I would like to thank everyone for the presents, cards, prayers and support that came my way for my ordination and first mass. They are both occasions that I shall remember with gratitude in the years to come and it was a pleasure to be ordained in the church where I have been learning the trade’, surrounded by the people who have made this last year so fruitful. I shall of course remember Alan’s presence and his intercessions at this service; the last time I saw him. His gift The Book of Margery Kempe’ is one of the many books I was given at the time of my first mass and was given, as he said for your entertainment, not for your edification.’
The services brought with them a powerful sense of God’s call that shall, I trust, sustain me in the years to come wherever I find myself exercising priestly ministry.
Mother Sarah