Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - Diocese of Swaziland – 40th Anniversary Celebration
26 October 2008
Readings (the Lections of the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year)
Ruth 2:1-13 – Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz
Ps 136:1-9,23-26
1 Thess 2:1-8 – Entrusted with the gospel, to please God, not mortals
Matt 22:34-46 – The two great commandments
May I speak in the name of the one God, who calls us to love him with all our heart and soul and mind, and to love our neighbours as ourselves.
Dear sisters and brothers of the Diocese of Swaziland, dear Bishop Meshack (and others present: Bishop Jo, Bishop Dino, Bishop Adam …), it is a great joy to be with you today – along with so many other honoured guests, to whom I also extend my greetings – and to celebrate with you the fortieth anniversary of the founding of your Diocese.
