You may not know that, elementally, coal and diamonds are the same – made from carbon. As unlikely a pairing as you might imagine yet both known for their light – a light that shines in different ways.
Their expression of light is different but it is light – light that is neither immediately apparent nor easy to get to. The diamond needs to studied, mathematically evaluated to find the exact cut and facets; the coal is sorted, crushed and burnt; through the cracking and cutting the light gets out.
Such light is within each of us; as it was within Peter and Paul. They may be giants of the church – go to St Peters in Rome and see them standing 40 or 50 feet tall – but they are just like us; with all the faults and failings that humanity has to offer; which were offered into the fire of discipleship. They were never perfect – which gives us all hope. In fact it was their failings that saved them – that allowed Love to enter where reason and strength would not.
You may not know that, elementally, coal and diamonds are the same – made from carbon. As unlikely a pairing as you might imagine yet both known for their light – a light that shines in different ways. Their expression of light is different but it is light – lightRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Please note mass times can be located either on the newsletter or on the online calender. Dates for your Diary Coffee morning Tuesday 25th June at 10:30am Everyone is welcome. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 Prize this week – Mrs Catherine Chilton WHY NOT JOIN THERead More →
Life as a fisherman at sea, perhaps more than in other occupations, must lead I think to a deep appreciation of the fragility and uncertainty of existence, and must develop a strong sense of the dependency of daily living on the forces of nature and the mercy of God. CertainlyRead More →
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MASS & SERVICE TIMES Please note mass times can be located either on the newsletter or on the online calender. Dates for your Diary Coffee morning Tuesday 25th June at 10:30am Everyone is welcome. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 Prize this week – Mr Paul Williams. WHY NOT JOIN THERead More →
Interestingly, mustard seeds are generally planted as an annual harvest. Jesus’ expectation that his ‘seedlings’ would be enough to thwart the traditions that had held so many captive. And that, like seedlings, it is the striving for light, for life, for transformation, that should sustain them allowing them to growRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Please note mass times can be located either on the newsletter or on the online calender. Dates for your Diary Sunday 9th June 2024 1930 in the Parish Centre – A Presentation on Indoor Pollution. Everyone is welcome. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 Prize this weekRead More →
Is there an unforgivable sin? Jesus says that it is blasphemous and unforgivable to call the work of God evil and to accuse God’s representative as an agent of Satan. But in truth, all sin is forgivable as long as the sinner is sincerely repentant. But sometimes people may becomeRead More →
Free Event: Indoor air pollution: what is it? How does it affect me? What can I do about it? Speaker: Mark Thompson, local engineer and energy specialist www.getenergysavvy.info, followed by Q&A Sunday 9th June 7.00pm – 8.30pm here in the church. Please see the poster in the porch for moreRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Mass times can be found in the attached newsletter or on the online calender. Dates for your Diary No planned events this week. 200 CLUB DRAW Winner: £40 Prize this week – Mr Colin Williams WHY NOT JOIN THE 200 CLUB AND HELP THE PARISH? NewsletterRead More →
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