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St Nicholas is now in the Care of Fr Christo (Christopher) Roberts until a permanent Priest is selected.
Prayer for the Vacancy of the Parish Please Lord, call to this your church and ours a true shepherd, a minister of Christ; and make us, with the priest, a church joyful in worship and united in witness, working, caring, praising, loving to the glory of your name; through Jesus Christ our Lord
Dear Friends,
Greetings to you all in the name of the risen Lord Christ on this Pentecost Sunday. At the outset, I would like to inform you that there were three great Jewish festivals to which every male Jew living within twenty miles from Jerusalem was bound to go to Jerusalem. The festivals were, the Passover, Pentecost and the feast of Tabernacles.
Pentecost means, ‘The Fiftieth,’ and another name for Pentecost was, ‘The Fast of Weeks.’ It was so called because it fell on the fiftieth day, a week if weeks, and the Passover. The Pentecost day falls after 50 days of Easter. An international crowd used to gather in Jerusalem to celebrate this festival of Tabernacles. This festival became very significant for the Christian Church, for on that day the Holy Spirit came in a very special way.
What happened on the Pentecost was that the disciples had an experience of the power of the Spirit, in such a way as they had never before. It is said that the disciples suddenly acquired the gift of speaking in languages. The people from different regions were astonished to hear the wonders of God in their tongues.
So, friends, we as a Church need to have this Pentecostal experience of receiving power through the Holy Spirit, to witness and proclaim Jesus Christ in this present world. If we stay united with one focus and pray together, I am certain that we will have the Pentecost experience which gives us power to proclaim Jesus in our modern world.
Peace be with you
Fr. Christo