Rector The Pointer The Rt Rev Darren McCartney 028 4175 3497 September 2021
[email protected] The Magazine of the Church of Ireland Parishes of Clonallon & Warrenpoint with Kilbroney in the Diocese of Down and Dromore A lesson from nature and phrase sounds familiar it may be because you have from the mouths of children. heard it read from Holy Scripture, Jesus in fact quotes these words in Matthew 21:16. The above phrase or thought has continued to be in my thinking these last few days. There is much that is Last Sunday evening, Liam and I were travelling back happening in our world. The news is filled with much from the direction of Leitrim carpark towards that would cause us to be anxious. Rostrevor. There is much that seems to want to pressure us to be As we were driving along, Liam points out the window busy or to be in a rush. I have found myself looking at towards the mountain, and exclaims “the church”. nature and what is happening around us. Liam was pointing up to a large cross on the side of a hill that we had climbed together a few months back. The word autumnal was mentioned on the weather forecast two weeks back and then last week we have I smiled to myself and thought how wonderful, he is had what could be called beautiful summer days. getting it. The significance of the cross and its Reflecting though on nature; I see nature slowly, ever relevance to church. Christ’s love for the world so slowly, beginning a process of adjustment to the manifested in the Cross.