their centre as a source of love and strength. May this Christmas time be happy, blessed and peaceful.