Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests ordains Deacon Anne Tropeano in Albuquerque, NM - October 14, 2021

Prayer of Consecration for Deacon

https://www.fatheranne.com/ordination.html

Bishop: We praise you, most loving God, and call on your name. You are with us and you give us all grace. You call people into holy service and you choose them for orders in the Church.

Loving God, you renew everything in your energy. You order everything according to your eternal designs. Through your word, your wisdom and the power of love, you provide what we need in the changing seasons of life.

You abundantly blessed your Church and have wonderfully designed the Body of Christ in great diversity of membership. You unite and sanctify us in your Spirit.  

You give your Church life and growth. For the praise of your Name, you have established the threefold ministry of Orders and furnished the Church with holy gifts, as from the beginning, you chose faithful servants for ministering to your holy people.

As the Church began to grow, the apostles, led by the Spirit, set apart seven proven people to be helpers in daily ministry. The apostles themselves wanted to be free for prayer and for the proclamation of the word.

To these chosen ones you entrusted prayer and the table ministry through the laying-on-of hands. We humbly present this deacon before you.

Bishop: I now invite you, the assembly, to join me in extending your hands over this woman as we embrace the Spirit in her and in all.

God’s Spirit strengthens you to carry out your ministry faithfully.

God’s Spirit calls you to heal and reconcile.  

God’s Spirit guides you in your work for justice and peace for all. 

God’s Spirit enlivens you in prophetic and liberating obedience. 

Together, we are one in Christ, loving and serving as God’s holy people. 

All: Amen.

Future womanpriest 'Father Anne' blames God for leading her towards ordination Oct 14, 2021 by Jeannine M. Pitas, National Catholic Reporter

 Congratulations to Anne on her courageous witness for justice and equality for women on the Church. It is a joy for me to be here in Albuquerque to ordain Anne a priest in the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests. We are leading - not leaving- the Church we love into a new model of ministry partnership rooted in Jesus teachings and example of an open table where everyone is welcome.

http://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/2021/10/future-womanpriest-father-anne-blames.html?m=1

Anne Tropeano, whose use of the moniker "Father Anne" has helped attract wide media coverage of her coming Oct. 16 ordination ceremony, portrays her choice as part of a long spiritual journey. "God is calling me to be ordained in the Roman Catholic tradition and to work for justice," she said. (Courtesy of Anne Tropeano)

https://www.ncronline.org/news/future-womanpriest-father-anne-blames-god-leading-her-towards-ordination

When asked why she has chosen to be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest — thus breaking the Catholic Church's ban on the ordination of women and crossing the threshold of formal excommunication — Anne Tropeano's response is simple.

"God is asking me to do this," she says. "God is calling me to be ordained in the Roman Catholic tradition and to work for justice."

Tropeano, whose use of the moniker "Father Anne" has helped attract wide coverage of her coming Oct. 16 ordination ceremony from various secular media outlets, including The New Yorker magazine, portrays her choice as part of a long spiritual journey.

Though she received the sacraments as a child, Tropeano was not raised in the church and did not begin to practice the faith until her late 20s, when she went through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.

"I moved to Portland with a band I was managing, and it was there, while attending a Jesuit parish, that the call emerged," Tropeano said in a recent NCR interview. "The Jesuits took me under their wing. I began to pray, do retreats and become active in the parish community."

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius "changed me profoundly and forever," said Tropeano, whose ordination is being organized by the Association of Roman Catholic Womenpriests.

Part of a movement that began in 2002 with the ordination of seven women by a Catholic bishop in a clandestine ceremony on the Danube River, the association is one of two such groups of women claiming apostolic succession. They say there are now some 250 ordained women worldwide.

Related: A 'love letter of unanswered questions' about women's ordination

The official Catholic Church disputes their claims. In his 1994 apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, Pope John Paul II said, "the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women." Pope Francis further codified the church's stance this June, updating canon law to reflect a 2007 decree that women who are ordained be automatically excommunicated.

Tropeano's ordination is scheduled to occur at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

She portrayed the Jesuits' influence on her as fundamental.

"They taught me to pray," she said. "That was when I heard a call — not just to be a priest, but specifically a Jesuit priest. How could God be calling me to do something impossible?"

