tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21535293815215949012024-03-18T20:13:59.510-04:00Bridget Mary's Blog Living Gospel Inclusivity and Empowerment NowBridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.comBlogger9545125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-12887737328819909452024-03-18T11:21:00.004-04:002024-03-18T11:21:54.775-04:00Dancing to Tipperary Girl, one of my favorite Irish songs at Oakwood Manor Community St.Patrick’s Party on March 17, 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxBLdXylKeJlBqgPskeR9cZvJwOl1YbbAV3gPXGZFIJLSIWTzJwEH11ePE24rMTzPJTQXhmATZuTcH7I5J1Xw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-42776316662171754802024-03-17T08:25:00.004-04:002024-03-17T08:25:37.105-04:00Prayer Attributed to St. Patrick <p> <a href="https://youtu.be/xeVEGOPjJXQ?si=IcQVcZRto5d7R45R">https://youtu.be/xeVEGOPjJXQ?si=IcQVcZRto5d7R45R</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;"><div style="color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "New Times", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br clear="none" /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a37519; font-family: "New Times", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a data-originalcomputedfontsize="18.666666" data-removefontsize="true" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rcwpcanada.altervista.org/&source=gmail&ust=1710608206695000&usg=AOvVaw0XcxoURQ9DylCmMnjs4PVW" href="https://rcwpcanada.altervista.org/" id="m_8326652617262274831ydpdec09608yiv8868682558OWAbf346e4b-7a57-d079-add4-1b6ca0a259f8" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #a37519; font-size: 1.166667rem; margin: 0px;" target="_blank" title="https://rcwpcanada.altervista.org">rcwpcanada.altervista.org</a></span></div></div>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-24926252514254661562024-03-13T13:05:00.002-04:002024-03-13T13:05:28.603-04:00People's Catholic Seminary Forums on Next Steps for Synodal Church 2024 on becoming a listening and accompanying Church <p> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Leaders of Inclusive Catholic Communities on the Margins- Share their responses on becoming a listening and accompanying Church </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p2" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Session 1: <a href="https://pcseminaryforum.blogspot.com/2024/01/peoples-catholic-seminary-forum.html"><span class="s1">https://pcseminaryforum.blogspot.com/2024/01/peoples-catholic-seminary-forum.html</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lCugA8hBtfQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="lCugA8hBtfQ"></iframe></b></div><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br />https://youtu.be/lCugA8hBtfQ?si=6jDxgZxZ-UbbSxPP</b><p></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br />Part 1: The Face of the Synodal Church- January 16, 2024, 1pm-2pm </b><br /><br />Facilitators: Bridget Mary Meehan and Joan Pesce<br /><br /><br /><b>Welcome and Opening Prayer: Joan Pesce<br /><br /></b><br /><b>Highlights from Synthesis Report in Part 1 of Synthesis Report: Bridget Mary Meehan</b></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Section 1: The Face of the Synodal Church - Highlights- Bridget Mary </span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. We are all brothers and sisters in Christ and co-responsible for mission of Church with “a ,genuine equality of dignity and common responsibility for mission according to the vocation of each.“</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />2. The Church itself is a “conversation” within itself and with the world, walking side by side with every human being in the style of Jesus.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />3. Christian communities are to join “other religions, convictions and cultures in mutual learning, service to those experiencing poverty, care for our common home and theological research. “</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />4. Synodality involves “reciprocal listening, dialogue, community discernment and creation of consensus” that renders Christ present in decisions” according to “responsibilities.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />5. Synodality offers “alternative way of being and acting for our times integrating a diversity of perspectives.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />6. Synodality integrates the contributions of theology, the humanities, social sciences as well as other models of ecclesial discernment of different spiritual traditions, ancient and recent.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">QUESTIONS for Reflection on The Face of the Synodal Church- Joan </span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> In your experience of circular leadership in your local church community, what have</span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 27px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">been the benefits of this process? What have been the learning experiences?</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 27px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> What challenges do you see to the ongoing development of the synodal</span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 27px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">process in the Church?</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 27px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> How do you move forward as a synodal church both in your local church community</span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 27px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and in the worldwide Church?</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Section 2: Eucharist: Highlights- Bridget Mary </span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />7. “From the Eucharist we learn to articulate unity and diversity, “unity of sacramental mystery and a variety of liturgical traditions, unity of celebration and diversity of vocations, charisms and ministries. “</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />8. This means making “liturgical language more accessible” and “embodied in the diversity of cultures.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />9. The preferential option for the poor and those at the margins is rooted in the example of Jesus who “befriended people in poverty, shared a table with them and denounced the causes of poverty.”</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">16. The issue of Eucharistic hospitality is of “particular importance to inter-church couples and raises the need for a broader reflection on inter-church marriages.”</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Questions: for Reflection on EUCHARIST- Joan</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How do we promote unity and diversity in Eucharistic hospitality?</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What challenges do you see for the Church in implementing understandable and inclusive language in the Liturgy and Rites? </span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How do you practice Eucharistic hospitality in your ministry?</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Section 3: Social Justice and Ministry- Highlights: Bridget Mary</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b>10. The Church’s commitment must address the causes of poverty and exclusion. This includes actions to protect the rights of those who are excluded, and may involve denunciation of injustices. This means “listening to their demands and points of view, and utilizing their own words. “</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />11. The Church’s social justice teachings are not well-known. It is a requirement of faith, “not an optional extra. This is especially true for candidates for ordained ministry and consecrated life.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />12. The diaconal ministry should “promote a stronger orientation towards service to those who are poor.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />13. Living the Church’s mission in multicultural and multi-religious contexts requires “taking of one’s shoes to “cross the threshold towards encounter” and “respect for a sacred space, on an equal footing.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />14. The Church encourages interreligious dialogue and is aware that “the Spirit can speak through women and men of every religion, belief and culture.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />15. To address different understandings of evangelization, new paradigms are needed for pastoral engagement with indigenous peoples, that include their participation in decision -making processes at all levels.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />17. It is proposed that Christians of other Churches and ecclesial traditions participate in Catholic synodal processes at all levels, including an ‘ecumenical Synod on common mission in the contemporary world. “</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />18. Each local Church is encouraged “to equip itself with suitable people trained to facilitate and accompany processes of ecclesial discernment.”<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Questions for Reflection: Social Justice and Ministry- Joan</b></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How can you expand awareness of the Church’s social doctrine in your local</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>church community?</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How will you go about promoting ministry to the poor and those at the margins of</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>society in your local church community? How can this be done in the greater Church?</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 27px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What challenges do you see in moving forward in joining with other churches and traditions in synodal processes at all levels?</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 27px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>NEXT Steps: Time for Prayerful Dialogue and Discernment : Bridget Mary</b></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please share these highlights on the Synthesis document with your communities and companions on the journey in a Synodal Church that we all belong to and participate in. <br /><br /><br /><b>Proposals for Decisions on Next Steps for Report to Vatican in preparation for Synod in 2024</b></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You are invited to share your ideas for next steps forward for incorporation in the Summary Report that we will post on Vatican site in preparation for the October 2024 Synodal meeting in Rome. The Summary Report will be prepared by Bridget Mary and Joan Pesce and shared with you.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Join us on Feb. 6th for reflection and discussion at our next PCS Forum on Part 2 of The Synodal Synthesis Report - </span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1:00 PM ET 7:30PM ET.</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;">Session 2:</span><span class="s3" style="color: #31a731;"><b> </b><a href="https://pcseminaryforum.blogspot.com/2024/01/peoples-catholic-seminary-forum_01290369884.html"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1;"><b>https://pcseminaryforum.blogspot.com/2024/01/peoples-catholic-seminary-forum_01290369884.html</b></span></a></span></span></p><p class="p9" style="color: #31a731; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p10" style="color: #31a731; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Part 2: All Disciples, All Missionaries- Feb.6, 2024, 1pm</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></p><p class="p11" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p12" style="color: #2c772c; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://youtu.be/m8_TLgoiFs4?si=IuOE78EoTdwdJhBA"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/m8_TLgoiFs4?si=IuOE78EoTdwdJhBA"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m8_TLgoiFs4" width="320" youtube-src-id="m8_TLgoiFs4"></iframe></span></a></div><a href="https://youtu.be/m8_TLgoiFs4?si=IuOE78EoTdwdJhBA"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />https://youtu.be/m8_TLgoiFs4?si=IuOE78EoTdwdJhBA<span class="s5" style="color: #2c772c;"></span></span></a><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Next Steps for Synod in 2024 </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Part 2: All Disciples, All Missionaries- Women in the Church-Feb.6, 2024, </b><span class="s6" style="color: #373737;"><b>1pm-2pm </b></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Facilitators: Bridget Mary Meehan and Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome and Opening Prayer: Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Highlights from Synthesis Report in Part 1: Bridget Mary Meehan</span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. The Synod affirms that the Church is mission.” Each Christian is a mission on this earth.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />2. The exercise of co-responsibility is essential for synodality and is necessary at all levels of the Church.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />3. Jesus welcomed women as disciples, and entrusted the “announcement of the Resurrection on Easter to Mary Magdalene.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />4. Women are called to co-responsibility at every level of the Church’s life.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />5. “Clericalism, a chauvinist mentality and inappropriate expressions of authority continue to scar the face of the Church.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />6. Avoid talking about women as an issue or a problem. View women as protagonists without subordination, exclusion and competition.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />7. “How can the Church include more women in existing roles and ministries?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />8. “If new ministries are required, who should discern these, at what levels and in what ways?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />9. Different positions have been expressed regarding women’s access to the diaconal ministry.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />10. For some, “access for women in the diaconate would restore the practices of the Early Church.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />11. For others, it would be “a sign of the times, faithful to Tradition” and bring “new energy” to the Church.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />12. Theological and pastoral research on the access of women to the diaconate should be continued. If possible, results should be presented to next Assembly.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />13. Local churches are encouraged to listen, accompany and care for “the most marginalized women in their social contexts.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />14. Questions of labor injustice for women in consecrated life, treated as “cheap labour” should be addressed.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />15. Women should “be integrated into seminary teaching and training programs to foster better formation for ordained ministry.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />16. Liturgical texts and Church documents need to “include a range of words, images and narratives” derived from “women’s experience.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />17. “Lay associations, ecclesial movements and new communities are a precious sign of the maturation of the co-responsibility of all the baptized.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />18. The promotion of synodality requires councils and advisory bodies with representatives of lay associations, ecclesial movements and new communities.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />19. The discussion of priestly celibacy “requires further consideration.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />20. Deeper study of the theology of the permanent diaconate will shed light on the question of the access of women to the diaconate.</span></p><p class="p8" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 27px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 27px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p13" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 13.5px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Questions for Reflection: Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p14" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 13.5px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="s7" style="color: white;">l</span> 1. The Church, the People of God, are a mission and each person is a mission. How does this awareness enlarge your view of your co-responsibility for being the Presence of Christ in the world?<br /><br />How does this perspective change the view of ”the hierarchy as Church?”<br /><br /><br />2. How have you implemented co-equal roles and co-partnerships in your emerging church communities?<br /><br /><br />3. As a major part of your experience of creating inclusive church communities, please share the roles and ministries you have developed and implemented for women in your church community. Your thoughts, comments and experiences are needed to include in our final report and recommendations to the Vatican in May 2024.<br /><br /><br />4. In the Highlights presented, which point(s) speak(s) to you most powerfully? Please share your thoughts.r<br /><br />5 What inspires and energizes you the most in moving forward in the Synodal process of change in the Church of the future?</span></p><p class="p15" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Time for Prayerful Dialogue and Discernment :</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Proposals for Decisions on Next Steps for Report to Vatican in preparation for Synod in 2024</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Summary Report: Bridget Mary and Joan Pesce </span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Session 3</b>: <a href="https://pcseminaryforum.blogspot.com/2024/02/peoples-catholic-seminary-forum.html"><span class="s1">https://pcseminaryforum.blogspot.com/2024/02/peoples-catholic-seminary-forum.html</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: Next Steps for Synod in 2024 Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities, March 12, 2024, 1pm-2pm</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Link to Session on Next Steps for Synod 2024</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZuVYGA1l57Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZuVYGA1l57Y"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ZuVYGA1l57Y"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://youtu.be/ZuVYGA1l57Y</span></a></span></p><p class="p16" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p10" style="color: #31a731; font-family: Arial; 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font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: </b><b>Next Steps for Synod in 2024 </b></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ZuVYGA1l57Y"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://youtu.be/ZuVYGA1l57Y</span></a></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities, March 12, 2024, 1pm-2pm </span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Facilitators: Bridget Mary Meehan and Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome and Opening Prayer: Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Highlights from Synthesis Report in Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Bridget Mary Meehan</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Formation</b><span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.5px;"><b> </b></span><b>for</b><span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.6px;"><b> </b></span><b>a</b><span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.6px;"><b> </b></span><b>Synodal</b><span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.5px;"><b> </b></span><b>Church </b>I<b>ncludes</b>: </span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-theology, and “the<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>exercise<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>of co-responsibility, listening, and discernment; ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, service to the poorest and care for our common home.”</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- “discernment<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"> </span>processes,<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"> </span>conversation<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"> </span>in<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"> </span>theSpirit,<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"> </span>consensus- building and conflict resolution.” </span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Matters for Consideration include </span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Sexual education that integrates a “more mature synthesis” between psychology and theology.</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-the People of God in formation programs for ordained ministry.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Proposals include:</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Women in formation programs of ordained ministers.</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Adequate standards and processes for selecting candidates for ordained ministry</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Formation for ordained ministries rooted in life of Christian community.</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Exercise of authority appropriate in a synodal Church</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Ecclesial Discernment and Open Questions:</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Dialogue incorporating science, theology, experience on issues related to sexuality and “bodiliness.”</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Issues on identity and sexuality, end of life, marital situations raise new questions and require further study.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Theological reflection that starts with daily experience of God’s Holy People and places itself at its service.