Postscript for week of October 30

Postscript for July 17th, 2011.

I have been the Dean for 9 years, and it has been the most amazing and
privileged of positions to have in this church. There are times when I have sat on
my own in the Cathedral and we have had a 'conversation' and got to know each
other. It is a building that has even when it has been as busy as can be with visitors,
exuded warmth and welcome and serenity to people of all faiths and none. It truly
has been a house of prayer in our Anglican tradition. The building, beautiful as it
has been, could not do this on its own of course. It is and has been a building for
people, the walls soaked in the prayers, the laughter and tears, the hopes and
aspirations of millions over the years. Today we lament the loss we have suffered
and we rejoice and give thanks to God for the faithful ministry of so many who have
been the living stones of this place. We are now the living stones and we look to
the future with hope and confidence in the grace and love of God who is guiding
us into an amazing future of on-going service to Christ in the diocese and city and
beyond. Dag Hammersjold's famous phrase sums it up for me - 'For all that has
been, thanks. For all that will be, yes!'
Peter Beck