Tropeano began doing pastoral ministry, but that was not enough to satisfy her call. At age 40 she began studies at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California, which is now part of Santa Clara University.

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Anne Tropeano at a witness in Philadelphia in 2015 (Courtesy of Anne Tropeano)

"For 12 years I've tried to be obedient to the magisterium," she said, referring to the church's ban against ordaining women. "I've wrestled with the call. The charism of pouring oneself out for God, being willing to sacrifice for God's creation — this is what gives me the strength to take this road, to be ordained, to face excommunication."

Maggie Wright, who met and befriended Tropeano while visiting the Jesuit School of Theology while conducting research for her website about women inspired by Jesuit spirituality, said it was difficult for a woman to study in an institution where the vast majority of the students were Jesuits.

"Behind Anne are many women who have felt the call to join the Society of Jesus," said Wright. "It's a touchy subject as Jesuit men are pretty progressive, and Jesuit parishes, schools and retreat centers are generally good places to be a Catholic woman who wants to serve, study, speak and lead. But the glass ceiling is the Society of Jesus itself. There are many Jesuit vocational events for men, but silence around women's vocation."

Wright believes firmly that Tropeano's Jesuit formation has led her to discern a true call.

"She is committed to the institutional Roman Catholic Church as well as personal discernment and pursuit of justice," Wright said. "That desire and love for the universal church in combination with concern for realities that change with the times are very characteristic of the Jesuits. Anne is very obedient to her prayer and truly committed to following what she discerns."

The prospect of excommunication is painful to Tropeano.

"Since publicly coming out with my intentions, I stopped taking Communion at the church I attend on Sundays so as not to cause problems for the pastor," she said. "Other Roman Catholic Womenpriests do receive Communion in an act of protest against the law. But I want people to see the punishment that women like me experience. I go up with my arms crossed, but I don't receive."

Nevertheless, Tropeano is willing to pay the price to follow her call. She has lived in Albuquerque for three years and is still discerning her mission. "I plan to offer spiritual direction, retreats, weddings and funerals. I especially want to minister to the LGBTQ community," she said.

Starting in November she plans to offer a Sunday evening contemplative service in the Jesuit tradition. "It's a kind of stripped-down Mass geared toward silence and stillness of heart, people readying themselves for their work week. We'll see if a community takes root from it."

She also plans to continue to her advocacy for women's ordination in the Catholic Church and do a speaking tour in the summer of 2022. "So many people are unaware that this movement even exists," she said.

Tropeano's ordination will be concelebrated by 10 Christian faith leaders from the Albuquerque area. "We need the ecumenical communion to take a stand with us for ordination of women within the Roman Catholic Church," she said.

The Rev. Kristina Maulden, who serves as dean of the Cathedral of St. John, where Tropeano's ordination will take place, praised her "positive energy, hopefulness and perseverance."

"Particularly in our religious landscape, where people don't 'do church' like they used to, she has innovative ways of reaching people through ancient spirituality and Christianity's old traditions," said Maulden. "She is very rooted in the sacraments. I see her as a 'tent maker' in the tradition of St. Paul, a kind of itinerant sacramentalist filling in gaps for Roman Catholics who can't get married or baptized in the church. That might be the basis of a community."

Maulden said she will be curious to see where Tropeano's ministry takes her. "To minister to people on the fringes is very Jesus-like," she said. "There are benefits to being part of an institution and benefits to not being part of an institution."

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Jennifer O'Malley, a Roman Catholic Womanpriest and board president of the Women's Ordination Conference (Courtesy of Jennifer O'Malley)

Jennifer O'Malley, who was ordained in 2012 as part of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests group and is board president of the advocacy organization Women's Ordination Conference, will also be concelebrating at Tropeano's ordination.

"Anne is obviously committed to living her vocation and call as a priest. She's not letting canon law stop her, which is a courageous thing to do," O'Malley said. "She sees a link between the ban on women's ordination in the church and the oppression of women and girls throughout the world."

"The title 'Father Anne' makes a powerful point," O'Malley added. "It may be a hook to get people to ask 'Why not?' Dialogue is prohibited, so speaking is itself a courageous act. We're doing something the church says we cannot do, which is just to talk."

O'Malley said she does not believe that we will see the official Roman Catholic Church ordain women in our lifetimes.

