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benediction

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.30.2017

Liturgy Ever-present God, you meet us in the borderlands, in places neither here nor there, at times when we are well out of our comfort zone; even if we don’t know where we’re going, when we feel most lost, you are there: thank you, God. We thank you for all we can learn from our sisters and brothers who live […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.23.2017

Liturgy We believe in God who speaks through the prophets and lifts our gaze up to high and beautiful paths and peaks. We believe in Christ Jesus, free of corruption yet willingly numbered among the sinners, baptized in the waters of the Jordan. We believe in the Spirit who rested on Jesus like a dove, and who inspired him with […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.16.2017

Liturgy Think of a moment when someone that you least expected to see suddenly stands before you. A moment when something you had lost is found again, and you can scarcely believe your eyes. Think of a moment when your fear was suddenly proved unfounded and you were surprised by joy. This morning symbolizes such a moment. We resign ourselves […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.09.2017

Liturgy O Christ, you entered the city as a poor man not not in style but in simplicity, yet still you caused uproar, and raised questions everywhere; you drew the expectations of a hungry crowd, and brought buried conflicts to the light. May we, who are sometimes swayed by the crowd’s approval, and who often avoid conflict for fear of […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.02.2017

Liturgy Restore us, O Living God, by the breath of your Spirit, for some of us are wilted and weary on this journey toward Easter, anxious for restoration to come once and for all. Hear our voices crying out amidst the ashes, where we hide to wait for a new day. Let us not be bound to the earth by […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 03.26.2017

Liturgy Between the setting of the sun and the coming of the dawn, your love sustains us, Everlasting God. Your story give us hope for the morning. Remind us when the shadows grow long and dark, that greater is the Holy Spirit who is in us, than he who is in the world. Remind us when sadness and pain come, […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 03.19.2017

Liturgy Holy and Beloved God, it is hard to hope when all seems lost. The darkness has a way of fuzzing our vision, of taking our eyes off of your holy light. It’s hardest to see your light when our eyes are shut – shut to you, shut to each other, and shut to the suffering that is just barely […]