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Proposals include:</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Initiatives on controversial doctrinal, pastoral and ethical issues should “involve people directly affected by the matters under consideration.” </span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Towards a Listening and Accompanying Church:</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-The Church needs to listen victims andsurvivors<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>of<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>sexual abuse<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>by clergy. </span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-People excluded because of marriage status, identity or sexuality should be heard.</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Listening to the excluded enables the Church to<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>understand the point of view of the marginalized<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>and<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>to<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>place<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>itself<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>concretely<span class="s12" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>at</span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">their<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>side.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Small Christian communities foster listening practices of, and amongst, the baptised. We are called to expand and adapt to urban contexts.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Mission</b><span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"><b> </b></span><b>in</b><span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"><b> </b></span><b>the</b><span class="s12" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><b> </b></span><b>Digital</b><span class="s12" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><b> </b></span><span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><b>Environment: Matters for Consideration:</b></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Catholic<span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.6px;"> </span>educational<span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.6px;"> </span>institutions<span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.6px;"> </span>used online platforms during lockdowns and continue to do so.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-How can the Church” unleash new energies for new forms of mission?”</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Church should accompany “digital missionaries”, and facilitate<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>networking amongst<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>them.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Create collaborative<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>networks<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>of<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>influencers from other religions/beliefs to promote human dignity, justice, and care for our common home.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Structures of Participation-Matters for Consideration:</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-All the baptized should be involved in processes and decision-making in the Church. </span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-“We are encouraged by many small communities in the emerging Church, who live the closeness of the day-to-day around the Word of God and the Eucharist.”</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Proposals:</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Recommend legislating for the obligatory nature of Pastoral Councils in Christian communities and local churches. </span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Given the variety of charismatic andministerial<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>gifts<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>of<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>the<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>People<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>of<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>God,<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>howdo<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>we<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>integrate<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>the<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>tasks<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>of<span class="s13" style="letter-spacing: 1.1px;"> </span>advising, discerning,<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>and<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>deciding<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>in<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>the<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>variousparticipatory<span class="s12" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span><span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;">bodies?</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Questions for Reflection: Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Time for Prayerful Dialogue and Discernment :</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Proposals for Decisions on Next Steps for Report to Vatican in preparation for Synod in 2024</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Summary Report: Bridget Mary and Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for participating,</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridget Mary, Joan and Mary Theresa</span></p></div><p><br /></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-47371699479620605832024-03-13T08:36:00.007-04:002024-03-13T08:49:24.384-04:00Roman Catholic Women Priests Celebrate Pope Francis' 11th Anniversary by Ordaining Women Around the World and in Rome<p> The day before Pope Francis was elected in 2013, the Women's Ordination Conference including Roman Catholic Women Priests and our supporters<b> raised</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> pink smoke over the Vatican and in the United States</span>, using a colorful visual to call out the exclusion of women from decision-making at the conclave and ordained ministries.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uT-uZLocGD0" width="320" youtube-src-id="uT-uZLocGD0"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This coming year Roman Catholic Women Priests will continue our prophetic mission of ordaining women and all genders around the world and in Rome in October.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You can support our mission of creating a Church for everyone by ordaining women and all genders now. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #313131; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;">As on the eve of Holy Week last year, my book </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;">Hacia una ecoteología (</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;">Fragmenta Editorial, Barcelona) (</span><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;">Towards an Ecotheology</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;">) arrived at the bookstores, this year also has just arrived my last book:</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;">LA MÍSTICA EN LAS RELIGIONES NO CRISTIANAS: EL RETO DE LA NO-DUALIDAD. La cábala y el sufismo, la mística hinduista, buddhista y taoísta</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;">(MYSTICISM IN NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS: THE CHALLENGE OF NON-DUALITY. Kabbalah and Sufism, Hindu, Buddhist and Taoist mysticism), published by the PPC publishing house in Madrid.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvuCDa692A5s60vBE-t2ceQyF8KRdiKUjahDZoq7WYB0F16n8Ef2qp2f3XJJT7E2958MQU9g-kBQ-P4f5uA_w3bRrW5ZwTOJwzQf_xG60F6dFeQ30kqH4h1N1ES3U_taKlg1-kkNFp3olZ2Qp749Un1W_wh8GyB_JaKDv-nkIXHBfRlvezpRp4WLstC0/s120/IMG_8496.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="120" data-original-width="120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvuCDa692A5s60vBE-t2ceQyF8KRdiKUjahDZoq7WYB0F16n8Ef2qp2f3XJJT7E2958MQU9g-kBQ-P4f5uA_w3bRrW5ZwTOJwzQf_xG60F6dFeQ30kqH4h1N1ES3U_taKlg1-kkNFp3olZ2Qp749Un1W_wh8GyB_JaKDv-nkIXHBfRlvezpRp4WLstC0/w400-h400/IMG_8496.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; word-spacing: 1px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="12pt" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="FR" style="font-size: 1rem;">The long title indicates quite clearly its content, an approach to non-duality, which I consider the greatest contribution of mysticism and religious experience, from the spirituality of the great non-Christian religions of the East. Before coming to these, my essay also has some brief chapters on religious and secular mysticism, and non-duality, even in Christian mysticism.</span></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-68300297620882199472024-03-10T19:08:00.003-04:002024-03-12T14:15:38.736-04:00People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: Next Steps for Synod in 2024 Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities, March 12, 2024, 1pm-2pm <p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #31a731; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 24.48px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: Next Steps for Synod in 2024 Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities, March 12, 2024, 1pm-2pm </h3><div class="post-header" style="caret-color: rgb(55, 55, 55); color: #373737; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8153207077384451644" itemprop="articleBody" style="caret-color: rgb(55, 55, 55); color: #373737; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 1.3; width: 370px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iITjc32ObtdLc9O855PYBPcVw9el1nG8thw8JLNhqQB0OazwQyBqaiePH1TxZ53HOfmYLPdntguzoHVrgdbMPOuACdBGvX1FfPBnm8HxwK11PGDEu-LBAJ8iEe0mrKxoq90g23iVnfvoBBo8wo97DyndJMNLzlcqa8mQipZnj7hC5paIV2lVeDR0SxQ/s552/pcs%20logo%201.png" style="color: #327158; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: </b></span><b>Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: </b></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Next Steps for Synod in 2024 </span></b></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities, March 12, 2024, </b><span class="s2"><b>1pm-2pm </b></span></span></p><p class="p6" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Facilitators: Bridget Mary Meehan and Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZuVYGA1l57Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZuVYGA1l57Y"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Welcome and Opening Prayer: Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p6" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Highlights from Synthesis Report in Part 3: Weaving Bonds, Building Communities</span></b></p><p class="p5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Bridget Mary Meehan</span></b></p><p class="p6" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Formation</b><span class="s3" style="letter-spacing: -0.6px;"><b> </b></span><b>for</b><span class="s4" style="letter-spacing: -0.7px;"><b> </b></span><b>a</b><span class="s4" style="letter-spacing: -0.7px;"><b> </b></span><b>Synodal</b><span class="s3" style="letter-spacing: -0.6px;"><b> </b></span><b>Church </b>I<b>ncludes</b>: </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-theology, and “the<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>exercise<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>of co-responsibility, listening, and discernment; ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, service to the poorest and care for our common home.”</span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">- “discernment<span class="s6" style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span>processes,<span class="s6" style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span>conversation<span class="s6" style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span>in<span class="s6" style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span>the<span class="s7" style="letter-spacing: -0.5px;"></span>Spirit,<span class="s6" style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"> </span>consensus- building and conflict resolution.” </span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Matters for Consideration include </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Sexual education that integrates a “more mature synthesis” between psychology and theology.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-the People of God in formation programs for ordained ministry.</span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Proposals include:</span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Women in formation programs of ordained ministers.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Adequate standards and processes for selecting candidates for ordained ministry</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Formation for ordained ministries rooted in life of Christian community.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Exercise of authority appropriate in a synodal Church</span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Ecclesial Discernment and Open Questions:</span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Dialogue incorporating science, theology, experience on issues related to sexuality and “bodiliness.”</span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Issues on identity and sexuality, end of life, marital situations raise new questions and require further study.</span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Theological reflection that starts with daily experience of God’s Holy People and places itself at its service.</span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Proposals include:</span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Initiatives on controversial doctrinal, pastoral and ethical issues should “involve people directly affected by the matters under consideration.” </span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Towards a Listening and Accompanying Church:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-The Church needs to listen victims and<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"></span>survivors<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>of<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>sexual abuse<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>by clergy. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-People excluded because of marriage status, identity or sexuality should be heard.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> </p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Listening to the excluded enables the Church to<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>understand the point of view of the marginalized<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>and<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>to<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>place<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>itself<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>concretely<span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"> </span>at<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"></span>their<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>side.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Small Christian communities foster listening practices of, and amongst, the baptised. We are called to expand and adapt to urban contexts.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Mission</b><span class="s6" style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"><b> </b></span><b>in</b><span class="s6" style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"><b> </b></span><b>the</b><span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"><b> </b></span><b>Digital</b><span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"><b> </b></span><span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><b>Environment: Matters for Consideration:</b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Catholic<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.8px;"> </span>educational<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.8px;"> </span>institutions<span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: -0.8px;"> </span>used online platforms during lockdowns and continue to do so.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-How can the Church” unleash new energies for new forms of mission?”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Church should accompany “digital<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"></span>missionaries”, and facilitate<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span>networking<span class="s5" style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"></span>amongst<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>them.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Create collaborative<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>networks<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>of<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>influencers<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"></span>from other religions/beliefs to promote human dignity, justice, and care for our common home.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p9" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Structures of Participation-Matters for Consideration:</span></b></p><p class="p7" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-All the baptized should be involved in processes and decision-making in the Church. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-“We are encouraged by many small communities in the emerging Church, who live the closeness of the day-to-day around the Word of God and the Eucharist.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Proposals:</span></b></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Recommend legislating for the obligatory nature of Pastoral Councils in Christian communities and local churches. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-Given the variety of charismatic and<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"></span>ministerial<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>gifts<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>of<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>the<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>People<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>of<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>God,<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>how<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"></span>do<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>we<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>integrate<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>the<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>tasks<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>of<span class="s11" style="letter-spacing: 1.4px;"> </span>advising, discerning,<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>and<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>deciding<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>in<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>the<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"> </span>various<span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"></span>participatory<span class="s9" style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"> </span><span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;">bodies?</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s8" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Questions for Reflection: Joan Pesce</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Time for Prayerful Dialogue and Discernment :</span></b></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Proposals for Decisions on Next Steps for Report to Vatican in preparation for Synod in 2024</span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Video Upper Room Inclusive Community</b>:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/j4TVKIIUjxE?si%3Djz_FqM5u9OXgUC_J&source=gmail&ust=1709904363704000&usg=AOvVaw3Jfl9kfRHH4S-E-mqQoNwG" href="https://youtu.be/j4TVKIIUjxE?si=jz_FqM5u9OXgUC_J" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b>https://youtu.be/j4TVKIIUjxE?<wbr></wbr>si=jz_FqM5u9OXgUC_J</b></a><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j4TVKIIUjxE" width="320" youtube-src-id="j4TVKIIUjxE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Help us Ordain RC Women and All Genders in Rome in 2024</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Go Fund Me</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/ordain-rc-women-and-all-genders-in-rome-2024/widget/large?sharesheet=CAMPAIGN_PAGE&fbclid=IwAR3xl6gNlgIJeJg2SKN30JqM5EEP-4xXGPnFbDSPTMv1NyLi73zBJdQFuhw">https://www.gofundme.com/f/ordain-rc-women-and-all-genders-in-rome-2024/widget/large?sharesheet=CAMPAIGN_PAGE&fbclid=IwAR3xl6gNlgIJeJg2SKN30JqM5EEP-4xXGPnFbDSPTMv1NyLi73zBJdQFuhw</a></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0eKEPKvx_90rfYaRNe1XkDbV-7laYPGJ2hCoeTnJENDIxyWXDam_uIjchxHY-3VM1okQ4cTV5hyphenhyphen2KmTJGl-EeAJQGR66OpzvJ375_XvV0-uuP7808yqWpQuW-AR_at8S_Yak0OMMidZzvv6TX_3kZfbkmYIwzOERfe6ZaonqUmTIxLiEwbkklDNYwpM/s1074/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%208.22.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="782" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0eKEPKvx_90rfYaRNe1XkDbV-7laYPGJ2hCoeTnJENDIxyWXDam_uIjchxHY-3VM1okQ4cTV5hyphenhyphen2KmTJGl-EeAJQGR66OpzvJ375_XvV0-uuP7808yqWpQuW-AR_at8S_Yak0OMMidZzvv6TX_3kZfbkmYIwzOERfe6ZaonqUmTIxLiEwbkklDNYwpM/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%208.22.