Liturgy We thank you, God, for your gifts of beginnings and ends. To start again the work you have called us to do, and to finish well with your Spirit guiding us. And yet, God of the covenant, even when we fail and fall into sin, your Spirit invites us to remember that you chose us to be your servant […]
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Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 08.05.12
Liturgy We believe in an innovative God, who does not wait for us to find ourselves but comes seeking the lost and calling us into a new way. We believe in Jesus of Nazareth as God’s crucial initiative, that when he calls us to follow, Christ also gives us the power to become, both in creed and deed, the children […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.29.12
Liturgy In the sun which banishes the shadows, in the birds who chorale us awake: it was you, Creation’s Joy, leading us into this new day. In the touch, healing long-grasped grudges, in the laughter of children which nudges us into hope: it is you, Emmanuel, God with us, who walks each step of the way with us. In the […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.22.12
Liturgy It is truly right always and everywhere to praise you, Lord God our Father, Lover of all. Your wind swept the waters when our world began, and you spoke the Word that was always your Word. Through him all things came to be, and his life lightened every life with the light, darkness could not swallow. And when sin’s […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.15.12
Liturgy This is what we have come to know, this is what we have heard: the Eternal is an everlasting God, Creator of heaven and earth, who does not grow weary or faint; whose wisdom is unsearchable, giving energy to the meek and strength to those who have none. Even youths shall faint and grow weary, young athletes shall fall […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.08.12
Liturgy Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, who destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, who has forgiven our sins according to the riches of his grace, and has made known to us the mystery of his will. This is our […]
Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 07.01.12
Liturgy Every generation has found its home in you, God our provider, and we discover that every moment spent in your holy presence lasts beyond all imaginable time. You watch over us in the night, protecting and leading, encouraging us to trust and to take courage in following your Son’s teachings. Full of wisdom, Creator of grace, you humbled yourself […]