Reflection from your Deacons –
May 18, 2020
Yesterday was the 6
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Sunday of the Easter Season. The Gospel reading was taken from John 14, a section titled “Last Supper Discourses.” Jesus of Nazareth was getting his disciples ready for his death, resurrection, and the coming of the Paraclete, the Truth. John is revisiting those important messages from that eventful night. Jesus says:
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always…The Spirit of Truth.” (14:15-16)
Hadn’t they already heard the truth from Jesus, again and again: “Love one another as I have loved you.” (13:34) The power of this mystery of a trinity of Love is engraved in our beings, felt through our Oneness in Christ.
“On that day you will realize
that I am in my Father,
and you are in me and I in you.” (14:20)
“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; live on in my love.” (15:9)
Why do we need Her, the Advocate, the Truth? I imagine She is an invisible force, like the water around the fish. I think it’s a good guess that we need all the help we can get. The Truth will always be with us, like She is now -- now when we rejoice to see each other virtually for an hour,
wishing
we could gather as family does to touch, see and hear each other, share the Word and the Bread around the table.
So, Jesus gives us this message of Oneness, as he is in Amma/Abba, and we with each other. What joy, a joy that can help us overcome our daily malaise! Love who is Truth, sends Truth who is Love, to always remain with us.
In Fr. Michael’s homily he said “Maybe the heart of his teaching is…our oneness in Christ.” She, Truth, is this Oneness for all of creation. She is wisdom herself. How can we welcome Her as we try to envision our church in a new way?
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We pray that She leads us in prayer to help us see and shape our new normal together. We pray that She leads us to ever-new experiences of Oneness with the Eternal and each other. We pray that in a moment of stillness, we may hear her voice calling us.
Let us pray together:
“When you come, O Truth, let us be prepared, waiting with lamps lit and with new wine skins. Let one more ray of Light penetrate our eyes and one more ray of Love penetrate our hearts as one more hard scale falls away.
In the Stillness, you are there, O Sophia, to guide and protect us. Show us the way to each other in Love who is One with Love. Help us to be One in Love. Amen.”
And let us join together with Bill Smith singing Come, Holy Spirit.
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COME, HOLY SPIRIT
Come, Holy Spirit; come with your pow’r.
Rousing your people, come in this hour.
1. There’s a gaze of love,
an intimate look of acceptance and joy.
There’s a smile and laugh,
an eternal dance between Father and Son.
2. You are perfect love
given above from the lover.
Casting out all our fear,
let us live in joy, let us live within the beloved.
3. With the boldness of saints
and abandon that echoes the prophets;
like the witness of those who gave of their lives never ashamed of the cross.
Licensed from Oregon Catholic Press - 604130
Text © 2006, Robert Feduccia. Music © 2006, Tom Booth. Published by spiritandsong.com®, a division of OCP. All rights reserved.
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Your input is requested
The Rocky Mountain Regional Council requests your thoughts on prayer.
We open our Rocky Mountain Regional Council with a prayer, which was appropriate for the time of Calling a Bishop. Now, going forward into what might be a long haul with Covid 19, we are divining a prayer appropriate for our journey into the unknown.
We ask for your prayerful thoughts so we may reflect the gratitude, petitions, and longings of all our churches as we pray together. Please email to
marymagdalafc@gmail.com
In the Peace of Christ,
Your Deacons
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Community Prayer Requests
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Please pray for -
Julie Schoenbauer and family for the passing of her father and Yvonne Wootten and family for passing of her father-in-law. For the family of Edwin White, brother-in-law of Deacon Jane.
For the peaceful repose of the souls of Bill, Greg, and Calvin - friends of Deacon Rosean. For the continued recovery of Father Don Sutton - ECC Priest
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For Rosemary - Fr Michael's mother. For Dani - Niece of the Cloyds. Mary Crosby – parishioner. For Chris Bachman, friend of Lisa Jones and Ruth Parker, sister of Dori Carroll. For Lynne Barnes and family.
Joanne Gallagher - parishioner. Becky Orsi and family. John Nystrom and family. The Dunn Family. Leo Six – father of Michael Six. Dorothea Grimm, Lauren Roob, Mike Gudim, Kim Speaker, Margie Weitz, Suzanne King, Robert Browell.
And thank you for all your prayers for Fr Jim and Colleen DeMuth. They have successfully completed their quarantine.
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SERVICE RECORDINGS
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Sunday, May 17, Service reco
rding available
here***
Printed version
here. And Fr Michael's Homily
here
For all bulletins, reflections during our hiatus from celebrating together, visit our webpage
here
and for other videos
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here
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Please contact us with questions, concerns and ideas for
better connection with and for the community at
marymagdalafc@gmail.com
or at 970-493-9536 --- Call is automatically forwarded to a real person!
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