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="233" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">NEW Book Coming Soon! <u>Women Called to Catholic Priesthood</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506498393/Women-Called-to-Catholic-Priesthood">https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506498393/Women-Called-to-Catholic-Priesthood</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Background and History- Roman Catholic Women Priests in Rome</span><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><a href="https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/search?q=Highlights+of+women+Priests+in+Rome+" style="font-weight: 400;">https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/search?q=Highlights+of+women+Priests+in+Rome+</a><br style="font-weight: 400;" /></span><br style="font-weight: 400;" /></p><br /><p class="p2" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vBCkz-rJO90" width="320" youtube-src-id="vBCkz-rJO90"></iframe></b></span></div><span class="s2" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/vBCkz-rJO90?si=kAqz2Q_WFE1359jG">https://youtu.be/vBCkz-rJO90?si=kAqz2Q_WFE1359jG</a></b></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">ARCWP Women in Inclusive Church Leadership- An Overview of Inclusive sacramental ministries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> of women priests</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/%22" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;">https://youtu.be/9716xzTs_DE<span class="s3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></a></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Women Priest Then and Now: Makes Case for women priests rooted in women leaders who served early Christian Communities </p><p class="p4" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="color: black;"></b></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/%22" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;">https://youtu.be/2WTs3rhaZKw</a></span><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b></b></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0000fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Important Resources about Highlights in the History/Herstory of Roman Catholic Women Priests:</u></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Treasure-trove of links to archives of history of the Roman Catholic Women Priests Movement- 2004-2014<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org/index.php/archive-news-and-events/</a><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A major resource of history, theology, lived experience and so much more:Roman Catholic Women Priests: The Case for Women Priests, Brief History, Videos, Books, Articles.”</p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <a href="https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/2018/10/video-case-for-women-priests-with.html" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s4" style="color: #0000fe;">https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/2018/10/video-case-for-women-priests-with.html</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">Book:</p></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b> <u>Women Find a Way </u>by Elsie McGrath, Bridget Mary Meehan and Ida Ramming ( The stories of the twenty women pioneers in early history of movement) </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">Booklet:</p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> "Here I Am, I Am Ready" by Juanita Cordero and Suzanne Avison Thiel (A concise history of the International Roman Catholic Women Priests Movement can be found in the booklet)</p></b><b><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1li7ZcuBDqqQWSLPPmkTLBEi2l9PHewBQ/view?usp=sharing" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s4" style="color: #0000fe;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1li7ZcuBDqqQWSLPPmkTLBEi2l9PHewBQ/view?usp=sharing</span></a>) </p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">Womanpriest: Tradition and Transgression in the Contemporary Roman Catholic Church by Jill Peterfeso, Fordham University Press, "Womanpriest reveals RCWP to be a discrete religious movement in a distinct religious moment, with a small group of tenacious women defying the Catholic patriarchy, taking on the priestly role and demanding reconsideration of Roman Catholic tradition."</p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">Book Review by Bridget Mary Meehan for highly recommended reading of background that propelled the movement for Roman Catholic Women Priests: <u>55 Years of Struggle for Women’s Ordination in the Catholic Churc</u>h by theologian Dr. Ida Raming RCWP</p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2153529381521594901/%22" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;">http://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/2021/01/55-years-of-struggle-for-womens.html</a><b></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p></b><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Videos: </p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Women Priest Then and Now: Makes Case for women priests rooted in women leaders who served early Christian Communities </p><p class="p2" style="color: #0000fe; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/%22" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;">https://youtu.be/2WTs3rhaZKw</a></span><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0000fe; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0000fe; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">ARCWP Women in Inclusive Church Leadership- An Overview of Inclusive sacramental ministries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> of women priests</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0000fe; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/%22" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;">https://youtu.be/9716xzTs_DE<span class="s3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0000fe; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b></b></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0000fe; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Documentary: Pink Smoke Over the Vatican by Jules Hart. </b>Documentary describing the call for equality, justice and partnership by courageous women who are creating an inclusive priesthood that challenges the all-male priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. </p><p class="p2" style="color: #0000fe; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><b> My Story- Bridget Mary Meehan- Living Gospel Equality Now<br /> (Talk in Rome for Spirit Unbounded, Oct. 13, 2023)</b><br /><a href="https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/2023/10/highlights-of-presentations-and.html">https://bridgetmarys.blogspot.com/2023/10/highlights-of-presentations-and.html</a></span><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-indent: 36px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MCeS0IkkhiheeCLC6lzMnlB4U-cPJAWJd7ogUNlGAwZTOZrPNfEBATjt1HkFBdguaPaFaEOIYdMMSd-Ykt2nIWB5NfXYuzVLQwnP87FDdo-n7mlCDJRidQ25qqojzxg47PNKzWbxYr2PPK_xrDT4giPtkefBFp7dE3dI51_g3z9hI5qJ8tSiZPKrUAY/s894/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%208.36.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="894" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MCeS0IkkhiheeCLC6lzMnlB4U-cPJAWJd7ogUNlGAwZTOZrPNfEBATjt1HkFBdguaPaFaEOIYdMMSd-Ykt2nIWB5NfXYuzVLQwnP87FDdo-n7mlCDJRidQ25qqojzxg47PNKzWbxYr2PPK_xrDT4giPtkefBFp7dE3dI51_g3z9hI5qJ8tSiZPKrUAY/w400-h368/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%208.36.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-indent: 36px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This lovely drawing by artist Gary Harness of a woman priest walking on water is a powerful symbol for me. Every day Roman Catholic Women Priests face the challenge of patriarchal resistance to co-create a new model of ministry that honors the gifts of all God’s people and to provide a place for everyone at the table especially the marginalized and excluded. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to the story of Jesus walking toward the disciples on a stormy sea, Peter responds to Jesus’ invitation to “come” by leaping out of the boat and walking on water. (MT: 14:22-32)</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Like Peter responding to the Spirit’s call, Roman Catholic Women Priests are coming out of the patriarchal boat and challenging an exclusive male priesthood by ordaining women for public ministry in a companionship of equals. </span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This prophetic call has placed us on the <span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">edge of the inside of the Church</span> as we follow the teachings and example of Jesus that sets us free to love and to set others free from laws and structures that oppress.</span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> “Outside the camp”, writes Richard Rohr, “is a prophetic position on the edge of the inside, which is described by the early Israelites as “the tent of meeting outside the camp” (Exodus 33:7). Even though this tent is foldable, moveable, and disposable, it is still a meeting place for “the holy” which is always on the move and out in front of us. “</span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In this Synod, Pope Francis has called for “enlarging the tent,” to create a Church where all are welcome. </span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is what Roman Catholic Women Priests have been doing for 21 years</span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We foster radical hospitality in the community of the baptized by inviting everyone to celebrate sacraments including LGBTQ+, the divorced and remarried, and all who no longer feel at home in the Church. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I first experienced my call to ordination when I was a pastoral associate at Ft. Myer Chapel in Arlington, Virginia in the 1980’s. At that time, there was a priest shortage, so my job description included everything except presiding at Mass and sacraments. Often, when I conducted a communion service in the absence of a Catholic priest, the people would express their gratitude for the “lovely Mass.” Even though I made it clear that this was a Communion Service, they often called it a Mass. So, it dawned on me- if only- I could be ordained they would easily accept me as their priest. And that would happen only if I left my comfort zone and was ordained in another denomination. </span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span class="s2" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;">Then that call to Ordination finally came. In 2005 I was invited by a group of women from different faith traditions in our Florida community to lead discussions on women in the Bible. During one of these sessions, I shared with them that I was invited to attend the first North American ordinations of Roman Catholic Women Priests, on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The women were delighted and told me that not only should I attend, but that I should be ordained and that they wanted me to be their priest! One woman even donated her frequent flyer miles so I could fly free to Canada. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s2" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I was inspired by the courage of the nine women who were ordained on the St. Lawrence River in the first North American Ordination of Roman Catholic women Priests. I knew then that it was time for me to jump out of the boat and prepare for Ordination. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s2" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">On July 31, 2006 I was ord</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">ained a priest by three women bishops, Patricia Fresen, Gisela Forster, and Ida Raming. The ordination took place in Pittsburgh, on the river boat “Majestic.” As the bishops and over a hundred people laid hands on us, I felt Spirit’s presence moving through all of us like an electrical current in what I call- a holy shakeup!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">After returning to my home in Florida, I received a telephone call from Dick Fisher asking when I was going to schedule Mass. A few weeks later, six people gathered around my dining room table to celebrate our first house church liturgy. We named our community <span class="s3" style="color: black;">Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community (lovingly nicknamed MMOJ). </span></span></p><p class="p6" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">After our local Bishop, Frank Dewane warned Catholics not to attend our Masses because they were not real Masses and did not count, our weekly gathering outgrew my mobile home. This growth led us to rent St. Andrew United Church of Christ in Sarasota for our Saturday evening liturgy. When the bishop threatened to excommunicate everyone who came to our first ordination over two hundred people filled the pews. Every time the bishop criticized us or threatened excommunication, our community tripled in size! In my experience, hierarchical opposition to women priests sometimes has been the gift that keeps on giving! The call for the full equality of women and for gender justice is the voice of God in our times that no one can silence.</span></p><p class="p6" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s4" style="color: #212121;">I am a member of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests</span>, which is part of the international RCWP movement that began in 2002 with the ordination of seven women on the Danube. Our first women bishops were ordained by an anonymous Roman Catholic male bishop from a well- known line of apostolic succession. On April 19, 2009, I was ordained a bishop by women bishops who were ordained by Bishop X. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Therefore, our ordinations are valid, but in violation of Church law. Canon 1024, states that only a baptized man can receive Holy Orders. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In 2008, the Vatican issued a decree of automatic excommunication for the ordination of a woman. We reject this unjust punishment rooted in sexism. Women priests practice prophetic obedience to the Spirit by breaking an unjust man-made law in order to change it. We affirm the Church’s teaching of the primacy of conscience. Our movement offers a path toward gender justice and the healing of centuries-old misogyny in the institutional Church. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We walk in the footsteps of heroic women saints like Hildegard of Bingen, Joan of Arc, Mother Theodore Guerin and Mother Mary Mackillop who followed their consciences and withstood hierarchical oppression including interdict, excommunication and death. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Church leaders have reversed outdated teachings, unjust laws and harsh punishments in the past. Sometimes this happens when the person is safely dead! In Joan of Arc’s case, she was declared a saint after being burned at the stake. In our times, Pope Benedict canonized St. Hildegard of Bingen and the two formerly excommunicated nuns, Mother Theodore Guerin from the United States and Mother Mary MacKillop from Australia. Apparently, excommunication is not a barrier to sainthood! </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Women priests are renewing sacramental theology and liturgical rites by emphasizing a theology of blessing, accompaniment and community empowerment. We are turning the pyramid of hierarchical domination into open, participatory circles in which the community of believers makes decisions about ministries, spiritual programs, liturgical celebrations, and governance. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For example, at our ordinations, after the bishop lays hands on the Ordinand, the entire community is invited to do so too. For me, the highlight of every ordination is watching the faces of people as they bless the newly ordained. In a people-empowered Church, the community is taking their rightful role in affirming the call to ordination in communities of equals. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I will never forget seeing Marie weep after receiving communion in our house church. She said that after a hostile encounter with a priest years ago, she felt unworthy to receive the Eucharist in her parish community, but now knew that she was accepted in a caring faith community. </span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">During COVID, my neighbor, Pearl, asked me to baptize her grandson, Champ, in her home. As we gathered around in a circle on her lanai, I began by affirming that Champ was loved by God from the first moment of his existence and now welcomed into the Christian community by his family and friends. I invited the baby’s mother to pour the water as I recited the words. Grandmother Pearl and the entire family participated in the anointing with oil. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When people are sick and infirm, I gather with their family and friends in their own surrounding to celebrate the sacrament of the anointing of the sick in a communal setting, inviting others to also anoint and pray together for healing and wholeness. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When my friend, Jack Duffy, one of the founding members of MMOJ community was dying in July of this year, his adult children asked to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick with their Dad. As they said goodbye to Jack. I sat with the children and the dog on his bed, and cried with them. Before cremation, we gathered again to say a final farewell to his earthly remains and to affirm our eternal connection in the community of saints. </span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One time I co-officiated with a Lutheran pastor at a Catholic Mass at a large wedding on Englewood Beach in Florida. Sheila, the bride, had been married three times and was not interested in jumping through the annulment hoops. Now in her seventies, she met Ed, the love of her life and wanted both the Lutheran minister and me to co-preside at a ecumenical liturgy that reflected both of their faith traditions.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In June of this year, I took care of my dear friend Peg in her home during the last two weeks of her life. Peg was a support member of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests from the beginning days of the movement who made things run smoothly and efficiently. She decided that she would like to be present at her own Celebration of Life. </span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So, together, we planned a beautiful Eucharistic Liturgy and invited her friends, colleagues and women priests to participate on Zoom. We sang her favorite songs, viewed a special video called “Soul Sister” that I had created for her featuring photos from different times in her life. During the homily time, everyone was invited to share tender words of gratitude and love. We saw tearful faces and heard many wonderful heart-warming stories about Peg and the impact she had on so many lives. As I anointed her body, the entire gathering held out their hands in blessing. When Peg held up the Cup at the Consecration, she embodied the love of the feminine divine embracing and connecting us spiritually forever.</span></p><p class="p6" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Roman Catholic Women Priests are redefining the ancient tradition of Eucharistic table sharing that builds community wherever we are including cyberspace. Like Jesus’ followers in the first centuries, we are gathering together to break open our lives, to share bread and wine in memory of Jesus, to reconcile and heal each other, and to live the Christ-Presence in our lives.</span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Since COVID shuttered Churches, our community has become a Church without walls. Our weekly celebration of Eucharist occurs through a live online gathering in which the priest and online community participate in a shared homily and pray the words of consecration of the bread and wine that each member brings to the celebration. Then each member of the community receives Communion in their own home. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In our Eucharistic gatherings there has been a growing awareness that the Real Presence of Christ is experienced not only in the bread and wine that we consecrate, but also in the words we say to each other when we receive Communion: “you are the Body of Christ,” or, “You are the face of God.” The experience of the Real Presence of Christ in us is drawing us more deeply into the Divine Mystery in which we live and move and have our being beyond anything we can describe or even imagine. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Theologians today are reimagining the Eucharist as a profound act of cosmic love in which the whole expanding universe- all the stars, galaxies, black holes, and the entire planet- are present. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In the encyclical <i>Laudato Si,</i> Pope Francis wrote: “In the Eucharist, the whole cosmos gives thanks to God. Indeed, the Eucharist is itself an act of cosmic love.” </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In this mystical vision of Eucharist, the Real Presence of Christ encompasses all people and all creation in an ever- expanding act of transforming love. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The two-year Synod -that includes women as voting members for the first time- is a positive step forward for gender justice. I hope our brother, Francis’ call for an open dialogue with the marginalized includes Roman Catholic Women Priests. </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here we are! We are ready! </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We come from the <b>inside edge</b> to share our lived experiences <span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">of widening the Church’s tent by providing a spiritual home where everyone is welcome, and where justice and equality for women is a lived reality!</span></span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Come join us on this exciting journey. Get out of the boat and walk on water with us!! </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: black; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1801" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRv4aYubBnkiUxqB2SuGzhTF69eGb6zH8rm49wnxQzqkhAvf7zNx6posaigDmlnG7bL_EhIYSDdBo5x46e6p1PPnN0d14Y-ORnXNn_WeY6TnmzfQz8HGpwqfbS-5eipIs8J6GeYKy1PjHRroS28z90jXMOdEzVBOp1vZ21MdS8Mx-bmcrUIKqj1PBsitc/w400-h400/IMG_4273.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">New York Times</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRv4aYubBnkiUxqB2SuGzhTF69eGb6zH8rm49wnxQzqkhAvf7zNx6posaigDmlnG7bL_EhIYSDdBo5x46e6p1PPnN0d14Y-ORnXNn_WeY6TnmzfQz8HGpwqfbS-5eipIs8J6GeYKy1PjHRroS28z90jXMOdEzVBOp1vZ21MdS8Mx-bmcrUIKqj1PBsitc/s1801/IMG_4273.jpeg" style="color: #741b47; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: black; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKjaAVGf3jWTwFYqTGceKozbLT500ejfMBaFf0M-QX-U4dtOowCSj9LZ9HoBE2QNScHqHhjV5wMeETJop_Q5jDmyW2w42-UGuvwnzVtRFfFqHOl8tBMjvq5XJXFfUBBwXQzvXRwjwVYOsq32-iFPyyZ-pTN1inND8T3eYUvUUHegJFGdERxbsRhPlnBs/w400-h300/IMG_6899.