From The Parish Priest
Dear friends,
The first half of the year has so far been rather hectic. The end of Christmas leading on to Lent and Easter, with all the preparations for and celebrations of the Coronation, there seems to have been very little time to think. And yet thinking is so important.
We need to think about what we say and do, otherwise we can find ourselves in all kinds of messes!
Up to now, the church has been busy celebrating and following our Lord’s life and we have moved between fasts and feasts and some speed. The last of these major occasions falls on the first Sunday of June. Trinity Sunday. The day when we are called to think about the very nature of God. Not an easy thing to do. As God is other, so we will never have the right language to describe or explain him fully. The Concept of the Trinity. Three beings, separate but completely one is beyond our human telling, and many people have tried, and failed, to explain it. No piece of artwork, and no written or spoken treatise will ever do it justice, and just leaves us asking more questions.
But what God IS is LOVE, and although it may not be explainable, it is something that we are all able to experience. I do not understand every experience I have. I do not understand the science or engineering that makes an A380 take off from the ground and fly across the pacific at 40000 feet, but I do know that it is true and I have had a Gin and Tonic while looking down at the ocean 40000 feet below. Human being crave understanding, but sometimes it is beyond us and that does not make our experiences false.
May our combined experience of the love of God in Christ Jesus, and the grace of the Holy Spirit, help to bring us all together to serve God in each other.
With love and prayers,
Philip
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