One hundred and twenty people gathered to hear Fr Nicholas King SJ, internationally known as a Scripture scholar and Bible translator, who spoke about ‘the Scriptures in Advent’ at the church of Christ the Eternal High Priest in Gidea Park on Saturday 23rd November. This was the second event of the Year of the God who Speaks, and once again it was held in the church due to the large number wishing to attend.
Fr Nicholas stressed the need to listen to the God who speaks to us. He provided a list of all the Scripture readings to be read in Advent 2019. He explained the prominence of the book of Isaiah in Advent, and how other Old Testament readings are matched with excerpts from the infancy stories of Matthew and Luke.
Video of the first study day, when Fr Adrian spoke about the book of Genesis, is already available on www.whatgoodnews.org
Video of Fr Nicholas’s day will be available shortly on the same website.
On 15th and 29th January 2020 at 7 pm, Fr Adrian will speak about the Gospel of Matthew (the Sunday lectionary gospel for 2020), and on Saturday 29th February from 10.30 Fr Victor Darlington, lecturer at St John’s Seminary, Wonersh, will take as his theme ‘John among the Gospels’. Please book for these events by email to GPstudydays@gmail.com