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bishop Theodora next to St. Praxedis , Mary of Nazareth, St. Prudential in St. Praxedis Church in Rome</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKjaAVGf3jWTwFYqTGceKozbLT500ejfMBaFf0M-QX-U4dtOowCSj9LZ9HoBE2QNScHqHhjV5wMeETJop_Q5jDmyW2w42-UGuvwnzVtRFfFqHOl8tBMjvq5XJXFfUBBwXQzvXRwjwVYOsq32-iFPyyZ-pTN1inND8T3eYUvUUHegJFGdERxbsRhPlnBs/s4032/IMG_6899.jpeg" style="color: #741b47; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I had a conversation with Bishop Raul Vera at the break time requesting a meeting with Pope Francis to share our stories and to lift all punishments against us. Every day I pray with an open and hopeful heart that the voices of women priests will be heard in a renewed Church that listens to all on the margins. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYD695YUiZN0_xcOdNuytIuqYhCfbILQ-AKKyBt9sxj9XiuyZCPMQYsIGV4R6oYqoyOOjR1Lv-0g18HEpJg1DJlPheFuZFmJr4sAl7q9p75cjt5f-5Eo5J9zjpdaLpT8EUA-y96nr3aqc_ASRU8g3ymhdjeMo3HmFtBlaG_fDM_gK-kHSCthy0MHFK6rk/s2000/1a164146-2bc3-48d1-8d94-de5098e3cbdc.jpeg" style="color: #741b47; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYD695YUiZN0_xcOdNuytIuqYhCfbILQ-AKKyBt9sxj9XiuyZCPMQYsIGV4R6oYqoyOOjR1Lv-0g18HEpJg1DJlPheFuZFmJr4sAl7q9p75cjt5f-5Eo5J9zjpdaLpT8EUA-y96nr3aqc_ASRU8g3ymhdjeMo3HmFtBlaG_fDM_gK-kHSCthy0MHFK6rk/w300-h400/1a164146-2bc3-48d1-8d94-de5098e3cbdc.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="300" /></span></a></div></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20240208/ida-raming-teologa-mujeres-catolicas-excluidas-del-sacerdocio-tradicion-querida-por-dios-discriminacion/15961442.shtml"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20240208/ida-raming-teologa-mujeres-catolicas-excluidas-del-sacerdocio-tradicion-querida-por-dios-discriminacion/15961442.shtml</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-49267219487389546522024-02-28T13:04:00.013-05:002024-02-29T07:49:25.175-05:00"Turn Anger at Wrong into Action for Justice" Homily by Bridget Mary Meehan and -Liturgy for 3rd Sunday of Lent on Zoom with Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community<p><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span>All are welcome to join Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community on Sat. March 2nd at 4:00PM Eastern Time on Zoom</span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br style="color: #313131; text-align: left;" /><a href="https://zoom.us/j/93473708926?pwd=VHFKZGJ5N3ljbzZtVU1qQVRZY1lodz09%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank" style="text-align: left;"><span class="s4" style="color: #4285f4;">https://zoom.us/j/93473708926?pwd=VHFKZGJ5N3ljbzZtVU1qQVRZY1lodz09</span></a><br style="color: #313131; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #313131; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #313131; text-align: left;">Meeting ID: 934 7370 8926</span><br style="color: #313131; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #313131; text-align: left;">Passcode: 552967</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFKMVR6ETJsv0UPYF8DmRDOmPMHL7bfpzg72jQglH3Xr8nP34zaS0O0JxlXcKmG7qI920TMQ28JuJJn_SdYpwuf9bUrLLEoa9kj73Apy3IZzTV9dUpRBapxPE_pUyuwUMUZHPMvwniT-7Bq2Q3GsnjGYlTXTXLZzHSjVFXsOASrGWhWbWrHxiarBq2m4/s802/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%201.01.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="802" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFKMVR6ETJsv0UPYF8DmRDOmPMHL7bfpzg72jQglH3Xr8nP34zaS0O0JxlXcKmG7qI920TMQ28JuJJn_SdYpwuf9bUrLLEoa9kj73Apy3IZzTV9dUpRBapxPE_pUyuwUMUZHPMvwniT-7Bq2Q3GsnjGYlTXTXLZzHSjVFXsOASrGWhWbWrHxiarBq2m4/w400-h240/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%201.01.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">MMOJ Third Sunday of Lent, March 2, 2024, Presiders: Bridget Mary Meehan ARCWP and Luca Cruzat , Readers: Anna Davis and Mary Al Gagnon,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Prayer Leaders: Pat and Bob Ferkenhoff, IT: Cheryl Brandi<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://mmojliturgies.blogspot.com/2024/02/mmoj-third-sunday-of-lent-march-2-2024.html"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">https://mmojliturgies.blogspot.com/2024/02/mmoj-third-sunday-of-lent-march-2-2024.html</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #4285f4; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Join Zoom Meeting<br /><a href="https://zoom.us/j/93473708926?pwd=VHFKZGJ5N3ljbzZtVU1qQVRZY1lodz09%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s4" style="color: #4285f4;">https://zoom.us/j/93473708926?pwd=VHFKZGJ5N3ljbzZtVU1qQVRZY1lodz09</span></a><br /><br />Meeting ID: 934 7370 8926<br />Passcode: 552967</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Theme: Turn anger at wrong into action for justice</span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">GREETING AND WELCOME:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Luca :</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Welcome:<span class="s5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span>We warmly welcome you to the inclusive Catholic Community of Mary Mother of Jesus on Zoom. We invite you to pray the liturgy where it says “All.” Whoever you are, wherever you are, you are welcome to celebrate Eucharist at our open loving table.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Opening Song</b>: Who Will Speak if We Don’t</span></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s6" style="text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://youtu.be/kZ70EZqlCys?si=JiDOJnudx87NHuzI"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">https://youtu.be/kZ70EZqlCys?si=JiDOJnudx87NHuzI</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Transformation Rite: </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget M</b>: Called to be aware that the power of anger can energize us to do good, we pray:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> All</b>: May our anger lead us to help right wrongs.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget M</b>: Called to see negative behaviors and unloving actions in ourselves that harm others, we pray:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>All</b>: May we make choices that lead to freedom and healing.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget M:</b> Called to respond to the cries of the exploited in our areas, we pray:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b> All</b>: May we give of our time and resources to create a more equitable world.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(pause)</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Luca:</b> <b>Opening Prayer:</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Holy One, like Jesus we are called to turn anger at wrong into action for justice. We see our own negative behaviors and recognize our complicity in creating a world invested in greed, exploitation and competition. May our anger be a holy energy that propels us to confront hurtful behaviors, unfair policies and unjust laws that impoverish communities, nations and our earth. May everything we say and do reflect that loving God means loving each other. ALL:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So be it.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">LITURGY OF THE WORD</span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Anna D</b>: First Reading: Exodus 20:8-17</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Then the Holy One spoke all these words saying, “I brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">No gods except me!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Honor your mother and your father so that you may have a long life in the land that I have given to you.”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“No killing!”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“No committing adultery!”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“No stealing!”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“No bearing false witness against your neighbor’s house! No coveting your neighbor’s spouse, or worker- or anything that belongs to your neighbor!”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">These are the sacred words of the author of Exodus and we respond to them by saying So be it.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 13.2px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s7" style="color: black;">Responsorial Psalm: </span><b>Loving God Loving Each Other by Gaither Vocal Band</b></span></p><p class="p8" style="color: #510af2; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s6" style="text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://youtu.be/8UWU0C09ILY"><b>https://youtu.be/8UWU0C09ILY</b></a></span><span class="s7" style="color: black;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p class="p9" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s6" style="text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Mary Al</b>: Second Reading is from <span class="s6" style="text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;">Unbelievable </span>by John Shelby Spong</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If God is love, as we constantly assert, then how does one live out this love? If God’s call to us is to live abundantly, then how do we know what abundant life is? If God is the Ground of Being,then what does it mean to enhance the being of others?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What actions expand life? What actions increase love? What action enhance being.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">That is the arena in which good must ultimately be separated from evil. Our ethical answers will never be found within a code of yesterday. They will always be found in the struggle to live fully, to love beyond the boundaries of our security in the affirmation found at the depth of our beings.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Do we then dismiss the great codes of the past? No, but we also do not endow them with the status of ultimate and unchanging laws. We do, however, ascribe to them the wisdom of the ages and we give to our ancestors, who codified those laws, the courtesy of our attention.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">These are the sacred words of biblical scholar John Shelby Spong<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in his book <span class="s6" style="text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;">Unbelievable</span>, and we respond to them by saying So be it.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p10" style="color: #363936; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s8" style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b>Gospel Acclamation: </b></span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Spirit of the Living God by Michael Crawford</b></span></span></p><p class="p11" style="color: #9900ff; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2153529381521594901/7404016734981344460"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>https://youtu.be/xoJN0owUoWA</b></span></span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Luca C</b>: Gospel: John 2:13-17</span></p><p class="p12" style="color: #010000; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. Jesus also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making God’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” </span></p><p class="p12" style="color: #010000; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">These are the sacred words of the author of John, and we respond to them by saying So be it.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget Mary</b>: Homily Starter:</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Did you ever hear this joke about the ten commandments?</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Moses upon returning from Mt. Sinai, said to the people of Israel: </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“ I have good news and bad news.“ “Give us the good news first,” the people yelled. “Well,” said Moses, “I negotiated them down to ten” “What is the bad news?” the people shouted in response. “To which Moses responded, “Adultery is still in!” </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Scholars, like John Shelby Spong, believe that the ten commandments were not meant to be an eternal code because they emerged from the life of the people over different times and circumstances. In the oldest and third version in Exodus 34, (Exodus 20, Deut. 5) for example, God had to rewrite the commandments because Moses had smashed the original tablets of stone to the ground in anger when he returned from Sinai and discovered the people worshiping a golden calf. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Spong, </span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;">Unbelievable,</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> p.212, 221)</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bishop Spong offers food for thought on the debate of modern ethics that raises questions- like where is the line between expanding life and just postponing death? “If the commandments have changed in the past, he asks, "does this mean they can change in the future? Does this then mean that questions about when life begins and ends need to be interpreted in a new way? Are there no rules, no ultimate standards?”</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Spong concludes that “the ultimate law of the universe is still the law of love through which the fullness of life becomes possible and the ultimate question is how will love be practiced in the circumstances of our very modern world?” (</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;">Unbelievable</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">, p.233)</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #1b1c1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We are created in the image of outpouring love that embraces every aspect of our lives, every cell of our bodies, every love of our lives. This means as Pope Francis declared in his Ash Wednesday sermon, that we must let love touch the deepest, most hidden corners of our hearts and reveal to us our own beauty, and acknowledge that we are: “dust loved by God, called to be dust in love with God.” This is our inner sanctum where we find wisdom and courage to guide us in life's journey.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In John’s Gospel, an angry Jesus overturns the money changers tables, and disrupts a lucrative, noisy marketplace in the Temple where merchants charged outrageous fees for converting Roman coins with Caesar’s image on them to the imageless Jewish money needed to engage in animal sacrifice. “The temple precincts had become a veritable mall of ATMs, a circus of noise and transactions,” Fr. Bill Bausch notes, “Holiness had been replaced by hokum.” </span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This despicable treatment of pilgrims in a holy place outraged Jesus and echoed the prophet Isaiah’s description of God’s displeasure with temple sacrifice: ‘I have had enough of whole-burnt rams. In the blood of calves, lambs, and goats I find no pleasure.’” (Isaiah 1:11)</span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Barbara Reid connects this passage with sacrificial attitudes that many of us are familiar with from our childhood days: “if we offer up this sacrifice to God, then God will forgive our sins or bestow blessings”. </span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In Lent, I remember the practice of “giving up” something in union with Jesus' death on the cross. Even though I did not understand the connection, I gave up candy for Lent, and couldn’t wait until Easter to taste a big bite of a large chocolate egg. </span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Contemporary theologians are moving away from this medieval understanding of atonement theology that depicts God as an angry father who demanded his son's death on the cross to make up for our sins. Rather, they believe, that Jesus was put to death because his vision of the kingdom of love and compassion rooted in the Beatitudes threatened the religious and civic authorities invested in the kingdom of Caesar. Living Jesus teachings of - love in action- will always disturb oppressive systems of injustice and inequity like poverty, racism and sexism.</span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The institutional Church’s excommunication of Catholic women priests who are following Jesus example of an open Eucharistic table in a Church for everyone is a flagrant example of sexism and injustice today. In our emerging ecclesial communities- like MMOJ- our anger at this wrong is being transformed into action for justice in a discipleship of equals.</span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> "When Jesus spoke the words, "This is my Body, " Richard Rohr writes, "he was speaking not just about the bread right in front of him, but about the whole universe about everything that is physical, material and yet also spirit-filled. St. Augustine said, we must feed the body of Christ to the people of God until they know that they are what they eat! And they are what they drink. Many mystics and liberation theologians recognized that inviting us to drink wine as his blood is an invitation to live in bodily solidarity "with the blood of every person whose blood has been unjustly shed on this earth... at this Holy Meal, you are consciously uniting yourself with all unjust suffering in the world. This is all my blood! Jesus is saying." </span></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">(</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;">Universal Christ</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">, pp.131-134)</span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Therefore, the words we pray together in the Consecration of the bread and wine: “This is my body”</span></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> and “This is my blood” means that women’s bodies - all bodies are holy and all can represent Christ at the altar because we are one body in the Cosmic Christ. </span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving help us to turn away from negative behaviors or harmful actions that hurt ourselves and others and turn towards a path that leads to deep awakening that we- along with all creation- are the Body and Blood of Christ on earth! Therefore, as Rohr reminds us that, “in some mysterious way,” we are “God having a human experience” and everything is holy now. </span></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">( </span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;">Universal Christ</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">, p. 137)</span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">May our journey during Lent be a time of experiencing that Indwelling Spirit moving within us and loving through us in prayer, fasting and almsgiving.</span></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 2.2px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">May our practice of holy anger turn action at wrong- wherever and however we encounter it- into action for love and justice! </span></span></p><p class="p17" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p17" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Community Sharing: What did you hear in the readings, songs, or homily today that inspires or challenges you?</span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Bob F and All: Statement of Faith:</span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We believe that God is love and that Divine Presence is beyond anything we can imagine.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We believe in Jesus, prophet and teacher, who journeyed on the earth, proclaiming good news, healing the sick, liberating those bound by fear, and inviting everyone to an open table. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We believe in Sacred Spirit, Wisdom Sophia, breathing in us and loving through us.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We believe in the communion of saints, our heavenly friends who, help us on our journey. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We believe in the partnership and equality of women and men in our Church and our world. Here we live our prophetic call of Gospel equality.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Pat F: <b>Prayers of the Community: </b></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> We now bring our prayer intentions to the Table.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our response is: All: May our love bring healing in our world. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We pray for the devastated families of those still suffering from hurricanes and all the natural disasters in our world. R</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We pray for the people of Ukraine and Russia and Israel and Palestine that they may live in peace without fear and that justice will prevail for all. R</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We pray that our political leaders will put the flourishing of all people before power and greed.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We pray for our MMOJ intentions on our community prayer list. (Joan shares)</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our response is: All: May our love bring healing in our world. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For what else should we pray?</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our response is: All: May our love bring healing in our world. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Pat F</b>: Holy Mystery may we respond to the needs of our sisters and brothers in loving prayer and service. Amen</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS</span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget Mary</b>: Blessed are You, Holy One, through Your divine providence we have this bread, to share, the Bread of Life. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Bridget Mary and All: Blessed are You, Holy One, forever. </span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Luca:</b> Blessed are You, O Loving One through Your divine providence we have this wine to share, our spiritual drink. <br /><b> Beth P and All: Blessed are, You, Holy One, forever.