The Good Shepherd The Newsletter of your Parish Church
Easter 2010
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The Yeast - From the Vicar The amount of flour, sugar, salt and water in a loaf of bread may be shown on the wrapping, unlike the exact amount of yeast in it. And yet, without that minimum of yeast a loaf of bread would be very different. It is amazing, how things invisible to our naked eye, can become a must for the very essence of the thing. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” said Margaret Mead the anthropologist. These, people, institutions or things, just like the yeast, whether they are at the top or bottom, in the centre or periphery, influence the very essence of the constituent. This country is blessed with scientists and saints who gave material and spiritual wealth to us here and the world around. I think they believed in something or even someone. Like them, we believe the Church is a pilot project of God for the welfare of humanity. Some wonder whether the church with its “good news” still continues to permeate our life. But there are many others who have no doubt, though not any more at the centre of many people’s life, the church continues to be a catalyst for a better world. “The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but seeing with new eyes”, said Marcel Proust. The Church has grown and changed with the evolving humanity. Though castigated for its open mind in search for truth, all-inclusiveness and compassion, it is with these very characteristics that it revives and thrives, to be yeast in this ever changing and challenging world. The Good Shepherd Church is just one small unit of this vast institution, another grain of yeast, with its open mind and heart at the service of this area. We think it is better to live in a world built on love and hope in things even beyond the visible horizon. If you believe in this project, and look at the world with new eyes, now is the time to join us. The Easter celebration can spring up new life in us and share our joy on that Sunday. And then, the Good Shepherd Festival in Felix Mascarenhas June could also be a good occasion to meet.