The Master’s Letter

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LETTER FROM THE MASTER

Difficult to believe but Lent starts this month with Ash Wednesday being on 22nd. How quickly the seasons seem to change - or is it my age? It appears that no sooner have we finished celebrating the birth of Jesus than we turn towards His passion and ponder on those profound questions of suffering and death. Each of us experience in our own and different ways and struggle to find answers to what is termed ‘the problem of evil’. For some people this problem is one that they find insurmountable and leads them to deny God’s existence on the grounds that no loving creator could allow the suffering that we see in the world. Others simply close their minds to something that they believe can never be resolved. As Christians however we turn to the life and teaching of Jesus and look to find the hope which comes through the Resurrection. We try to find there the sign that there is a loving God who was and is prepared to share in our lot - but it isn’t easy and doubt and despair often rear their heads, taunting us and calling on us to abandon our faith, and we need constantly to be aware of it and fight against it.

Lent is a period when we can take the opportunity of wrestling with the issues that face us in this way and especially in the world of today. In view of this there will be a series of study periods held on each Wednesday during Lent based on a course produced by the Archbishop of York entitled ‘Handing on the Torch’. The theme is about Christianity’s struggle in western society and what we make of it. I do hope that many of you will endeavour to come along and join in what hopefully will provoke both thought and heart-searching. Details are included in this edition of the magazine.

With every blessing,

Reg