</b></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget Mary:</b> Nurturing One, we are united in this sacrament by the love of Jesus, whose presence draws into the energy of holy anger for action for justice.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Bridget Mary and All: Amen, may it be </span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">PREFACE:</span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bob F: </b>God loves through us<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b> Pat and All:</b> And energizes our work for justice.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bob F: </b>Lift up your hearts. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b> Pat Fand All</b>: We lift up our hearts and embrace all. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bob F: </b>We are blessed when our passions guide us to take action to alleviate wrong and correct wrongs in our suffering<b> </b>world.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Pat and All</b>: Amen</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bob F:</b> In the pondering of our deepest desires right wrongs, and serve our sisters and brothers in need, with the angels and saints, we sing:</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Holy, Holy, Holy: by Karen Drucker</span></b></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2153529381521594901/7404016734981344460"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />https://youtu.be/orKBBIj5LZA</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">EUCHARISTIC PRAYER:</span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Luca: </b>Like Jesus, may the longings of our hearts deepen our desire to walk the prophetic path to which God calls us, and choose love in every step. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Luca: </b>May we discover the path to wisdom in times of chaos and struggle. May we experience anger as holy energy to propel us to act to right wrongs and speak truth to power on behalf of all who are exploited in our world today. May we savor the loving presence of the One we long for at every meal. May we nourish one another at this welcome table. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(Please extend your hands in blessing.)</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget Mary and All</b>: As we bless this bread and wine, we celebrate the outpouring Spirit within us, around us and among us.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(Community holds bread and prays together)</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget Mary and All</b>: On the night before he died, while at supper with his friends, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread and gave it to them saying, “Take this, all of you, and eat. This is my body. Do this in memory of me.” </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />Pause</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(Community holds cup up and prays together)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Luca and ALL</b>: In the same way, Jesus took the cup of wine. He said the blessing, gave the cup to his friends and said, “Take this all of you and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.” </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Luca and All: </b>Let us proclaim the sacred presence dwelling among us:</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our souls’ desire is -like Jesus- to speak truth to power;</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our souls’ desire is-like Jesus- to uproot unjust practices;</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our souls’ desire is-like Jesus- to love with passionate hearts.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Pat F:</b> We walk in communion with Mary, mother of Jesus and all the saints in heaven and on earth who triumphed over evil, loved tenderly, did justice and served generously. We remember our loved ones in the Communion of Saints. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(pause for silent prayer)</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(<i>Community members hold their plates and cups during Doxology)</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p19" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s8" style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"><b>Bob F and All:</b> Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in union with the Holy Spirit, may </span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">holy anger move us to action in responding to exploitation and injustice in serving God’s people and all creation. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Great Amen. Linda Lee Miller</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p20" style="color: #1a0ea8; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2153529381521594901/6333877937222171789">https://youtu.be/Dy76fpfkNsg</a><span class="s8" style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><b>Luca : THE PRAYER OF JESUS<br /> and All:</b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> We pray together the prayer of Jesus:</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">O Holy One, who is within, around, and among us, </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">we celebrate your many names. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Your wisdom comes. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Your will be done, unfolding from the depths within us. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Each day you give us all that we need. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You remind us of our limits, and we let go. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You support us in our power, and we act with courage. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For you are the dwelling place within us, the empowerment around us, and the celebration among us, now and forever. Amen.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(The Prayer of Jesus as interpreted by Miriam Therese Winter)</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">THE SIGN OF PEACE</span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget M.</b> Let us share a gesture of deep peace with everyone in the circle of life as we bow and pray: </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">All: Namaste! Namaste! Namaste!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>LITANY FOR THE BREAKING OF BREAD</b><br /><br /><b>Luca and ALL:</b> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Loving God, You call us to speak truth to power. We will do so. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Loving God, You call us to live the Gospel of peace and justice. We will do so. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Loving God, You call us to holy anger and prophetic action. We will do so.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget Mary:</b> This is the Bread of Life and Cup of Blessing. How happy are we who are called to this Table.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And ALL: Jesus, you affirm holy anger as prophetic response to injustice.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget Mary</b>: Let us share the Bread of Life and Cup of Blessing saying:</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You are the Body and Blood of Christ</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>COMMUNION Song: </b></span></span></p><p class="p21" style="color: #0b416c; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Rebel Jesus by Jackson Browne</span></b></span></p><p class="p22" style="color: #1a0ea8; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s6" style="text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1d0ivyTTk"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1d0ivyTTk<span class="s9" style="color: #1a0ea8;"></span></span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Luca: Prayer after Communion:</span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">May the Holy One, who created us from words and dust and called us good, dwell in each desire and fill us with holy anger to take action on behalf of justice. May this Lent be a time of spiritual renewal and growth in our personal live and in our communities. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>All:</b> Amen, May it be so! </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Bridget M.:</b> Introductions/Thanksgivings/Announcements</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Community Blessing:</span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Luca</b>: Let us raise our hands and bless each other.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">May your longings lead you far</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And farther still</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">toward the place where what you desire</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">can be met only by the Holy One within you.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">On this day of all days,</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">May you go in the company</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">of the One who calls you to love everyone with a passionate heart and to turn anger at wrong into action for justice. Amen.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our Closing Song is: I am Willing by Holly Near, Video: Donna Panaro</span></b></span></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YqHxm7l5Ew"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YqHxm7l5Ew</span></b></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p class="p23" style="color: #741b47; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s7" style="color: black;">If you want to </span>add a prayer intention to our MMOJ Community Prayer book, please send an email to Joan Meehan. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2153529381521594901/7934099774658558876"><span class="s10" style="color: #0563c1;">jmeehan515@aol.com</span></a></span></p><p class="p24" style="color: #11053b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p25" style="color: #11053b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If you want to invite someone to attend our liturgy, please refer them our website :</span></p><p class="p25" style="color: #11053b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p22" style="color: #1a0ea8; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">To support our community, please send your check to:</span></p><p class="p25" style="color: #11053b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community</span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Sarasota, FL 34233</b><span class="s7" style="color: black;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Liturgy written by Bridget Mary Meehan <a href="https://mmojliturgies.blogspot.com/2023/12/https/:arcwp.org"><span class="s9" style="color: #1a0ea8;">https//:arcwp.org</span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I</span></p><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p29" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-61010211294392101962024-02-27T16:44:00.003-05:002024-02-27T16:48:10.151-05:00From Karen Kerrigan ARCWP- Social Justice-Pictures from Ceasefire Demonstration at The Dearborn Manor on Sunday.<p> </p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; word-spacing: 1px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkyKYhlp77yKKlAahTxUNyijz_6CJ7d-eMqhxRsf0Qcj4tnap8GNMHGe4MhKUoX5v6xDfGHPwSLh-DQPXWhmg7uld46IvxC86UcRDZlT0PTdEWLnCw2OVjYyp4rlmmFcI6HjoUdgYTDOsEkLPzhK-wu9jZrFt3TO65C44u8SGLsOKDvrNk6_94dGYCwI/s4032/IMG_8446.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkyKYhlp77yKKlAahTxUNyijz_6CJ7d-eMqhxRsf0Qcj4tnap8GNMHGe4MhKUoX5v6xDfGHPwSLh-DQPXWhmg7uld46IvxC86UcRDZlT0PTdEWLnCw2OVjYyp4rlmmFcI6HjoUdgYTDOsEkLPzhK-wu9jZrFt3TO65C44u8SGLsOKDvrNk6_94dGYCwI/w300-h400/IMG_8446.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliqLfIinoHOtIIiJFdMl5Yzs9bE7SySkvtXgPQVw97LS3nBog32_ZzYvhThTaFlXVo9l4MYQIo7Tbo6wVvaMNLXGYx6DS1ZRLK46cyVkEoRnAN7xk9Otdqbdhb6lQNRgkVWmreNOiS41ebm8pf3OaR3p3R3xz4Gls96om3suAuZ4HmBdDok2gVqEjnV4/s3334/IMG_8447.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3334" data-original-width="3023" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliqLfIinoHOtIIiJFdMl5Yzs9bE7SySkvtXgPQVw97LS3nBog32_ZzYvhThTaFlXVo9l4MYQIo7Tbo6wVvaMNLXGYx6DS1ZRLK46cyVkEoRnAN7xk9Otdqbdhb6lQNRgkVWmreNOiS41ebm8pf3OaR3p3R3xz4Gls96om3suAuZ4HmBdDok2gVqEjnV4/w363-h400/IMG_8447.jpeg" width="363" /></a></div><br />Today, I am El Shaddai’s (the breasted one) daughter, the one who sees. We are looking out over the seas of Hagars on their knees, holding their dead babies with their dead husbands laying next to them in a ‘hospital’!</span><p></p><div data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This must stop! </span></div><div data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">With Love from The Great Lake State, standing with my Muslim/Arabic neighbors and all people of good will</span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://youtu.be/M8qOyMFZsLA?feature=shared">https://youtu.be/M8qOyMFZsLA?feature=</a><a href="https://youtu.be/M8qOyMFZsLA?feature=shared">shared</a></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-38627715156255463112024-02-27T03:00:00.003-05:002024-02-27T03:00:55.216-05:00New Book Coming Out in March about Roman Catholic Women Priests<p> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Women-Called-Catholic-Priesthood-Ecclesial/dp/1506498396/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3Q2WWB9WJU8TF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tpZqtxoBza-6GeGnlUGw7_ZKnG7WpRxFh6P2FtKCLATG57II1NYLSofVcMhPCsaG.3D83F73hEY9rjBBGX5HF0opKRA3jA_dAj_LFO1zVmgA&dib_tag=se&keywords=sharon+henderson+callahan&qid=1708968849&sprefix=sharon+hende%2Caps%2C328&sr=8-1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">https://www.amazon.com/Women-Called-Catholic-Priesthood-Ecclesial/dp/1506498396/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3Q2WWB9WJU8TF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tpZqtxoBza-6GeGnlUGw7_ZKnG7WpRxFh6P2FtKCLATG57II1NYLSofVcMhPCsaG.3D83F73hEY9rjBBGX5HF0opKRA3jA_dAj_LFO1zVmgA&dib_tag=se&keywords=sharon+henderson+callahan&qid=1708968849&sprefix=sharon+hende%2Caps%2C328&sr=8-1</a></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-80513292876944064882024-02-25T16:11:00.003-05:002024-02-25T16:13:12.136-05:00Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community Stands in Solidarity with Annunciation House in their Ministry of Hospitality to Migrants and Refugees in El Paso Texas<div class="date-posts" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"><div class="post-outer" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8615319077160177471" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 1.3; position: relative; width: 370px;"><div class="date-posts" style="font-size: 14.4px;"><div class="post-outer" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7393837485438466579" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 1.3; position: relative; width: 370px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga-ywlX8-NonFCwSKV8UvGwVJ8csOsjWCdoqzQSsnWmmFxkefuHpHcH9pm-Wcuys5KBB6pO8opAv7TZfG9GfSbPQgepgmv0Y3iCk_5S-LtC01VJtKLiiKpg6NXcPW9uBBPW2pbHsdNVWE57BGVtUnOEmPdtB0f3uAi0dTlU43qhpn11jiohAnZ2nvJYRn/s234/IMG_8443.png" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="234" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga-ywlX8-NonFCwSKV8UvGwVJ8csOsjWCdoqzQSsnWmmFxkefuHpHcH9pm-Wcuys5KBB6pO8opAv7TZfG9GfSbPQgepgmv0Y3iCk_5S-LtC01VJtKLiiKpg6NXcPW9uBBPW2pbHsdNVWE57BGVtUnOEmPdtB0f3uAi0dTlU43qhpn11jiohAnZ2nvJYRn/w400-h226/IMG_8443.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; background: repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Annunciation House and Denounce Texas’ Attacks on Humanitarian Aid</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Texas Attorney General Paxton launched a politically motivated attack against Annunciation House, a volunteer organization that offers hospitality to migrants, immigrants, and refugees in El Paso, Texas. Annunciation House is rooted in Catholic social teaching and is a voice for justice and compassion, especially for the most marginalized of our society. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We, the undersigned 153 organizations, faith and community leaders, and individuals as one united front;</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><ol style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Express our solidarity and full support to Annunciation House,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> which for 45 years has been a beacon of hope to the most vulnerable and a model of compassion, humanity, and kindness, exemplifying what our local, state, and federal governments ought to do. The work of Annunciation House is legal and constitutionally framed. Most importantly, this work is humanitarian, vital, and necessary to border communities like El Paso. </span></p></li></ol><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><ol start="2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Denounce the actions of the Texas Attorney General and expose them as an extension of the continuous anti-immigrant crusade that Gov. Abbott and extremist legislators have crafted under the unconstitutional Operation Lone Star and illegal Senate Bill 4.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This lawsuit is a political attack that only seeks to institute fear and criminalize those who have been defending constitutional and human rights and immigrant communities.</span></p></li></ol><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><ol start="3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Denounce the Texas State government’s continuous usurpation of Federal authority to create its own xenophobic, racist, and white supremacist immigration policies.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This lawsuit is an escalation of Gov. Abbott’s unconstitutional policies and ill-conceived structures to prosecute immigrant families, friends, and networks of support. </span></p></li></ol><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><ol start="4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Demand action from the U.S. Department of Justice to halt the ongoing usurpation of Federal powers in Texas by Gov. Abbott</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and place the necessary protections to guarantee that all non-governmental organizations (NGOs), humanitarian aid providers, and shelters can work freely, independently, safe from fear, retaliation or intimidation from Texas government leaders and entities.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Demand that the City of El Paso immediately terminate all Operation Lone Star’s Emergency and Disaster Declarations</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and cut any ties with Gov. Abbott’s anti-immigrant, xenophobic, racist, and unconstitutional border enforcement policies.</span></p></li></ol><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For far too long, border communities have witnessed firsthand the fallout of our broken and inhumane immigration system fueled by our federal and state governments' inaction in supporting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other entities who stand ready to welcome migrants and asylum seekers with dignity.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instead of fueling hate and fear, Gov. Abbott, Attorney General Paxton, and our legislators must work to make institutions work better on behalf of Texan communities, ensure the safety of our communities, and guarantee our rights are respected and protected. We will not be intimidated and will not cease providing the much-needed humanitarian support to immigrant and refugee communities.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Signed,</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frontera Texas Organizing Project</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance (RITA)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iglesia San Lucas </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deaconess and Home Missioners for Immigrants Justice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Latin America Solidarity Committee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; 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font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Midway Hills Christian Church</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Temple Emanu-El Dallas, TX</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Faithful America</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RWM consultants</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Somos Tejas </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Never Again Action</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Isaac M Wise Temple</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Interfaith Center of New York</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project Regeneracion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Centro por la Justicia (Southwest Workers Union) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BNHR Human Rights Center Del Rio, TX</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Borderlands Resource Initiative</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington Office on Latin America</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Resilient Advocates Collective</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Loretto Community Latin America/Caribbean Committee </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alianza Americas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lawyers for Good Government</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Temple Beth El </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First United Methodist Church Cedar Hill</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bridges Faith Initiative</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hope Border Institute</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texas Civil Rights Project</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Loretto Link</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">National Partnership for New Americans</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Northern New Jersey Sanctuary Coalition</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Franciscan Network for Migrants-U.S.