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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 in the name of our risen Lord Jesus Christ.
We see here the same kind of spiral thoughts that characterises the farewell discourse throughout, and of which, we meditated on last Sunday’s Gospel. The points made are:
Firstly:Love of Christ means obedience to his commandments.
Secondly: The promise of a Counsellor sent by the Father in response to the prayer of the Son.
Thirdly: the Spirit, whom the world cannot receive, will dwell in the community.
Further to that, according to the gospel, the world will no longer see the Christ, but the faith community will see him. The community will live because he lives, know the mutual indwelling of Christ with the Father and of Christ with the community.
This indwelling is a relationship of mutual love that includes obedience to Christ’s commandments. The departure of Jesus does not mean that he is now absent. It means his ever-renewed presence through the coming of the Spirit to the community to face the challenges and struggles.
That is the Easter message of the gospel reading. Friends, after Easter, we are challenged to rethink the world, so let us go beyond the boundaries of conventional thinking in order to be integrated into the inbreaking kingdom of God.
Peace be with you
Fr. Christo