This sunday is the last sunday in our parish before the breaking of the summer holdiays of our children. As we are an international parish, many will leave for their home countries. To celebrate on the feast of St John the Baptist, we all pitch in and prepare a huge barbecue in the grounds of the cloister attached to our church. Old and young, sit hopefully in the sun, fathers are cooks for one day behind the fires. it is a very joyful occasion, unifying our community.The following words of Peter sum up for me this moment:
"to sum up:be one in thought and feeling, all of you; be full of brotherly affection, kindly and humbly minded. Do no repay wrong with wrong, or abuse with abuse; on the contrary, retaliate with blessing, for a blessing is the inheritance to which you yourselves have been called" 1 Peter 3 8-9
If we could but keep life simple, enoy each other for what we can give and share joyful moments to sustain us in the lonelier times!
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