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Familias Unidas del Chamizal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Justice in Motion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">International Valley Health Institute</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pax Christi Michigan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Social Justice Resource Center </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frontera de Cristo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ouisa D. Davis, Attorney & Counselor at Law</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Global Refuge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acequia Architects</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Miami Chelo Foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Northern New Jersey Sanctuary Coalition</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Faith Commons</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laredo for Economic Justice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poder Latinx</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">School Sisters Of St Francis -JPIC Committee </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">National Lawyers Guild - El Paso Chapter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Southern Border Communities Coalition</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rabbi Amy Joy Small- Retired Rabbi</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The American National Catholic Church </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most Rev. George Lucey, Presiding Bishop</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rabbi E. David Curiel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rabbi Pamela Wax</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rabbi Eytan Hammerman</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fr Bert Chilson, Retired Priest - Archdiocese of Denver</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connie Crawford, Retired Attorney</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Central American Resource Center - CARECEN</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HOLA Ohio</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or Hadash: a Reconstructionist Congregation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">El Paso Grassroots</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project BRAVO</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">El Paso (TX) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sisters and Brothers of Immigrants, Inc.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sisters of Loretto/Loretto Community</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Puentes de Cristo, Inc. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texas Rising El Paso</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-6440828192718423372024-02-19T13:48:00.001-05:002024-02-19T13:48:13.436-05:00Register now for a New PCS Retreat/Independent Course: Celebrating the Sacred Feminine in your Life with Dr. Bridget Mary Meehan <p> <a href="https://pcseminary.teachable.com/p/pcs-310-celebratingthesacredfeminineinyourlife" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">https://pcseminary.teachable.com/p/pcs-310-celebratingthesacredfeminineinyourlife</a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Celebrating the Sacred Feminine in your life invites you to explore the beautiful </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mosaic of names and images that depict God's All-Embracing, inclusive love for us. </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Each section provides imagery of the sacred feminine in Scripture, </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the Christian mystics and in contemporary life. Open yourself to your belovedness as an image of the Divine Feminine in prayer and action and explore new paths to spiritual healing, nourishment and transformation in our world. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX3E_OVPCasyqqBC3XrYrFAN2hWfi1gflpV5SgSCPZQplODLL8xOHXVtJ1hn207A1RdP9nK9E1jjwqHv33rFsTuQJ2yLTsXPDlRcE5d8jORSJsAzNFtO6Wq0p0H1IFzDy0ja7yUiFlyJg-ajPjGDV9knkgfdShXVf-38V-nKeG3fa4bEnkh2xNGUDcSx5/s1622/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%208.59.13%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1622" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX3E_OVPCasyqqBC3XrYrFAN2hWfi1gflpV5SgSCPZQplODLL8xOHXVtJ1hn207A1RdP9nK9E1jjwqHv33rFsTuQJ2yLTsXPDlRcE5d8jORSJsAzNFtO6Wq0p0H1IFzDy0ja7yUiFlyJg-ajPjGDV9knkgfdShXVf-38V-nKeG3fa4bEnkh2xNGUDcSx5/w400-h319/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%208.59.13%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Celebrating the Sacred Feminine in your life </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is available as a private retreat, an independent study, or </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as a course for sharing in a cohort model. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cohorts meet in a Zoom video conference to share insights on their </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700;">meditations. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For those taking this course as an independent study or retreat, </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Bridget Mary will be available upon request to share with you in phone or Zoom </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700;">conversations.</span></span></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-18657964537675092812024-02-19T13:37:00.003-05:002024-02-19T13:43:33.663-05:00 “A Kick-start to Lent” by Rev. Annie Watson ARCWP<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCltgph7rEVvh-hDlALaUU7Kx7xEp-MSUAlKNUMWwLxANU94gLvKOEGL3ZaDE5-Xqhe9zCkZ07TO-VdBlp9IU7EUbsysl3mNXQNEmYYa4cpzodQMulruMypU2UZp_ReWLsChrikI_kQbkkzXOVqO1_FnidG9fsiQdZIE5JBa8uEWlUMTMPUSZJ6qnczKQ/s972/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%201.33.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="942" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCltgph7rEVvh-hDlALaUU7Kx7xEp-MSUAlKNUMWwLxANU94gLvKOEGL3ZaDE5-Xqhe9zCkZ07TO-VdBlp9IU7EUbsysl3mNXQNEmYYa4cpzodQMulruMypU2UZp_ReWLsChrikI_kQbkkzXOVqO1_FnidG9fsiQdZIE5JBa8uEWlUMTMPUSZJ6qnczKQ/w388-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%201.33.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="388" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Genesis 9:8-17; Mark 1:9-15</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">February 18, 2024</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Rev. Annie Watson, Holy Family Catholic Church</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If we want to take Lent seriously, we need to give it a good kick-start. As you know, Lent is often associated with the word “repent.” Think of Lent as the key we turn to the “on” position on a motorcycle and repentance as the kick-start.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Repentance essentially means to go in a different direction, to change one’s mind, heart, habits, or actions. Giving up something for Lent—a common practice—is not just a way to start a temporary diet or give up a favorite activity for several weeks. It’s supposed to be a way to kick-start a new lease on life.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So, how do we know what to kick-start? How do we determine what to repent of? Outside of scripture, the answer to those questions might be found in the wisdom of two people: Albert Einstein and Dr. Phil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Dr. Phil McGraw began his television career as the resident expert on human behavior on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show. He is known for asking people who are struggling with life a very simple question, “How’s that working for you?” Dr. Phil tried to get his guests to see how a particular activity or worldview was detrimental to their well-being.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In a similar way, Albert Einstein is often credited for saying: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This is also a very helpful quote, especially for those who engage in repetitive destructive behavior.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In both cases, Dr. Phil and Albert Einstein’s words reflect the biblical wisdom of repentance. This is a way to kick-start our lives in ways that put us on a new path and help us get going in a new direction.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The God of the Bible engaged in many acts of repentance, kick-starting the kingdom of God as if it is an old, hard-to-start motorcycle. Remember, repentance isn’t just for people who are swimming in sin. Repentance means going in a new direction or trying something new, which God does on many occasions in the Bible when things are not working very well.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In the story of Noah and the Ark, for example, God tries to kick-start a new relationship with humanity. It’s not a pleasant story at all. It’s a violent story about divine punishment. Ever since Adam and Eve were forced out of the Garden of Eden because of an act of disobedience, God’s relationship with humanity was not working very well. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The writer of Genesis says, “The earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.” At this point, God decides to kick-start something new by wiping the slate clean. But after the flood, we can almost hear Dr. Phil saying, “Hey, God, how’s that working for you?”</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So, God makes a covenant with Noah and all living things and promises to never destroy everything again. The rainbow becomes a sign of this promise, which makes sense. After a big rain the sun comes out and what do we see? A rainbow.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">God says, “When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The rainbow is more interesting than we might think. In the ancient world, the rainbow was seen as the actual bow used by God to shoot arrows of lightning. Psalm 7:12-13 says, “If one does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow; he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.” God’s arrows were the bolts of lightning during a thunderstorm.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">After the flood, the biblical God promises to hang up the divine bow on the wall. Worldwide destruction will no longer be God’s strategy to straighten out wicked human beings. God repents of this and kick-starts a new relationship with all creation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Did it work? Did God’s covenant with Noah make things better? No, so like a frustrated biker with a slow-starting motorcycle, the Bible tells the story of a God who tries kick-starting one covenant with humanity after another. After the covenant with Noah there is a covenant with Abraham, with Moses, with David, and even one called the New Covenant, which was kick-started after the Babylonian Exile.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The covenants were well-intended, but humanity kept sputtering and dying. So maybe, God thought, it’s time to try something new. That’s where Jesus enters the picture. The Jesus story is like God saying to Dr. Phil, “You know, this isn’t working. So I guess I’m going to have to go down there and kick-start the bike myself.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The temptation story of Jesus in the wilderness is the story of God trying to kick-start the kingdom of God again. Think about how this story fits into the biblical narrative: The Bible takes us from a God who expels the first Adam from the garden out into the wilderness because he gave in to temptation, to a God who intentionally sends the Second Adam out into the wilderness to be tempted. And he passes. This time it worked.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If God has kick-started the kingdom of God, the least we can do is kick-start this season of Lent? But how?</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We can do so . . .<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by repenting<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by turning around and going in a new direction</span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by seeking a new path<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by trying something new<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by changing our minds, hearts, habits, and actions</span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by asking, “How’s that working for us?”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by realizing that we have been doing the same old tired things and expecting different results (which is insane)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by hanging up our bows and arrows, our psychological and philosophical weapons against others<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>by allowing God to drive for us<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>and by following Jesus out into the wilderness</span></li></ul><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There is so much we can do to kick-start the season of Lent. Let’s just make sure we have enough gas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-26799016082637739602024-02-18T21:18:00.003-05:002024-02-18T21:18:54.610-05:00A Holy Disruption by Dick Vosko<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJh2RJpU4k8E6miYU6EYVxeRnjikhStJYayE4IdrOot2bKg1hCBiXH9UUwZdfuns2XmXT5bLJ3jsV2bPkjtnVSap4kRRF4shu9BhkpfF5uzw1oxfHYRkHNk1NKbp7KxrBLOx5fKMm94g2JzJjgCw-Q2NAtgOpZGpSOo8W0C0O-mX39TKlyTqHHCgNTD0d/s4032/IMG_8317.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJh2RJpU4k8E6miYU6EYVxeRnjikhStJYayE4IdrOot2bKg1hCBiXH9UUwZdfuns2XmXT5bLJ3jsV2bPkjtnVSap4kRRF4shu9BhkpfF5uzw1oxfHYRkHNk1NKbp7KxrBLOx5fKMm94g2JzJjgCw-Q2NAtgOpZGpSOo8W0C0O-mX39TKlyTqHHCgNTD0d/w366-h312/IMG_8317.jpeg" width="366" /></a></p><br /><p><br /></p><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>I talk quite frequently with a 16-year old boy who lives in Harlem. Mpiana is a refugee from Congo who lives with many hardships that are different from most teenagers. Through it all he is a remarkably resilient student-athlete determined to succeed. </span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Mpiana goes to a Baptist church with his little brother and, impressively, can recall passages from the Bible. He once told me he believes God does not test us beyond our ability to be tested; that God does not leave us alone; that God helps us deal with the tests that come our way. (1 Cor 10:13) Mpiana is nourished by God’s promises.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Mark’s gospel today (Mk 1:12-15) asks us to pay attention to “Biblical precedents where God <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 1.125rem;">does</i> test people to play a significant role in the story of salvation.” [1] Think of Abraham being tested to sacrifice his son Isaac. But this gospel is not just about Jesus being tested. (The Greek word also means temptation. One could say all temptations are tests.)</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>The gospel also tells us how Jesus was called to ministry when his cousin John baptised him. According to the story, during that event God broke through the world order with an earth-shattering, roaring voice, accompanied by thunder and lightning. Jesus was being called out loud by God to a life of service that would engage him in a conflict with world powers.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>David Schnasa Jacobsen, biblical scholar at Boston University, noted that Mark’s narrative pointed out the <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 1.125rem;">urgency</i> of the gospel. “In doing so, we’ll understand Jesus’s temptation as the first skirmish of his vocation and a harbinger of the apocalyptic battles to come.” [2] Those are the struggles that confront us today.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>In so many words, Jacobsen wrote that Jesus’ baptism in Mark is portrayed as an act of apocalyptic, cosmic, <span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="color: #800002; font-size: 1.125rem;">holy disruption</span> that will usher in God’s plan for the coming kingdom. It will be a time that includes healings, liberations from bondage caused by evil, announcements of forgiveness, and calls to social transformation.<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>But the devil and evil are still at large. How do we respond to the tests that often can lead to a change of heart? The reading from Genesis (Gn 9:8-15) is a good reminder of the covenants God created with us. A covenant is an ancient formula wherein two parties promise to do something or not do something. Some of them are worth remembering. In the covenant with Noah God promised no more floods. It was a sign of God’s faith in people but the people did not return the favor. The psalmist (Ps 25:4-9) today reminds us God’s ways are love and truth for those who do keep God’s covenants.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>So God tried again. The covenant with Abraham and Sarah prompted loyal relationships with God. What is our bond with a God who wants to be our friend? The covenant with Moses at Mt. Sinai included a code of conduct (the 10 commandments) to help us live together in harmony. Are we abiding by those moral barometers?</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>The covenant with David included the promise of a messiah who would save people from all oppression. And, the new and everlasting covenant embodied by Jesus assures us that God forgives sins and restores communion with<span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 1.125rem;"> all of God’s people. (1 Peter 3:18-22)</span></span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>So, how <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 1.125rem;">do</i></span> we keep our part of our covenant with God today? Can we set complacency aside? Advocate for justice? Can we disrupt the work of evil doers? Or, are we being tested beyond our abilities to handle the test? These are urgent questions for us as we begin our march toward Easter.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span> Lawlessness is rampant; lying is normal; negotiated diplomacy doesn’t seem to matter; covenants rooted in love are broken, civility is trumped by rudeness, distinctions between classes are distorted and the rights of marginalized persons are minimized. These challenges require a “moral reinforcement in [our] collective beliefs.” [3]</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Of course, Lent can be an intense period of prayer, reconciliation, initiation and even fasting. More urgently, however, it is a time to confront those forces that alienate us from God, one another and ourselves. Can we figure out “what we are willing to sacrifice for a more important good.” [4] Our task is to balance competing interests that can cause anxiety, even sickness.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>On Ash Wednesday Pope Francis said Lent is about rediscovering our call "to love the brothers and sisters all around us, to be considerate to others, to feel compassion, to show mercy, to share all that we are and all that we have with those in need.” </span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Yes, Lent calls you and me to renew the values that Jesus invites us to embrace — loyalty, commitment, solidarity. It <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 1.125rem;">is</i></span> a time to cause a <span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="color: #800002; font-size: 1.125rem;">holy disruption </span>that will bring about the kingdom of God here on earth. Getting into “good trouble” [6] is grounded in our longing for God to set things right. If Mpiana, that young teenager from Harlem, were here he would say: “Hey, Bro, don’t you know with God on our side anything is possible.” (Mk 10:27)</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;">____</span></p><p style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 0.8125rem;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">1. </span>Byrne, Brendan.<i data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;"> A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark’s Gospel</i>. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press) 2008, 33.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 0.8125rem;">2. David Schnasa Jacobsen. <<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/first-sunday-in-lent-2/commentary-on-mark-19-15-6&source=gmail&ust=1708389508769000&usg=AOvVaw13SGA0VZ4uD8QlCSGNMidf" href="https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/first-sunday-in-lent-2/commentary-on-mark-19-15-6" style="color: #4285f4;" target="_blank"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">https://www.workingpreacher.<wbr></wbr>org/commentaries/revised-<wbr></wbr>common-lectionary/first-<wbr></wbr>sunday-in-lent-2/commentary-<wbr></wbr>on-mark-19-15-6</span></a>></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 0.8125rem;">3. See Karen Fields and Barbara J. Fields. <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life. </i>(NY: Verso, 2012), 227 in Joerg Rieger <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">Theology in the Capitalocene: Ecology, Identity, Class and Solidarity. </i>(Minneapolis: Fortress, 2022) 96.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 0.8125rem;">4. David Brooks “The Cure For Ails Our Democracy” <<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/opinion/democracy-good-evil.html&source=gmail&ust=1708389508769000&usg=AOvVaw0InGQY3FlPB0VRjDHQyQq2" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/opinion/democracy-good-evil.html" style="color: #4285f4;" target="_blank"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">https://www.<wbr></wbr>nytimes.com/2024/02/15/<wbr></wbr>opinion/democracy-good-evil.<wbr></wbr>html</span></a>></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 0.8125rem;">5. John Pilch. <<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://liturgy.slu.edu/1LentB021824/theword_cultural.html&source=gmail&ust=1708389508769000&usg=AOvVaw2PrMZa_B62rfBdfLeISrLP" href="https://liturgy.slu.edu/1LentB021824/theword_cultural.html" style="color: #4285f4;" target="_blank"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">https://liturgy.slu.edu/<wbr></wbr>1LentB021824/theword_cultural.