Message from our Parish Priest,
Father John Fitzmaurice
Welcome
"Let us try and model the compassion of Christ"
Dear Friends,
We have certainly had biting winter temperatures and rain in the last few days. A reminder indeed that the seasons come and go with regularity and even with the odd exceptional fine day we come to expect the bareness and cold of winter. The seasons of nature often correspond to the seasons of our lives too. Some times we feel we are flourishing and at other times – 70th birthdays to take one example! – we are aware of changes and alter and before too long the patterns in our lives. That is entirely normal and natural.
I always pay close attention to the Kowhai tree at our kitchen window. It is a sure guide to the progress of the seasons and I know that the annual miracle of spring is truly only weeks away and before too long the first intimations of spring will begin to bud forth. The Tui arrive and begin their annual foraging for nectar among the blossom. But we must be patient. We must accept the necessary diminution of these winter days all the while aware – as is the case with God's grace – that beneath the surface new life is stirring. May these winter days be for you a new and deeper discovery of how God quietly works away in our lives. Prayer helps us be attentive to this.
God bless you,
Father John