This is working for God – Belief in the One He has sent.
As we have now launched the streaming of our Mass, rather abruptly, maybe not sufficiently prepared, but this could be providential, and a great opportunity to work together. On alternate weekends we will stream the Mass from one of our churches. So the Sunday time will vary. It will be 9am from St George’s and 10.30am from St Wilfrid’s; weekday Masses remain at the same time and will not be streamed. Our website will be the central point, and used well, will be a beacon for us in our communities of faith to bear witness to the life of Him who loves us. He in turn sends us out to bear witness to Him.
Two things: 1) I belong, 2) I am nourished.
The first is the relationship with Jesus through the church and our faith. At the heart of all this is preparation for Baptism and the First Holy Communion. So again one is to belong, to be part of, and two to be nourished. Belonging is central to baptism, and is rightly a title to a very good catechetical programme that we use for First Holy Communion preparation. The strength of this foundation is extremely important.
The second one – nourishment.
How we nourish our physical bodies determine our health and well-being. This is equally vital to our spiritual lives, and deserves all the care and attention that we can bring to it. Vital to all of this is ministry and please God, as life in our churches continue we will highlight our ministries.
Important ones are Readers and Ministers of the Eucharist, but these times of trial have highlighted the value of cleaners and stewards and we are deeply grateful to all those who have stepped up to the plate and are serving us so well. Thank you and bless you always.
Our website is the central point and, please God, will be a beacon for us to bear witness together as communities of faith. We had a very good meeting at St George’s church on Tuesday morning, and please God, it has done me a lot of good, hopefully I can do much better. A big thank you for all the work that has been done since we returned to church from lockdown 10 weeks ago. With earnest and deep and constant prayer, let us face the future and let our two churches be united in solidarity and support for each other.