October Newsletter
Dear Friends,
History has always fascinated me. During my first year at secondary school we had a history teacher who told us about the past as if she had lived then. In hearing about the Romans, I was amazed by the fact that Gaius Julius Caesar, after many disputes, struggles and victories, was so powerful that he was able to change the calendar, creating the Julian calendar, closer to the one we use today (curiously the name “October”, which we give to our tenth month, actually means “eighth” in Latin. The reason is that the Romans originally started their year in March, so that October genuinely was their eighth month).
Julius Caesar’s adopted son, the Emperor Augustus, added Egypt to the already huge Roman empire, and his successor Tiberius was the Emperor whose head was on the coin that Jesus was asked to comment on.
What a contrast between these worldly heroes and our Saviour, who humbled himself and mixed with the poor and weak, helping to improve the lives of those he met, not to raise himself up but to be as one with them.
The incredible gift God has given the world through Jesus Emmanuel is literally life-changing, and we have free choice, to reject, ignore or accept this gift.
I wish the peace of God to you all,
Doreen