Come and join us tomorrow, Sunday 3 August as we celebrate the 7th Sunday after Trinity at our Parish Mass, officiated by Fr Reg. All are welcome either in person or on the live stream. The readings are not comfortable for those of us who want to show off our material wealth, advantages or looks. The Old Testament reading is from Jeremiah: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity'. Paul's letter to the Colossians tells us to put to death whatever belongs to our earthly nature - a pretty extreme thing to say! The Gospel of Luke confirms what Paul tells us: we learn about the foolish rich man who decides to store up even more riches for himself. God tells him that he will die that night, so all the worldly goods are useless except to the people left behind who will squabble over his riches. Jesus tells us not to store up for ourselves but to store up riches for God. A great lesson in the current world which seems to obsess over worldly goods and power.