Reflection from your Co-Pastors - March 15th
Mary of Bethany and Marcina Wiederkehr
Such a beautiful Gospel reading yesterday. A reflection popped up today about embodiment, and Mary and expensive oil; a reflection on the beauty of the Incarnation, the embodiment of Love. I think we can agree that Love is deep acceptance, an embrace of two. We imagine God as verb, surrounding and embracing us. Jesus who is the material embodiment of God, glowing in Incarnation, a quantum entanglement with creation, receives the Love and love of Mary of Bethany.
Macrina Wiederkehr calls this extravagant love! It is a Love that losses its boundaries and is not afraid. Love that seeks and finds it’s other and sees the other as its own deeper self.
Mary is experiencing the beauty, wonder, and love of God in Jesus in her heart and her body. She is overcome by desire. Her embodiment, her body, searches out and touches the embodiment of Love, Jesus. The woman with the expensive alabaster jar filled with expensive perfumed oil may have spent all her money for this gift. But of itself it is meaningless. It’s meaning explodes when she enters the dining hall of Simon the Leper where Jesus is ‘reclining at table,’ with others. A very relaxed scene, I imagine, which she changes with her arrival.
In comes Mary, carrying her beautiful jar filled with scented oil; a scent everyone recognizes. She begins to
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pour the oil over Jesus’ head, and seemingly saying nothing. She is swimming in the experience. She has lost herself in the giving.
Pouring the oil over his head she may see his glow, is captivated by his face. She may be aware of his crown chakra. We imagine the two, aroused by intense love. She pours the oil, slowly feeling it move through her fingers into the strands of his hair.
Together, they feel the slow untangling of the dense dark curls between her fingers. She adds a little more oil and moves her fingers and palms around until the tangles are gone. The oil drips down his face onto his shoulders and shirt. She does this until her heart is emptied of her love, the jar is emptied, and Jesus is glistening with oil, surrounded by sweet scent and love.
Extravagant, Macrina says, because Mary pours out life itself. Mary pours out her precious love. She doesn’t pay heed to any of the grumbling or humiliating attacks from those around the two of them. He rebukes them.
Loving ourselves, we love the other. Loving the other is reflected back on ourselves.
Look in the divine mirror, into your own eyes, see the love God has for you and you will see the love you have for God in all its forms. “Our unveiled gaze receives and reflects the brightness of God until we are gradually turned into the image we reflect.” 2 Cor 3:18.
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Mary of Magdala, ECC Announcements |
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We Need You ! Participate in Holy Thursday's three community video
In lieu of foot washing in person we are asking all to send a picture of washing each other's feet to be included in a video played as part of the Holy Thursday service.
And/or....
Send photos or short videos (20 sec) of you/family doing a service project.
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Instructions:
Send to Tom at tjmoos@aol.com with only 2 images per email (multiple emails ok.) Use good/higher resolution (2-3 MB)
Clearly identify individuals pictured with first/last name as well as the community name
By sending via email, you grant Tom permission to use the images explicitly for Holy Thursday worship service.
**The deadline for sending photos is March 24th by 5pm**
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Lenten Opportunities and Service Schedule |
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Social Justice Lenten Project
The Social Justice Ministry is asking the community to make donations in support of Casa De Paz in Denver, CO.
Casa de Paz provides visits, shelter, meals, transportation and emotional support. Since 2012, they have hosted over 3000 immigrants from 70 countries. For more information, visit their website .
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Please make our you donation checks to Mary of Magdala with 'Casa de Paz Lenten Project' on the memo line.
Thank you for your support
in this project.
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Wednesday Night Lenten Soup Supper - 301 Faith Partners
Trinity will host a weekly Lenten Fellowship for the 301 Faith Partners followed by an Evening Prayer. We are encouraging everyone to make a soup each week. Here are some recipes members have shared - here and here.
