Father Ben has returned from Iraq and sends a short Christmas message - first thanking everyone for prayer and support and highlighting some news from the visit. Wishing all of you a blessed Christmas and the nugget thought for the Birth of the Great Shepherd is to have the simple faith of the shepherds, and even the sheep who, according to Chesterton, almost believed. The wise and learned may laugh at the story, but it is the power and the wisdom of God!