<wbr></wbr>html</span></a>></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 0.8125rem;">6. “Get in <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/from-rep-john-lewis-quotes-in-a-long-life-of-activism/2020/07/18/7ee684d8-c8b0-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html&source=gmail&ust=1708389508769000&usg=AOvVaw0X3njLOISWkhONyBzYnZ9Z" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/from-rep-john-lewis-quotes-in-a-long-life-of-activism/2020/07/18/7ee684d8-c8b0-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html" style="color: #4285f4;" target="_blank"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">good trouble</span></a>, necessary trouble, and redeem the soul of America.” John Lewis made this statement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 1, 2020 commemorating the tragic events of <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-sunday-civil-rights-protesters-beaten-selma&source=gmail&ust=1708389508769000&usg=AOvVaw3997piCld7HVckOry3E2bu" href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-sunday-civil-rights-protesters-beaten-selma" style="color: #4285f4;" target="_blank"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">Bloody Sunday</span></a>. </span></div><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: arial, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">Richard S. Vosko, Ph.D., Hon. 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</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">When Two Women Put Pope in Communication Problems </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">It had not happened in the past, when only the Pope and his Council of Cardinals met, that details about topics addressed were ventilated in a public way. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">Two individuals have done disservice not only to the great multitude of discreet women that are outside and inside the Church, but also to the Pontiff himself. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">FEBRUARY 10, 2024 18:39JORGE ENRIQUE MÚJICAANALYSIS </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">OPINION, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;"> (ZENIT News / Rome, 10.02.2024).- </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">The official communication of the Holy See Press Office regarding the content of the meetings in early February 2024 between Pope Francis and his Council of Cardinals (the so-called C9), stated that one of the three topics addressed was the role of women in the Church. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">But what they said, which has spread more widely, is what the non-official communication transmitted (in reality, it should be called indiscretion): that women’s Diaconal Ordination can be taken for granted in the Catholic Church. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">The indiscretion came from two women, who were present in the Pope’s Council as experts. On one hand, a Catholic woman theologian and, on the other, an Anglican woman “bishop.” </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">In an interview announced on the cover of the Spanish magazine “Vida Nueva,” the Anglican “bishop” Jo Bailey Wells admitted that the invitation left her totally surprised. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">And she also gave more details about the topic she was asked to address. “I was asked to talk about the experience of the ordination of women in the Church of England and in the Anglican Communion. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">This included some antecedents, the process of decision-making and the impact it had for our Church. But I also talked somewhat more generally about what we had learnt through the process in terms of how to surf the change and address the differences.” </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">Mrs Wells commented that those present “spent more time listening than speaking,” although later she acknowledged that, more than a request for advice, “it was rather a seminar in which we sat together to listen ( . . . ) as colleague, as ministry companion in Christ’s Gospel, to share the recent history of women in our Church.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;"> Ands she added: “I know that on the part of Pope Francis there is a willingness to explore, to assume some risks, to exercise the imagination in regard to the possibilities of change.” </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">Wells had already made some statements to the Anglican News Service saying virtually the same but with fewer words. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: whitesmoke; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;">Asked if she thinks Anglicans are going farther than other Christian denominations in gender equality, Mrs Wells said that “It seems we are going ahead of the Catholic Church in regard to helping women to take advantage of the gifts granted to them in the whole gamut of possibilities at the service of God.”</span></p><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; content: " "; display: block; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;" /><a href="https://zenit.org/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #478fb3; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;">Women Deaconesses? When Two Women Put Pope in Communication Problems | ZENIT - English</a>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-39051794649137951102024-02-08T13:32:00.005-05:002024-02-08T13:37:41.436-05:00The Divine Feminine Returns- Matthew Fox<table class="munged" role="presentation" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: auto; width: 348px; word-spacing: 1px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 0px; width: 348px;" valign="top" width="100%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><h1 style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); text-align: center;"></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsdvV3Mj4hJoVHEEbzYYR5XtVOhqH_g2nM8h03wZ2tfvj-WRroNe8pj-4uJkTfUgxCsZvywrreMXZd4hXcdmk9_PmxTyNOovDwiY5a-CWabN3_Rd5GqA7ZYOW1t0yw1ydPbU6CzpgwQiZs4X8HDjJF_SeLU7yIjXb93hiAFiNLX7dKdKT2D3fzqxf2QE/s600/IMG_7927.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="477" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsdvV3Mj4hJoVHEEbzYYR5XtVOhqH_g2nM8h03wZ2tfvj-WRroNe8pj-4uJkTfUgxCsZvywrreMXZd4hXcdmk9_PmxTyNOovDwiY5a-CWabN3_Rd5GqA7ZYOW1t0yw1ydPbU6CzpgwQiZs4X8HDjJF_SeLU7yIjXb93hiAFiNLX7dKdKT2D3fzqxf2QE/w318-h400/IMG_7927.jpeg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p></div></div><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: auto; width: 348px; word-spacing: 1px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 0px 0px 10px; width: 348px;" valign="top" width="100%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; table-layout: auto; width: 100%;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 10px 0px;"><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-bottom-style: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(49, 49, 49) rgb(49, 49, 49); border-left-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-spacing: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; color: #313131; table-layout: auto; width: 100%;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(49, 49, 49) rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(49, 49, 49) rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49);" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">We have been meditating on a revolution in values that the return of the Divine Feminine represents. Such archetypes as Mary and the Black Madonna carry this energy forward. </span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: auto; width: 348px; word-spacing: 1px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 10px 10px 0px 0px; width: 153.21875px;" valign="top" width="46.9%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">Julian of Norwich talks of Jesus as Mother due to his emphasis on compassion. </span></p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">What if the Europeans who set sail for the “New Worlds” one century after Julian had acted more motherly to the indigenous peoples they encountered?</span></p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">How different history would have been had they arrived on foreign lands not with swords drawn but with compassionate hearts.</span></p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">Values of Kinship, Relationship, Compassion, Caring are in stark contrast to values of control </span></p><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: auto; width: 348px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 0px 0px 10px; width: 348px;" valign="top" width="100%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">and power-over that patriarchy holds up.</span></p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">My friend and colleague Andrew Harvey, who was born and raised in India, the birthplace of many religions and a land with a long history of honoring the Great Mother, did all of us a huge favor when he wrote a major work on <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">The Return of the Mother</i> in 1995. </span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Video by </i></span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l%3DDmAAe%26m%3Dg5pJOKTA4jwhXR2%26b%3DNjt4M_p8sM.ZJ6YClvFsDg&source=gmail&ust=1707501210427000&usg=AOvVaw3Ib6ZNAHFpzZ-ONp69V8jz" href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=DmAAe&m=g5pJOKTA4jwhXR2&b=Njt4M_p8sM.ZJ6YClvFsDg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); color: #4285f4;" target="_blank"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 12px;"><i data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 0.75rem;">Unanimous</i></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 12px;"><i data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 0.75rem;">.</i></span></p></div></div></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px; width: 118.765625px;" valign="top" width="37.0%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">The book is deeply ecumenical and chapters include teachings on the Great Mother from Ramakrishna, Aurobindo, Sufis, the Buddha and the Tao. The last two chapters are on “Mary Our Mother” and on “Christ the Mother."</span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: auto; width: 348px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 10px 0px; width: 348px;" valign="top" width="100%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">Harvey tells us that Mary <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">is far less interested in adoration than imitation. The Mother doesn’t just want to be loved; she wants that love to be made active in all things and in all moments so that the reign of her love can begin on earth.</i></span></p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">He invokes the teaching of Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff about Mary as a “prophetic woman of liberation” in his book, <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">The Maternal Face of God. </i></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: auto; width: 348px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 164px;" valign="top" width="50.0%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">Boff says Mary brings both “denunciation and proclamation, prophecy and liberation.” </span></p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">He recognizes that under the influence of conquest and colonialism, Mary has often been sentimentalized or forgotten. “As a result, for centuries Christianity has rendered the liberating” message of the Magnificat “impotent.” </span></p></div></div></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 0.75rem;">Flickr.</i></span></a></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: auto; width: 348px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); padding: 10px 0px 0px; width: 348px;" valign="top" width="100%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">But <i data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">we can develop a prophetic image of Mary…as the strong, determined woman, the woman committed to the messianic liberation for the poor from the historical social injustice under which they suffer.*</i> </span></p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="18" data-originalfontsize="18px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 1.125rem;">Among the poor so suffering today is of course Gaia, our Mother <br /></span></p><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: auto; width: 105.015625px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; 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border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49);" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="munged" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; height: auto; table-layout: auto; width: 348px;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); height: auto;"><tr style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px rgb(49, 49, 49); height: auto; padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; width: 201.375px;" valign="top" width="61.6%"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); height: auto;"><div style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); height: auto;"><p style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); height: auto; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 0.875rem;">*Andrew Harvey, </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l%3DDmAAe%26m%3Dg5pJOKTA4jwhXR2%26b%3D66L6gQ5FfxaZYuxlhlqmjQ&source=gmail&ust=1707501210427000&usg=AOvVaw2M6uJO-kx1-MFj7GLDz6by" href="https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=DmAAe&m=g5pJOKTA4jwhXR2&b=66L6gQ5FfxaZYuxlhlqmjQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); color: #4285f4;" target="_blank"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 14px;"><i data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 0.875rem;">The Return of the Mother</i></span></a><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 0.875rem;">, pp. 374, 377f.</span><br /><br /><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); 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font-size: medium;">Roman Catholic Women Priests and Bishops have lots of good news about living the Synodal Church with Pope Francis. We have been working in the emerging Church for over 20 years- welcoming everyone to celebrate the sacraments and to serve one another especially the most marginalized Catholics who no longer feel they have a home in the institutional Church. Pope Francis says the Church must be a Church for everyone. So do we and this is what women priests have been busy doing. This is our mission. This is the reason we ordain women. This is the call of Jesus in our times. I look forward to the day Pope Francis invites us to the table. We are his beloved sisters and brothers!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bridget Mary Meehan ARCWP</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEYLyDoAtIC2p7d883o7-L1BkTEAdzrj20AOeYHYua2qRZBa0SIDLU1Z78ouRGocN-K3UnSaJEAoRUjeBy34e2NG3Vx6TRWTN9tzcKlRQyL_BmpZX_WLhwmpMu-W9V3qODtM4vKIzHkXiWFa6sBzCcVAfiWLjJ_FZM4oqJZP1FvncUA8vZdNVbO6e7B8/s1472/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%209.19.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1472" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEYLyDoAtIC2p7d883o7-L1BkTEAdzrj20AOeYHYua2qRZBa0SIDLU1Z78ouRGocN-K3UnSaJEAoRUjeBy34e2NG3Vx6TRWTN9tzcKlRQyL_BmpZX_WLhwmpMu-W9V3qODtM4vKIzHkXiWFa6sBzCcVAfiWLjJ_FZM4oqJZP1FvncUA8vZdNVbO6e7B8/w400-h249/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%209.19.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals continue their discussion of women's role in the church at the Vatican Feb. 5, 2024. Pictured, clockwise from the left, are: Cardinals Gérald Lacroix of Québec; Juan José Omella Omella of Barcelona; Seán O'Malley of Boston; Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa, Congo; and Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. Continuing, to the right of the pope are: Bishop Marco Mellino, council secretary; and Cardinals Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India; Sérgio da Rocha of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil; Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the commission governing Vatican City State; and Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg. Bishop Jo Bailey Wells, deputy secretary-general of the Anglican Communion, left, Salesian Sr. Linda Pocher and Giuliva Di Berardino, a consecrated virgin from the Diocese of Verona, Italy, are the women who addressed the group. (CNS/Vatican Media)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">With the help of a woman Anglican bishop, a Salesian sister and a consecrated virgin, Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals devoted the first morning of their February meeting "to deepening their reflection, begun last December, on the role of women in the church," the Vatican press office said.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said Feb. 5 the pope and cardinals heard from Bishop Jo Bailey Wells, deputy secretary-general of the Anglican Communion; Salesian Sr. Linda Pocher, a professor of Christology and Mariology at Rome's Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences "Auxilium," and Giuliva Di Berardino, a consecrated virgin and liturgist from the Diocese of Verona, Italy.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The pope and council were to continue meeting the afternoon of Feb. 5 and all day Feb. 6, focusing on other themes, Bruni said.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Vatican has not shared details about the discussions on the role of women in the church nor the texts of presentations made at the meeting.</span></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-66145539286098306102024-02-04T19:58:00.004-05:002024-02-04T20:04:12.310-05:00Celebrate Black History Month by Listening to Sister Thea Bowman’s inspiring address to the U.S. Bishops in 1989<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-g5sfItm1ZaL1Oyeov6iD5ICRjpv5UWCaWYiVIP9D_V9wjcMOB3ojBwCHmzrF-k6iw4tzEQ3rr220uD7gNh6Vm61M16Kr3XKoanAl-_EzEOHYt8NrC5jTOlZl0Yjo8soYMMt2pWvikDMcs685c89FAQSmR20UN8viEW0_0YdaHZFhfP_mcUnJfk64Hk/s1200/IMG_7865.png" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-g5sfItm1ZaL1Oyeov6iD5ICRjpv5UWCaWYiVIP9D_V9wjcMOB3ojBwCHmzrF-k6iw4tzEQ3rr220uD7gNh6Vm61M16Kr3XKoanAl-_EzEOHYt8NrC5jTOlZl0Yjo8soYMMt2pWvikDMcs685c89FAQSmR20UN8viEW0_0YdaHZFhfP_mcUnJfk64Hk/w400-h300/IMG_7865.png" width="400" /></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Celebrate Black History Month <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; word-spacing: 1px;">by listening to </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; word-spacing: 1px;">Sister Thea Bowman’s FSPA, address the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in this inspiring video.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; word-spacing: 1px;"><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uOV0nQkjuoA">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uOV0nQkjuoA</a></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uOV0nQkjuoA" width="320" youtube-src-id="uOV0nQkjuoA"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; word-spacing: 1px;"> from June 1989. Sister Thea was an energetic. Spirit-filled preacher, teacher, musician and prophetic voice for justice. , She is now a candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.</span></span></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-66793121434133508072024-02-02T11:14:00.002-05:002024-02-02T11:14:44.978-05:00I am Willing- by Holly Near, Video by Donna Panaro ARCWP<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6YqHxm7l5Ew" width="320" youtube-src-id="6YqHxm7l5Ew"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-9943700074473963402024-02-01T20:21:00.000-05:002024-02-01T20:21:46.209-05:00Relics of St. Brigid to return home to Kildare 1,500 years after her death, Irish Independent<p> <span face="var(--font-family-brand-primary)" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; text-align: inherit; text-size-adjust: auto;">Relics of St. Brigid to return home to Kildare 1,500 years after her death</span></p><div data-fragment-name="articleDetail" id="B24M7DsSjR9" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-a5a70c0_contentwrapper indo-a5a70c0_linkcolorsecondary" style="--link-in-paragraph-color: #00605C; --link-in-paragraph-text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-5);"><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-804a7bc3_root" data-testid="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-1d70522a_margintop4" data-testid="title-summary" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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display: inline; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The relics of St. Brigid will be welcomed home to Kildare for the first time in 1,000 years</span></p></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">On the 1500th year of the passing of St. Brigid, her relics will return home to Kildare after nearly a millennium.</span></p></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-804a7bc3_root" data-testid="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The relics of St. Brigid will be welcomed ‘home’ to Co Kildare, where they will go on permanent display at Kildare Town Parish Church.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In preparation for the return of St. Brigid to Co Kildare, Into Kildare, which is the Kildare Tourism Board have mapped the movements of St. Brigid’s relics which have been away from Kildare for 1,000 years.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to Into Kildare, it is believed that St. Brigid died in 524AD and was buried beside the main alter in her monastic church in Co Kildare. Her grave became an attraction for pilgrims throughout Ireland and Europe.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In the eighth century, a shrine was built for the saint, which was adorned by gold, silver and precious stones.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">However, around the year 800, Vikings came to Ireland and plundered and attacked towns and churches around the country.