"Pope Francis is conservative in this area, as are other bishops," she said. "I think they are too afraid of what an equal role for women might look like. They will hold onto power and control for as long as they can."

Tropeano called Francis a man of prayer.

"I want to ask him if he's really prayed about this," she said. "I don't believe he wants to cling to male power. I think there's some other reason — maybe worries about the church fracturing, or else not having enough experience with women who have been called."

"I wish he'd meet and hear the stories of women from around the world who are called," she continued. "I know it could be damaging to change church teachings overnight. But I want Francis to lift the ban on speaking about this, to let the Holy Spirit move."

[Jeannine M. Pitas is an assistant professor of English and Spanish at the University of Dubuque, Iowa. She also contributes to the Catholic blog Vox Nova.]

Sister Megan Rice, who crusaded against nuclear weapons, dies at 91, By Dan Zajd, Washington Post

Megan Rice, a prophet for justice, followed the Gospel teaching of non-violence. Her courageous activism will continue to inspire us to work for peace in our relationships, communities and world.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/megan-rice-dead/2021/10/11/f11ef0d0-28cc-11ec-9de8-156fed3e81bf_story.html

Prayer for our Indigenous Neighbors

Zuni - Soaring Eagle Dance Group - Santa Fe, NM 10/09/2021

Prayers for Indigenous Neighbors 
Created by the United Church of Canada

Creator, Spirit, Comforter, Advocate, We greet you this day with thanks for the blessings of our lives and for the blessing of the people of our community. We pray especially this morning for the original peoples of this land. 

                                      The new Cherokee morning song with translation

We think with gratitude about the welcome Indigenous peoples gave to the first visitors who arrived here from afar, from other parts of the world, and settled in this place. We imagine that there must have been misunderstandings and hardship in these early relationships, but we also know from the stories we have been told that working relationships, bonds of friendship and even bonds of kinship and love, grew out of these early encounters. Our ancestors in this place agreed to share these sacred lands in a covenantal relationship and to live side by side in peace as neighbors, respecting each other as communities of peoples with different customs and traditions, and unique understandings of their relationship with you, but created, as we have been taught, each and every one, in your own image. 

We see you in each other and learn about you as we encounter each other. You, Creator God, know the needs of the Indigenous peoples of this place far better than we do. We are aware of the ongoing injustices and adversity, including racism, which our Indigenous brothers, sisters, and cousins experience. The violence faced by some in our own country angers us, saddens us, frustrates us, and leaves us searching for answers.

Holy One, you know that we have a deep love for this place. As your faithful disciples, we long to know what we can do to best show that we love our neighbors as ourselves. Help us to use our gifts, our knowledge, our skills, our positions in society, and our strength in Christ, as a community of faith, to support our neighbors. Give us humility and the wisdom to know when and how to follow their lead in seeking solutions, and in making positive changes. Open our hearts, our minds, and our spirits to new possibilities when the steps our Indigenous leaders and neighbors wish to take may be uncomfortable or unfamiliar. 

Great Spirit, fill us with the power and the courage to trust in you and to trust in others. Help us to trust in the deep wisdom and traditional knowledges that you have gifted to our Indigenous neighbors. Help us to accept the gift of learning from our neighbors that we may broaden and deepen our understanding of how to live together, to share resources, to put our complementary skills to work together, and most of all to build on our common desire to live in wholeness together as all of your peoples. 

                                                 AMAZING GRACE IN CHEROKEE - NATIVE AMERICAN

We thank you for the blessing you have given us to know you better by getting to know our neighbors better in all of their diverse God-given beauty. We pray for our Indigenous neighbors. We ask that you will help us to let our Indigenous neighbors know that we honor them, we want to live together with them in harmony, and we share their hope for a blessed future together, for growth in mutual understanding and respect, for healing, for justice, and for reconciliation. We pray for all of our relations. Amen. 

"Wolf Robe" Oil Painting by Greg Overton

Limerick priest compares aspects of the Church to the Taliban

Fr. Roy Donovan

“In the Catholic Church, women are excluded from the hierarchial (patriarchial) structures – no woman can be ordained a deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal or pope. Women are excluded from leadership, governance and decision making in the Church.

