Dear Friends
I hope you are
keeping safe and well. The weather may have changed but the rain is a
welcome sight for the farmers and for our gardens.
The announcement
that our schools will reopen at the end of June has meant it is all systems go
for our teachers and school staff. It will be a mammoth task making the
necessary adjustments to ensure the safety and wellbeing of both staff and
pupils. Please remember the staff, the pupils and their families in your
prayers at this time of transition.
Today is
Trinity Sunday, a day when we ponder the mystery of the Blessed Trinity.
It is a mystery, it is not something we can easily explain or understand, we
accept by faith and by God’s grace, for we believe in one God, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit. Trinity Sunday is a day to reflect on the Holiness of
God. One of the most popular hymns for Trinity Sunday is Holy, holy,
holy, Lord God Almighty. Written by Reginald Heber it was written
especially for Trinity Sunday. No matter which hymn book we use in our
different Churches this hymn will always be in it.
Trinity Sunday encourages us to be
contemplatives, people who sit quietly and think about the holiness of God
through a passage of scripture, an icon, music or prose. Maybe this hymn
is a good place to start our contemplation.
After Trinity Sunday we enter into what
is known as Ordinary Time. This includes the weeks after the major
seasons of Easter and Pentecost. The liturgical colour is green, a symbol
of growth, as we grow and learn more about our faith.
Please find attached the Bishop's
Letter, the readings for Trinity Sunday, a Service of Morning Prayer for
Ordinary time and prayers of intercession.
Stay safe.
Every
Blessing…Val