Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - Funeral of Bishop Les Walker, first Bishop of Mpumalanga
26 November 2009
Psalm 139
1 Peter 1:3-9
Matthew 5:3-10
May I speak in the name of God, the Father Almighty, who, by the power of his Holy Spirit, raised his Son from death to life, that we might come to our eternal home, in the place that he has prepared for us.
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ – dear Marian and Angus, dear family and friends, dear colleagues and dear guests from near and far – I expect that many of you, like me, are finding it hard to comprehend that we should be here today for the funeral of our dear friend and bishop,Les.
Of course, we knew he was unwell, that his heart was weak.