 “Women have no vote in the upcoming Bishops’ Synod 2023 on Synodality.” Fr. Roy Donovan, Ireland

My response:

Women called to Ordination in a renewed people empowered church  are being ordained now. We are claiming our rightful path and leading the Church now. 

Visit www. ARCWP.org or RCWP/USA.

Article:

Limerick priest compares aspects of the Church to the Taliban

From Limerick Leader by Donal O'Regan

8 Oct 2021

A LIMERICK priest has compared the Catholic Church to the Taliban on how they both treat women.

Fr Roy Donovan, parish priest of Caherconlish and Inch St. Laurence, has spoken out following a recent statement from Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy.

It was titled, “Change taking shape as greater lay involvement in the Church emerges”. The bishop also asked for expressions of interest from men over 35 years of age, married or single, interested in taking up roles as permanent deacons.

Fr Donovan said Bishop Leahy’s intention of introducing the male Diaconate into the diocese is a “return to the dark ages”.

“In recent weeks we have learned of the Taliban’s negative attitudes to women in Afghanistan, that of exclusion from education and the public domain.

“In the Catholic Church, women are excluded from the hierarchial (patriarchial) structures – no woman can be ordained a deacon, priest, bishop, cardinal or pope. Women are excluded from leadership, governance and decision making in the Church.

 “Women have no vote in the upcoming Bishops’ Synod 2023 on Synodality. The Catholic Church at many levels, like the Taliban, treats women as second-class citizens,” said Fr Donovan, who is originally from Knockarron, Emly and served for many years in Dublin.

In his statement, Bishop Leahy said deacons had a ministry in the early Church which focused on service, both within the church community helping in the administration of the diocese and in reaching out to the marginalised in society.

Fr Donovan said up until the 12th century, the Catholic Church ordained women deacons, although by then their service was mostly restricted to women’s monasteries.

 “Some Orthodox churches that split from the Catholic Church in the 11th century still do. In the New Testament Book of Romans, the Apostle Paul introduces Phoebe as a ‘deacon of the church at Cenchreae’.

“He also names Priscilla and Junia and several other women leaders,” said Fr Donovan, who is one of the leaders of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) but is speaking in a personal capacity.

The priest said this move towards male deacons “raises questions about how women in the Limerick Synod have allowed this to go forward or have they?”

“It also raises questions about having a meaningful Synod in the Irish Church. Men in every diocese in Ireland and throughout the world should join in solidarity with women and refuse the male Diaconate,” concluded Fr Donovan.

MMOJ Inclusive Catholic Community Liturgy, October 9, 2021, Presiders Dotty Shugrue ARCWP and Joan Pesce

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Theme:  What do You ask of me?

Dotty:  Welcome to Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community.  Today the theme of our Liturgy is based on the story Mark tells us of the rich young man who stood before Jesus and asked, “Good teacher, what else must I do to share in the eternal life of your Kin-dom”.  As we prayerfully reflect on the hidden messages in this Gospel story let us quiet our minds and be still.  In silence each of us can hear our inner voice the voice of Divine and then ask this question: “what is this story really all about, what is the message for me today?”

Joan:  Reminders:  We welcome your reflections at the time of the shared homily.  Several of the members of our community have a speaking part in the Liturgy.  It is important to be conscious when you speak unmute yourself. Also be sure that you re-mute when you are finished.  

Remember to place bread and wine on your table so that you may participate in the consecration and reception of both the sacred bread and cup.

We are all like the rich young man in that we search to embrace the Christ with in us and we commit to live a life following the values revealed in the scriptures.  Let us together now celebrate the memory of Jesus on earth and begin with our opening song.

Follow Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lry-SRbAxUA

First Reading:  A reading from the book of Wisdom. Chapter 7

Reader:  Anne Cooke

So, I prayed, and understanding was given to me.

I called for help and the spirit of Wisdom came to my aid

I valued Wisdom above even my throne and scepter

And all my great wealth was nothing next to this.

I held no precious jewel as an equal,

Because all the gold in the world

Was just a handful of sand,

And all the silver in the world

Was worth no more than mud,

I loved Wisdom more than health and beauty,

I preferred Wisdom to the light of day,

Whose countenance shone unceasingly,

Through Wisdom, I received all good things,

And I had wealth beyond counting.

