Chaplain's Message

The Bridge

“There are times in life when we are called to be bridges,

not a great monument spanning a distance and carrying loads of heavy traffic, but a simple bridge to help one person from here to there over some difficulty such as pain, loneliness, grief or fear, a bridge which opens the way for the ongoing journey.

When I become a bridge I bring upon myself a blessing,

for I escape from the small prison of self and exist for a far wider world, breaking out to be a larger being who can enter another’s pain and rejoice in another’s triumph.

I know of only one greater blessing in this life, and that is, to allow someone else to be a bridge for me.”         Anonymous

I found this tucked away in a beautiful book called Releasing the Angel by Christopher Gleeson SJ, a Jesuit and long-time Head of schools in Melbourne and Sydney. 

I could not think of better words to take with us into the sadness of this last week. The strength of our community has been very evident as staff, students and the wider community have come together to create many bridges to make a safe way through the week.

Our deepest love, prayers and thoughts are with Rasheed’s family. 

Psalm 46

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth gives way, and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

Though its waters roar and foam and the mountain quake with their surging.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Highest dwells.

God is within her; she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

Go Safely and God Bless You.

~ Pastor Sarah Pollitt

College Chaplain