The Blessing of the God of Miriam The blessing of the God of Miriam, Aaron and Moses, The blessing of Jesus born of the woman Mary, The blessing of the Holy Spirit who flies on before us,”Be with you all, now and forever.” Adapted by Jean Maryland, England
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain, or help one lonely person into happiness again I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson
Today I pray for all who suffer. For AIDS orphans and old people. For working Americans who can’t both pay rent and buy food. For Iraqi families who have lost parents and children and for United States families who have lost parents and children. My heart is especially touched by ________. Hold them in your
It is my nature that makes me love you often, For I am love itself. It is my longing that makes me love you intensely, For I yearn to be loved from the heart. It is my eternity that makes me love you long, For I have no end. Mechthild of Magdeburg
Sunday Readings: Ezekiel 2.2-5; 2 Corinthians 12.7-10; Mark 6.1-6 Jesus came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. People said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him?
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Sunday Readings: Wisdom 1.13-15; 2.23-24; 2 Corinthians 8.7,9,13-15; Mark 5.21-43 One of the leaders of the synagogue, Jairus, came and when he saw Jesus, fell at his feet and begged him, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live. So
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Sunday Readings: Job 38.1, 8-11; 2 Corinthians 5.14-17; Mark 4.35-41 Who is this that even the wind and the sea obey him? (Mark 4.35-41) In this passage Jesus raises two questions important to the whole of Mark’s gospel: “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” Perhaps Jesus should have asked, “What makes you think
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I find you, Lord, in all things and in all my fellow creatures, pulsing with your life; as a tiny seed you sleep in what is small and in the vast you vastly yield yourself. Rainer Maria Rilke
Sunday Readings: Ezekiel 17.22-24; 2 Corinthians 5.6-10; Mark 4.26-34 Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables. With what can we compare the reign of God, or what image will help to present it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when planted in the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet
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O God, whatever road I take, joins the highway that leads to you. Sufi from the Abulfazi scriptures