King Solomon is the implied author of the Book of Wisdom.

Reader:  Maryal Gagnon

A Reading from Psalms for the New Millennium by Silvia Antonia Brandon-Perez a priest member of ARCWP.

We live on a planet that is magnificent and beautiful and welcoming.  It has perceived risks and danger, but some of that has come from our societal rites and beliefs.  As adult children, we created games in our minds to entertain ourselves, and then make of the games the seriousness of war, death, and destruction.  Why do we need to say “my” and “mine” rather than “ours” or “yours”?  Why isn’t sharing the norm?  There is an abundance of things and feelings and beauty, more than enough for every being on this planet.  Yet we create a picture of scarcity and then make it so by wanting to seize and grip and grab existence.  In the quantum universe, as we think, so we are and so it is.

These are the inspired words of ARCWP visionary and priest serving the poorest of the poor in California. 

CELTIC ALLELUIA – Linda Lee Miller

https://youtu.be/2ME1cF2iSgE

The Gospel reading today the book written in the name of the apostle called Mark

As Jesus was resuming his journey, a man came running up to him, and threw himself on his knees before him, “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”  “Why do you call me good?” answered Jesus.  “No one is good but God.  You know the commandments:  do not commit adultery.  Do not steal.  Do not say what is false about others.  Do not cheat.  Honor your father and your mother.”  “Teacher,” he replied.  “I have observed all these from my childhood.”  Jesus looking at the man, loved him and said, “there is still one thing wanting in you, go sell all that you have, and give to the poor and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.”  But the man’s face clouded at these words, and he went away in distress, for he had great pssessions.

CELTIC ALLELUIA – Linda Lee Miller

https://youtu.be/2ME1cF2iSgE

 

Shared Homily

Joan P.  Let us pray together our Statement of Faith 

We believe in the Holy One, a divine mystery 
beyond all definition and rational understanding, 
the heart of all that has ever existed, 
that exists now, or that ever will exist. 

We believe in Jesus, messenger of the Divine Word, 
bringer of healing, heart of Divine compassion, 
bright star in the firmament of the Holy One's 
prophets, mystics, and saints. 
 
We believe that We are called to follow Jesus 
as a vehicle of divine love, 
a source of wisdom and truth, 
and an instrument of peace in the world. 
 
We believe in the Spirit of the Holy One, 
the life that is our innermost life, 
the breath moving in our being, 
the depth living in each of us. 
 
We believe that the Divine kin-dom is here and now, 
stretched out all around us for those 
with eyes to see it, hearts to receive it, 
and hands to make it happen. 

We pray that the Holy One renew in our hearts our commitment to journey always in faith and hope as we reach out and support, as we comfort and love those closest to us, our MMOJ community, those who live in our country and all the people of the earth.

Joan M.  As we prepare for the sacred meal, we bring to this table our cares and concerns, our blessings and our gratitudes. 

We bring to the table members of our MMOJ community who are experiencing difficult times for a variety of reasons.  May they find peace of mind and heart. 

We bring to the table all those who serve the needs of other, those who serve our communities, all those who give of themselves locally, whose compassion brings healing of hearts.

We bring to the table the people of our troubled country, especially those who actively address issues of prejudice of all kinds.  May they be heard, may they be listened to, may we all see transformation within ourselves, our communities and our government.

We bring to the table all those who are blessed with wealth and riches.  May they open their hearts and share what they have with those who have little.

We bring to the table all members of our community; we remember in a special way everyone in our midst who needs physical or emotional healing.

 

…pause… unmute and share the names of those you know who need healing

           

May all be healed by the strength and power of Jesus as well as the healing power within us as we are people of faith and hope.

We bring these and all our worries, cares, and concerns as well as our gratitudes, hopes and deep beliefs. This is a table of friendship and peace.

And together we say 

So Be It

 

Anna: With open hearts and hands let us pray our Eucharistic prayer in one voice:

Blessed are you, Source of All Life,

For your word was spoken at the beginning of time as you called forth life, all the creatures of the earth, all the life in the seas, all the birds of the air came into being.

Blessed are you for the gift of humankind created all over the earth, created in your image to love and care for one another.

