It is so refreshing that the narrative around us is beginning to change. Of course, the high number of deaths is and remains shocking, but, the perspective is shifting to a time where there is no threat from COVID – this will take time – but the prospect is visible and tangible.
I don’t know about you, but I find myself in a certain sense of limbo. We are not at the thrilling beginning, the Christmas rush is over, and we are poised for something new. I certainly experience a sense of tiredness. Everything has been so “different” and that has been challenging.
Openness to what is new – what the Holy Spirit will guide us through this experience is key. It could be that we want things to “just go back to how they were”, but what can be “new?”
We will soon begin the season of Lent, a season of conversion that leads to the mystery of new life in the Risen Christ. I pray that this time of conversion will not only be key to us as individuals but also to us as a community as we are “lifted up” out of the experiences of the last year, to a newness of life only God can offer. (It will also be nice to get out for a coffee!!!)
How can we prepare for the newness God always wants to give:
1. Get a vaccine. Until it is safe we need to persevere with all the things that need to be done to protect each one of us and our communities.
2. Take time to think and pray. Don’t forget to dream. Ask God to show you what he wants you to give and to receive.
3. Share your thoughts and your prayer with others.
4. Smile. Where there is life there is hope….
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God bless
Fr Andrew