Wednesdays during Lent
- February 24, March 3, 10, 17, & 24
- 6:30 pm Fellowship and 6:45 pm Lenten Drama w/Holden Evening Prayer
Zoom: Click this Link to join every Wednesday:
Meeting ID: 894 3735 9149 Passcode: 408538
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The 301 Faith Partners Joint Social & Eco Justice Team presents: |
Hispanic Community Voices: The Impact of Covid-19 **THIS WEEK**
Thursday, March 25, 7:00 pm
Join us for a virtual screening of the documentary followed by Q&A session with Betty Aragon, Fort Collins advocate and producer.
It was filmed and edited by Fort Collins filmmaker Shari Due of Be Reel Pictures using interviews conducted in August. The film details the effects of the pandemic on Larimer county’s Hispanic residents.
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Picture: Still from documentary as see in the Coloradoan
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Participate in a Work Session: Moving Forward - Thursday, April 8 at 7 pm
After watching the documentary, you are invited to participate in a work session via Zoom to brainstorm ideas on how the 301 Faith Partners can help the Hispanic residents of Larimer County. We will focus on a collaboration with ISAAC as each 301 Faith Partner church is a member of the ISAAC Coalition of Faith Communities.
Zoom link - Click here to join both March 25 & April 8 events
Meeting ID: 350 899 592 // Passcode: 028929
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Upcoming Services and Past Recordings |
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Mar 21 - Fifth Sunday in Lent - 5:00 pm. Service. Presider is Father Michael Nicosia assisted by Co-Pastor Dcn. Rosean Amaral **Community chat rooms open and 4:30 p.m.**
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Mar 28 - Palm Sunday - **11:00 am Service**. Presider is Co-Pastor Rev. Jane Reina assisted by Co-Pastor Dcn Rosean Amaral **Drive-up communion after the Service Palms will also be available at drive-up communion. **
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Service Recordings
The video recording of just the homily by Co-Pastor Dcn. Rosean Amaral is available here.
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For the complete and perfect recovery of Adele Eastman - friend of Co-Pastor Rev. Jane Reina. For Rob Frank - friend of Kerrie Anderson- member. Prayers of healing and complete recovery for Jerry Padilla, father and Ryan Cordova nephew of Lisa Jones - member. Healing prayers for Lisa Moos - member, Joanne Gallagher - member, and for her sister, Dr. Barbara Immroth. For Aidan - grandson of Mother Kae.
For Lauren Roob - friend of Rosanna Bateman.
Healing prayers for Dianna Padilla, sister of Lisa Jones, who underwent surgery for cancer. For Liz and Ken Zornes and family, friends of Sandra and Dick Life, whose daughter is struggling with addiction. For Michael Keefe, son of member Yvonne Keefe.
For Dona Bosse - community member and Rosemary - Fr Michael's mother. For Dani -
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niece of the Cloyds and Mary Crosby – parishioner. Recovery for Jim and Lucille Bowen - friends of Suzanne King, member. For Ruth Parker, sister of Dori Carroll. And Leo Six – father of Michael Six, Mike Gudim, Suzanne King, Robert Browell
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For the peaceful repose of souls for those who've passed and comfort for the families.
For Clint Wisdom - brother-in-law of Joan Chapman-Smith. For Leon - father of Mother Cynthia and Kristin - daughter of ECC priest Scott Jenkins. For Joan Kneeland - sister-in-law of Bill Kneeland.
For Rita Ortiz, friend of Deacon Rosean, and for Margie Weitz - member. For Chris Bachman, friend of Lisa Jones.
For Bob, husband of Joyce Dehaven -
friend of Cathy Engel
For David Heyman - member,
Teri Kent - member,
Bill McClellan - Father of Jennifer Pfeister,
Father of Julie Shoenbauer, member, and
Edwin White - brother in law of Pastor Jane
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For all bulletins, reflections, Sunday recordings during our hiatus from celebrating together, visit our webpage. Please contact us with questions, concerns and ideas for better connection with and for the community - marymagdalafc@gmail.com
Newsletters of Trinity Lutheran Church and the St. Paul's Episcopal
What are our partners in ministry here up to? Go here for the Trinity Lutheran Church monthly newsletter, "Tidings". And here is St Paul's weekly bulletin
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