Residents of Hill Croft Road and Bilberry Road

Pray also for Simon and Aubrey and also the family and friends of Stuart

and of Ken.

All who work for Christian Aid and those how benefit from their support

Parish Update

Christian Aid Meal

Many thanks to all who supported our Christian Aid lunch on Sunday in any way. Once again it was declared a successful event. Proceeds raised amount currently amount to £434.

The Thursday Morning Group which meets on Thursday mornings continue to do so at 10.00am in the quiet room. All are welcome.

The group gathers weekly to listen to what God says through the Scriptures, encourage one another in our discipleship, pray and worship together.

Gospel reflection for Trinity Sunday

From The OBLATES

This feast is not the time to try and explain how three goes into one! The Trinity is not something that we can understand and figure out with our reasoning, intellect or with our brain. We most certainly won’t find the explanation to the Trinity by ‘googling’ it!

The Trinity is a mystery that we are to experience with our hearts not with our heads. It is not a puzzle or a riddle that we are expected to answer or solve. When we use the word ‘mystery’ to talk about and describe the Trinity, we are talking about a reality that is so endlessly rich and profound that it will never be exhausted. The more we contemplate and pray about the reality and presence of the Trinity in our lives, the more of itself will be revealed to us. Through the Trinity, God creates and loves us, Jesus liberates and saves us and the Spirit encourages and strengthens us. The Trinity is a community of love and life that we are invited to be part of share and in.

When we look at the news on our television or read the newspaper any day, we are often presented with news of violence, segregation and building walls. There is the reality of individuals and indeed some countries speaking about and defending their rights at the expense of dialogue and cooperation with other nations. People of different religions in the same country are often not only disagreeing with each other; they are actively fighting each other. Sadly, there is division where there could be unity, there is aggression where there could be understanding, and there is suspicion where there could be trust and mutual respect.

The Trinity offers us a model of sharing, belonging and community. It also challenges our individualism and our demand that our rights be met all the time. The Trinity asks to be mindful of our responsibilities to those around us in our families, our neighbourhood and our parish community.

In the Christian tradition, when we begin our prayers, whether as individuals or a community, we do so by making the sign of the cross and calling on the power and presence of the Trinity. When we pray glory be…, we do the same. We deliberately and consciously ask the Trinity to be part of prayer and our daily life. Perhaps on the Feast of the Trinity we could say these prayers slower and let their meaning become part of us in a more intimate and personal way.

Praise and everlasting glory to God the Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit through all ages. (Prayer from the early church)