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‘When we fail, one of our biggest fears is what others will think. Looking through the Cross, we see a different meaning to failure. When we fail, God learns nothing new about us. He is not disappointed by our fall, as if it was unexpected. Just as it was for Peter, his feeling towards us, his regard for us is exactly the same as before. Failure need not to destroy us, but only if we look both at it and God directly in the face. Failure can lead to self-knowledge and wisdom if we refuse to make the excuses that come readily to mind, and let it tell us what we need to hear about ourselves: that we are frail, liable to miss the mark, sinners in need of forgiveness. Failure is also about divine knowledge. It can lead to restoration if we allow it to turn us back to, rather than away from God.”

Thanks to the love, patience and friendship of the Chaplains, workers and the faithful of Westminster Cathedral, I can see that God has helped me to mature as a priest in this three years and my failures only remind me of my constant need to be close to the beating loving heart of God, full of mercy and love towards me, so that whatever I do or say may not be done or said relying on my own strength and capacities.

For any good I might have done, let us bless God, the author of all that is good. For my failures, I ask for your forgiveness and prayers. I thank you all for everything you shared with me during these past years of your own faith journeys. I thank you for allowing me to be part of such special moments of your lives through the celebration of Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals, Confessions, First Holy Communions, Confirmations, blessings… I thank the many groups that I was attached to (Guild of St Anthony, Oblates of Westminster Cathedral, Children’s Liturgy of the Word). I also want to thank the St Vincent de Paul Primary School, where I had the privilege of being a chaplain. I thank God for the privilege of participating in such beautiful liturgies accompanied by first class music.

As I take my new role as Assistant Priest in St Monica’s, Palmers Green, I am consoled by the fact that the good Lord precedes me there, with his love, mercy and the welcome of so many parishioners that I have already met, and that I go accompanied by the prayers of so many of you. If you are ever in that part of London, you are more than welcome to visit us.

God bless you all, and pray for me.

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