Pray for us

                The place I have known God's loving presence the best is in St Patrick Church.  It is here, on hallowed ground, that I knew for the first time that God loved me deeply and personally.  I saw and felt it from the people around me and each time I received Jesus in Holy Communion.

Years ago, a small group of friends would gather in the chapel at St Patrick to pray for our community as it passed through a difficult time. This was when the chapel was behind a partition from the main church before restoration of the church as it is today.  In the great silence of that place, I sensed the true meaning of the Communion of Saints.  I felt the loving presence of those men and women who had worshipped there throughout it's many years, including my own forbearers.  I felt them praying with us for our church family.  The joys and tears of their lives blended to pour a blessing on all who follow in their footsteps.  In the loving presence of the God who created and loved us into being, I knew in the core of my being whose child I was and who was calling me to be one with Him through the ages of eternity.  I recognized that this loving Parent/God would sustain me and our community in all our trials.

I ask that  you continue this tradition by praying for our church family as we pass through what must be a very difficult time for many of us. Ask a special blessing on our dear Father Dexter as he moves to another blessed church and for Father Robert, that he may find a loving home among us.