Catch up and move on:

Before digital photography came the only photography that brought images of our loved ones on paper was through Kodak cameras. The most treasured pictures we have are not those digitally made but those that the Kodak Co. through its simple but efficient camera and the film strip has made us to treasure. I was listening to the radio this week and I heard that the famous American company had run bankrupt and possibly closing down altogether. The reason was that Kodak Co. did not take advantage to catch up with the new digital age of photography but kept living in its past. New technology left it behind that it is now too late to catch up!

This is a warning to us. As a parish the survival of our community depends so much on how we are open to new ideas, to new peoples to new ways of doing and tackling issues. St. Mary’s is a living body in need of care and love from everyone otherwise like any neglected business enterprise it can run into administration too!  As your priest, it is my duty to keep at the center of things carefully analyzing their implication on St. Mary’s. Like a field commander I might ask you to slow down, to move on or to retreat. Getting stuck in the memories of those good old days waiting to see them return, will be like Kodak Co. getting stuck to its olden technology without accepting new ideas. The consequences were announced this week. We must avoid such verdict on St. Mary’s.