Holy
ones,
In light of the recent
shootings at the grammar school in Connecticut, we will begin Sunday service with
prayer, silence, and the reading of Holy Scripture.
We will not have
regular announcements prior to the service.
I believe it is
important for us to still gather together for fellowship and support on Sunday
evening for the fellowship dinner. I will attempt to remember to announce this
at The Peace on Sunday morning.
Please pray for the
parents and families of school faculty whose loved ones were killed or injured.
Most of us cannot imagine their suffering. They need the love and peace of God
and support of those close to them.
Often our minds stray
to questions like, “Why did this happen?,” or “Why does God allow these things to
happen?” as if we can intellectually understand or find reason in these events.
But these acts of evil are the antithesis of reason. There is no reason but evil
alone that perpetrates this hatred of life.
The taking of human life is a crime
against God as we were made in his image, male and female, adult and children
all were made in his image.
God reveals himself as
Father and as a parent loves his children. He groans and suffers at the loss of
his children just as we do. But as he is the creator of all he growns and
suffers everyday when we hurt one another.
Take this time to be
extra loving and caring to the people God has placed in your path. For those
individuals may very well be his children too.
My love and blessing to
you all,
Fr. Stephen+
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