14th June

TWELFTH SUNDAY YEAR A

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This Sunday is the Summer Solstice when we experience the longest day of the year. In Aberdeen there will be 18 hours of sunshine/daylight. In six months, we celebrate the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Each occasion was a time when many years ago people thought something was going wrong with the universe. There was great relief in Winter when the days began to lengthen. Today we understand the solar system and the universe in better detail. At the same time, we still have much to learn about God and his creation. May we be wise and use his gifts and life and provision for the benefit of all!

Breaking news, we welcome Father Joseph Nwafer into the parish of St. Teresa’s Trent Vale. He is due to arrive sometime around August and will take up Father Simon Hall’s responsibilities, following his sad departure from this life! Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord!

This weekend we remember the work for Pro Life and the retiring collection is to support a Day for Life. There are so many contradictions regarding life in our society, and it is so important that we keep a focus on the respect for life that is the teaching of our church. Life is a gift from God and is very precious ain all circumstances from conception until its natural end.

This week we welcome a young lady into the life of the church, following a good and prayerful preparation. Please keep her and all candidates in your prayers. Pray also for the faith of young people trying the negotiate the paths of life in a very complicated and at times confusing world.

And as we keep our faithful departed in our prayers, please remember little Preston Davey whose life was cruelly taken from him. It is a heart wrenching story and we ask the Lord to receive him into heaven and give him the gifts of happiness and peace so badly denied him in life!

God bless and keep you safe in his care!

Father Anton s.c.j.