Summer Holidays

Many of us will now be thinking about our summer holidays and having some time away from the usual pattern of our lives to rest and recharge our batteries. The continuing global financial downturn will mean that many people will not be able to have the holiday they had been hoping for and for many it will be difficult to have anytime away at all.

This will inevitably put a lost of stress and strain on already struggling families who are seeing relationships and family life being torn apart by what is happening at the moment. The Church as well as many other Christian and secular organisations are doing all that they can to support those in need and to offer advice and pastoral care to those who request it.

Time away is important because the origin of the word ‘holiday’ is actually ‘Holy Day’. This is because ‘Holy Days’ were the only time when workers were allowed to be free of their daily work to attend church and celebrate. As we move to an increasingly secular society we see that this sacred connection unfortunately has been lost.

Holidays are important because they do give us an opportunity to recharge our batteries. This is also an important part of our spiritual journey because we need to recharge spiritually as well as physically. Holidays may provide us with the opportunity to do this but we also need to make sure that every day is a ‘holy day’ (even if everyday cannot be a holiday!)

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