Dear friends,
I hope you are well and enjoying the few lighter days we’ve had recently.
This week we remember the Ascension of Christ. You could say that Ascension is the reverse of Christmas. At Christmas, God came to earth and got his hands dirty. Now in his ascension Christ takes our humanity into the very heart and divinity of God. It’s as though Jesus is now ‘working from home’ - a phrase many of us are now familiar with. He’s still moving and working in the world, but now through the Holy Spirit and each one of us.
Ascension Day Poem
'We saw his light break through the cloud of glory Whilst we were rooted still in time and place
As earth became a part of Heaven’s story
And heaven opened to his human face.
We saw him go and yet we were not parted
He took us with him to the heart of things
The heart that broke for all the broken-hearted
Is whole and Heaven-centred now, and sings,
Sings in the strength that rises out of weakness, Sings through the clouds that veil him from our sight, Whilst we our selves become his clouds of witness And sing the waning darkness into light,
His light in us, and ours in him concealed, Which all creation waits to see revealed.'
by Malcolm Guite.
Please do join us this Thursday evening at St. Stephen’s 7.30pm for our whole benefice Ascension Service. Finally, both St. Clement’s and St. Mary’s have their annual meetings following on after their Sunday services this week - please do look at the paperwork which is prepared and available on the website.
Have a lovely rest of your week.
Love
Grant
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