This Sunday falls between Ascension day where we contemplate Jesus’s ascension to the Father and the events of Pentecost. The disciples and his followers are left confused and emotionally drained, having lived through weeks of promise, despair, fear and rejoicing, and now their beloved leader is leaving them. But he promises the Comforter-an agent who will connect and witness to each all who believe..
Those first followers wouldn’t have fully understood what was going to happen. The Spirit of God has previously been attached to specific events rather than interacting with all believers. This would be a new level of personal, intimate connection.In this week’s Gospel Jesus talks of the destruction of divisions, the erasing of barriers. He and the Father are one, and they in turn enfold us into their intimacy of relationships when we accept Jesus as Christ.The writer, theologian and Franciscan priest Richard Rohr wrote in his book The Divine Dance of his concept of the Trinity as a constantly fluid dance of equality and love with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. This vibrant living and harmonious dance is not one of exclusion, but inclusion, and we are invited to join in. When we do we become connected to the dynamic spiritual reality of this inter-relationship.
This Sunday, 1st June - 7th Sunday of Easter
10.00am Creative Church - St. Marys
10.30am Holy Communion - All Saints
6.30pm Evensong - St. Marys
Wednesday 4th June 9.00am Celtic Morning Prayers - All Saints Church
Thursday 5th June 10.00am Holy Communion - St. Marys Church
Friday 6th June. 11.00am Living after Loss - St. Marys Church.
Saturday 7th June 10.00am Coffee Morning & Repair Cafe- All Saints Church
Saturday 7th June 12.00noon Saturday Lunches - St. Marys Church
8.00am Holy Communion-All Saints Church
10.00am Holy Communion-St. Marys Church
10.30am Messy Muddy Church-All Saints Church
Blessings
Fr Kester de Oliveira