Blessed are you who calls us to follow Jesus.  We let go of all that reflects prejudice in our minds and hearts. We desire only to follow the gospel as we walk in the presence of Jesus as we model our life on his life

Amen

Song:   Here in this Place by Chris Grundy

https://youtu.be/sgkWXOSGmOQ

Joan P:  We give thanks to you.  Every life and heart stretch toward you, O name untroubled, honoring the name of God, praised with the name Creator.  To everyone and everything comes the kindness of the Holy One and love and desire.

And if there is sweet and simple teaching, it gifts us, mind, word, and knowledge; mind, that we may understand you; word, that we may interpret you; knowledge, that we may know you.  We rejoice and are enlightened by your knowledge; we rejoice that you have taught us about yourself.  We rejoice that in the body you have made us divine through your knowledge.

Dotty:  The thanksgiving of the human who reaches you is this alone; that we know you.  We have known you, O light of mind.  O light of life we have known you.  O womb of all that grows, we have known you.  O womb pregnant with the nature of Creator God, we have known you. O never-ending endurance of the Spirit of Life who gives birth, so we worship your goodness.  One wish we ask:  we wish to be protected in knowledge, one protection we desire; that we do not stumble in this life.  When they said these things in prayer, they welcomed one another, and they went to eat their holy food, which had no blood in it.  (The Prayer of Thanksgiving – New New Testament)

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Please extend your hands in blessing.

Maryal:  We are grateful for Your Spirit whose breath inspired the primal waters, calling into being the variety and abundance we see around us. Your Spirit sustains and animates our every endeavor, inviting us to act in wisdom and in truth. We are ever aware of your Spirit in us and among us at this Eucharistic table and we are grateful for this bread and wine which reminds us of our call to be your living presence in the world. 

Anne Cooke:  We thank you for Jesus, a man of vision and conviction.  He lifts the lowly, revealing you as God-With-Us.  We remember Jesus today tthrough the sharing of bread and wine.

Dotty:  On the night before he faced his own death, Jesus sat at supper with his companions and friends.  He reminded them of all that he taught them, and to fix that memory clearly with them, he bent down and washed their feet. 

 

   

Community lifts the plate

When he returned to his place at the table, he lifted the bread, spoke the blessing, broke the bread, and offered it to them saying: 

Take and eat, this is my very self.

   Community lifts the cup

Then he took the cup of the covenant, spoke the grace, and offered it to them saying:

Take and drink.

Whenever you remember me like this,

I am among you.

Pause

This is the bread of life and the cup of blessing. Through it we are nourished, and we nourish each other. What we have heard with our ears, we will live with our lives; as we share communion, we become communion, both Love’s nourishment and Love’s challenge.

Please receive communion with the words: I am one with my God.

Communion song:  

Surrender - Heather Houston and Samantha Keller

https://youtu.be/_2UEIVviGCU 

Prayer after Communion

Joan P

O Sacred Spirit, you call us to share all of our gift and to give  compassionate care to all those we meet.

We remember our sister priests, strong extraordinary women who demonstrated in life a compassionate love of you and a dedication to serve others with understanding and love. Adele, Judy, Tish, Joan, Michele, and our dearest Sally. 

We remember all our family and friends who have transitioned into a New Life.  We remember them with love and hold them forever in our hearts.

(Speak the names you hold in your heart.)

Anna Let us pray as Jesus taught us.

Our Mother

Who is in heaven and within us

We call upon your names.

Your wisdom come.

Your will be done,

In all the spaces in which you dwell.

Give us each day

sustenance and perseverance. 

Remind us of our limits as

we give grace to the limits of others.

Separate us from the temptation of empire,

and deliver us into community.

For you are the dwelling place within us,

the empowerment around us,

and the celebration among us,

now and forever.  Amen

Rev. Yolanda M. Norton

   

Gratitudes and Announcements

BLESSING

Joan P.  May the blessing of the Holy One lead you on your journey.

May the blessing of Spirit Life fill you with wisdom and understanding.

May the blessing of Divine Mystery reveal insight into life’s unfolding.

ALL:  Amen

Dotty Let us bring the message of Jesus to all those we meet.

We embrace our call to service.

Closing Song: Being Kind by Empty Hands Music

https://youtu.be/mJhZ64BvvFU

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