Autumn is a wonderfully colourful and rich time of the year, a time of fruitfulness. Parishioners from St Mary’s in Rothwell who are in, or are approaching, the autumn of life joined together to explore God’s gift of age in the first of four inspiring short sessions using a DVD from Catholic Faith Exploration.
Growing Old Grace-fully were delighted to have been invited to join the session. One of the gifts of the autumn of life is to be closer to knowing the difference between what matters and what doesn’t matter.
“I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ and be given a place in him. I am no longer trying for perfection by my own efforts, the perfection that comes from the Law, but I want only the perfection that comes through faith in Christ.” St Paul’s letter to the Philippians, 3:9
There were many lively and varied contributions as we discussed this gift by considering the question “If I could talk to my 20 year old self what advice would I give myself?”
It was agreed that there would be another session on Saturday 11th November, 10.30am-11.30am, to view the next in the series called “Changing Your World”.
If your parish would like to run a similar series of short sessions, the details of how to download or purchase the DVD can be found here . or get in touch with Rachel from Growing Old Grace-fully.
Rachel Walker