</span></p><div class="indo-44d192a3_root ad ad--articlerectangle" data-ad="articlerectangle" data-testid="adslot-articlerectangle" id="ad_articlerectangle-b1" style="--aspect-ratio: 300/250; --background-color: var(--color-grey-10); --max-width: 300px; aspect-ratio: var(--aspect-ratio); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: var(--max-width); text-align: center;"></div><div class="ad ad--cba" data-ad="cba" data-testid="adslot-cba" id="ad_cba-bbw1" style="--aspect-ratio: auto; --background-color: transparent; --max-width: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); 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outline-color: var(--aria-focus-color); outline-style: unset; pointer-events: all; text-shadow: 0px calc(var(--font-size) / 12.5) 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);"><div class="progress-block svelte-1qk4tyn" style="inset: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; text-shadow: 0px calc(var(--font-size) / 12.5) 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); z-index: 34;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="bb-layer bb-context-layer" style="border-radius: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 201px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 358px;"></div></div></div><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">To protect the body of St. Brigid from Viking attack, her remains were moved to Downpatrick Cathedral in Northern Ireland, where she was buried in an unmarked grave beside St. Patrick and St. Columba.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The grave was purposely left unmarked in an attempt to protect it and keep the location a secret.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As years passed, the graves became too good of a secret as the location of the saints’ bodies including St. Brigid’s was forgotten.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For approximately 300 years, the location of the graves of Ireland’s patron saints was unknown.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">That was until 1185, when according to the stories surrounding St. Brigid, the Bishop of Down was shown the location of the sacred relics by God, when the bodies of the three saints was found by a beam of light which shone on a section of the church floor.</span></p><div class="indo-44d192a3_root ad ad--articlerectangle" data-ad="articlerectangle" data-testid="adslot-articlerectangle" id="ad_articlerectangle-b2" style="--aspect-ratio: 300/250; --background-color: var(--color-grey-10); --max-width: 300px; aspect-ratio: var(--aspect-ratio); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: var(--max-width); text-align: center;"></div><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The bodies of the three saints were found under the floor, with St. Patrick in the middle and St. Brigid and St. Columba on either side.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In 1186, the bodies were enshrined for 400 years, until Lord Leonard Grey, the appointee of King Henry VIII destroyed the shrine.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">St. Brigid’s remains were saved although the shrine was destroyed, and her remains were secretly transported to the continent.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to tradition, three Irish knights took a bone fragment from her head to Lumiar, which is a small town outside Lisbon in Portugal in the 13th Century. The relic is still in the Church of St. John the Baptist in Lumiar.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">David Mongey, The Chairman of Into Kildare, the Kildare Tourism Board explained, “The relics of St. Brigid have not been in County Kildare for nearly 1,000 years. This year is the 1500th year of the passing of the saint and what could be more special than to bring St. Brigid’s relics home, where she belongs?</span></p><div class="indo-44d192a3_root ad ad--articlerectangle" data-ad="articlerectangle" data-testid="adslot-articlerectangle" id="ad_articlerectangle-b3" style="--aspect-ratio: 300/250; --background-color: var(--color-grey-10); --max-width: 300px; aspect-ratio: var(--aspect-ratio); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: var(--max-width); text-align: center;"></div><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"She built her church in Kildare and her legacy as a peace maker and a protector of nature is still as relevant today as ever.”</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He added: “It has been a long process to finally bring her relics back to the county and together with my colleagues at Into Kildare we would like to thank Kildare County Council and the Brigideen sisters in for their great work in bringing Brigid home.”</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thousands of people are expected to attend this momentous occasion, will take place on Sunday January 28. A procession will accompany the relics from Solas Bhride Centre in Tully outside Kildare Town at 10.30am, where they will then proceed to Kildare Town Parish Church.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The relics will then be taken into the church by the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin, Bishop Denis Nulty who will celebrate a special mass at 11am.</span></p></div></div></div><div data-gtm-vis-polling-id91141063_218="1122" data-testid="paywall-flippay" id="flip-pay" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: var(--space-5); 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font-size: medium;">People’s Catholic Seminary invites you to cerebrate the powerful legacy and spiritual presence of St. Brigid of Kildare as a companion on the journey to living life fully, joyfully and peacefully in a free program for individuals or groups offered by Irish-born Bridget Mary Meehan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://pcseminary.teachable.com/p/pcs-705-celebrating-st-brigid-of-kildare">https://pcseminary.teachable.com/p/pcs-705-celebrating-st-brigid-of-kildare</a></span></p><h3 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; font-weight: 500; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="24" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTt4ymh5ZdFCPWBEEOle35Buy2zjznuQy7NlRCt-NrXoJOqtUgdHLAmMgXqczrpdj9iTe8_1hiuon0ZkwwCOKlsv9xrqOijz-JbRAgva_-zN4lvSnOKGEYBQ0rau6I-gfX9_WboKE2HFnPxageRgwgIR441P6RHjfFDVxaePXDaF2RfIEhoBlfVvBAKbE/s4032/IMG_7783.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTt4ymh5ZdFCPWBEEOle35Buy2zjznuQy7NlRCt-NrXoJOqtUgdHLAmMgXqczrpdj9iTe8_1hiuon0ZkwwCOKlsv9xrqOijz-JbRAgva_-zN4lvSnOKGEYBQ0rau6I-gfX9_WboKE2HFnPxageRgwgIR441P6RHjfFDVxaePXDaF2RfIEhoBlfVvBAKbE/w300-h400/IMG_7783.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-weight: 400;">Song for Brigid by Mick Brown</div><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=jWoaiamqc1B3vIg3&v=UW-4Qy6h0YY&feature=youtu.be">https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=jWoaiamqc1B3vIg3&v=UW-4Qy6h0YY&feature=youtu.be</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #030303; font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700;">Song for Brigid - Mick Brown</span></div></span></span></h3><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our prayers we raise to Brigid, woman of the earth</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The winter it is leaving us, and the land is giving birth</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The birds will soon arrive here, the lambs are in the fields</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We kneel on Mother Earth with you, the Springtime it is here</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You Walked the fields and forests, over mountain valley plain</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Through a land of Adoration, singing out its praise</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The trees the flowers, the fishes, the blackbirds in the air</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Mother earth provides for us, from earths abundant praise</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Chorus</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Brigid, Brigid, your fire is burning bright</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Take us from the darkness, lead us to the light</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Your Celtic prayers ran deep, as the river rolled along</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Calling all with ears to hear, to join you in your song</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Word rang through the valley, Everyone belongs</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">All on earth are welcome, to the banquet in the Sun</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212338; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="17" data-removefontsize="true" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; color: #030303; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Chorus</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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color: black; font-size: 1.6875rem;">On Saint Brigid's Feast Day, Tend to that Flame for Peace and Justice</span></h1><p style="border-color: rgb(62, 62, 62); margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="border-color: rgb(62, 62, 62); margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="16px" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 1rem;">On February 1, devotees of </span><a data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="16px" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001WYls81oT9jf9f3FOfWiUZo-xLqrHr2077eSMUv4Y-mbI8O9foiXChULPDp6So_a4w9GLMv2HnhMngOKg4Ywe5zKJgXU-2CmsNY39tvCvOO2uwWlJjA_zIJkSIZoPMfM_8bvgn-fwthngtebZIZ0dKghe_uBYRIdz%26c%3D_CoFJjc9XlClTKHZSuIzfShkrOUnZKb0uDmJNxKoy69oP6Saognvfg%3D%3D%26ch%3DwgWwn8JErpfxWh1Ir-P2U3dM_W9WSEqMdSps38xSsj58Mbso7Pi2Pg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1706886830541000&usg=AOvVaw190uqNNEnPTfYPjq9IVC0G" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WYls81oT9jf9f3FOfWiUZo-xLqrHr2077eSMUv4Y-mbI8O9foiXChULPDp6So_a4w9GLMv2HnhMngOKg4Ywe5zKJgXU-2CmsNY39tvCvOO2uwWlJjA_zIJkSIZoPMfM_8bvgn-fwthngtebZIZ0dKghe_uBYRIdz&c=_CoFJjc9XlClTKHZSuIzfShkrOUnZKb0uDmJNxKoy69oP6Saognvfg==&ch=wgWwn8JErpfxWh1Ir-P2U3dM_W9WSEqMdSps38xSsj58Mbso7Pi2Pg==" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-color: rgb(52, 165, 209); color: #34a5d1; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Saint Brigid</a><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="16px" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 1rem;"> celebrate her feast day, which coincides with the Gaelic holiday Imbolc (or Imbolg). This year is special for the patroness of Ireland: 2024 marks 1500 years since Brigid's death. Irish women have revived and preserved her legacy over the last 100 years, positioning Brigid as a pioneering leader, a compassionate healer, and a sacred steward of the Earth.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="munged" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><td align="center" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); width: 152.203125px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="munged" style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128); color: #313131; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><tr style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><td align="left" style="border-color: rgb(52, 51, 50); color: #343332; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;" valign="top"><p style="border-color: rgb(52, 51, 50); margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="border-color: rgb(52, 51, 50); margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="16px" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 1rem;">About thirty miles outside Dublin, on the edge of the vast Curragh, three Brigidine sisters tend to Saint Brigid's eternal flame. </span></p><p style="border-color: rgb(52, 51, 50); margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="border-color: rgb(52, 51, 50); margin: 0px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="16px" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 1rem;">The flame hasn't always burned continuously, nor has it always burned in Kildare, the town most associated with Brigid. These sisters reignited the flame in 1993, the first time since the 16th century, several hundred years after Anglo-Norman soldiers captured Kildare and the monastery at its center—the one with an ancient fire temple maintained by a long lineage of Brigid's devotees. Following centuries of conquests, destruction, and occupation, these modern sisters carried the re-lit flame across Ireland and beyond as an enduring symbol of peace and justice. 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margin-bottom: var(--space-4); margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); margin-top: var(--space-4); padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">St. Brigid’s remains were moved from Kildare in the year 800 to protect the relics from Viking attacks</span></p><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-4);"><figure class="indo-a466b963_figure indo-a466b963_aligncenter" data-testid="article-image-wrapper" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 299.984px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; width: 390px;"><div class="indo-90c71878_root indo-90c71878_placeholder" style="border-radius: var(--placeholder-root-border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 259.984px; position: relative; width: 390px;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="indo-40b00b8f_root indo-90c71878_logo" fill="none" role="img" viewbox="0 0 375 375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_medium indo-1318f063_authorname" data-testid="author-name" face="var(--font-family-brand-secondary)" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; box-sizing: border-box; display: -webkit-box; font-size: var(--font-caption-1-size); line-height: var(--font-caption-1-line-height); overflow: hidden;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Aisling Bolton-Dowling</span></span></div></div></div></div><time class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption2 indo-c0ff676e_displayblock indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular" data-testid="article-date" datetime="2024-01-25T15:47:54Z" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-secondary); font-size: var(--font-caption-2-size); line-height: var(--font-caption-2-line-height); visibility: visible;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thu 25 Jan 2024 at 10:47</span></time></div><div class="indo-a5a70c0_boxcolumn" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-3); width: 358px;"><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom3 indo-1d70522a_marginright5" data-testid="article-share" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-3); margin-right: var(--space-5);"><ul class="indo-c0ff676e_displayflex indo-223c7e83_root indo-92611660_shareitemlist" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --flex-direction: row; --flex-wrap: initial; --justify-content: initial; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="indo-1d70522a_marginright3 indo-92611660_sharelistitem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: var(--space-3);"></li><li class="indo-1d70522a_marginright3 indo-92611660_sharelistitem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: var(--space-3);"></li><li class="indo-1d70522a_marginright3 indo-92611660_sharelistitem indo-92611660_mobileonly" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: var(--space-3);"></li><li class="indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-92611660_sharelistitem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0px;"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="ad ad--native" data-ad="native" data-testid="adslot-native" id="ad_native-b4" style="--aspect-ratio: auto; --background-color: transparent; --max-width: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); margin-top: 0.5rem; text-align: center; width: calc(100% - 2*var(--space-5));"></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The relics of St. Brigid will be welcomed home to Kildare for the first time in 1,000 years</span></p></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">On the 1500th year of the passing of St. Brigid, her relics will return home to Kildare after nearly a millennium.</span></p></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root" data-auth-intro="article" data-testid="article-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="indo-1d70522a_marginleft5 indo-1d70522a_marginright5 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-804a7bc3_root" data-testid="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The relics of St. Brigid will be welcomed ‘home’ to Co Kildare, where they will go on permanent display at Kildare Town Parish Church.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In preparation for the return of St. Brigid to Co Kildare, Into Kildare, which is the Kildare Tourism Board have mapped the movements of St. Brigid’s relics which have been away from Kildare for 1,000 years.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to Into Kildare, it is believed that St. Brigid died in 524AD and was buried beside the main alter in her monastic church in Co Kildare. Her grave became an attraction for pilgrims throughout Ireland and Europe.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In the eighth century, a shrine was built for the saint, which was adorned by gold, silver and precious stones.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">However, around the year 800, Vikings came to Ireland and plundered and attacked towns and churches around the country.</span></p><div class="indo-44d192a3_root ad ad--articlerectangle" data-ad="articlerectangle" data-testid="adslot-articlerectangle" id="ad_articlerectangle-b1" style="--aspect-ratio: 300/250; --background-color: var(--color-grey-10); --max-width: 300px; aspect-ratio: var(--aspect-ratio); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: var(--max-width); text-align: center;"></div><div class="ad ad--cba" data-ad="cba" data-testid="adslot-cba" id="ad_cba-bbw1" style="--aspect-ratio: auto; --background-color: transparent; --max-width: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-left: var(--space-5); margin-right: var(--space-5); 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outline-color: var(--aria-focus-color); outline-style: unset; pointer-events: all; text-shadow: 0px calc(var(--font-size) / 12.5) 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);"><div class="progress-block svelte-1qk4tyn" style="inset: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; text-shadow: 0px calc(var(--font-size) / 12.5) 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); z-index: 34;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="bb-layer bb-context-layer" style="border-radius: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 201px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 358px;"></div></div></div><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">To protect the body of St. Brigid from Viking attack, her remains were moved to Downpatrick Cathedral in Northern Ireland, where she was buried in an unmarked grave beside St. Patrick and St. Columba.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The grave was purposely left unmarked in an attempt to protect it and keep the location a secret.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As years passed, the graves became too good of a secret as the location of the saints’ bodies including St. Brigid’s was forgotten.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For approximately 300 years, the location of the graves of Ireland’s patron saints was unknown.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">That was until 1185, when according to the stories surrounding St. Brigid, the Bishop of Down was shown the location of the sacred relics by God, when the bodies of the three saints was found by a beam of light which shone on a section of the church floor.</span></p><div class="indo-44d192a3_root ad ad--articlerectangle" data-ad="articlerectangle" data-testid="adslot-articlerectangle" id="ad_articlerectangle-b2" style="--aspect-ratio: 300/250; --background-color: var(--color-grey-10); --max-width: 300px; aspect-ratio: var(--aspect-ratio); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: var(--max-width); text-align: center;"></div><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The bodies of the three saints were found under the floor, with St. Patrick in the middle and St. Brigid and St. Columba on either side.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In 1186, the bodies were enshrined for 400 years, until Lord Leonard Grey, the appointee of King Henry VIII destroyed the shrine.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">St. Brigid’s remains were saved although the shrine was destroyed, and her remains were secretly transported to the continent.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to tradition, three Irish knights took a bone fragment from her head to Lumiar, which is a small town outside Lisbon in Portugal in the 13th Century. The relic is still in the Church of St. John the Baptist in Lumiar.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">David Mongey, The Chairman of Into Kildare, the Kildare Tourism Board explained, “The relics of St. Brigid have not been in County Kildare for nearly 1,000 years. This year is the 1500th year of the passing of the saint and what could be more special than to bring St. Brigid’s relics home, where she belongs?</span></p><div class="indo-44d192a3_root ad ad--articlerectangle" data-ad="articlerectangle" data-testid="adslot-articlerectangle" id="ad_articlerectangle-b3" style="--aspect-ratio: 300/250; --background-color: var(--color-grey-10); --max-width: 300px; aspect-ratio: var(--aspect-ratio); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: var(--max-width); text-align: center;"></div><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"She built her church in Kildare and her legacy as a peace maker and a protector of nature is still as relevant today as ever.”</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He added: “It has been a long process to finally bring her relics back to the county and together with my colleagues at Into Kildare we would like to thank Kildare County Council and the Brigideen sisters in for their great work in bringing Brigid home.”</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thousands of people are expected to attend this momentous occasion, will take place on Sunday January 28. A procession will accompany the relics from Solas Bhride Centre in Tully outside Kildare Town at 10.30am, where they will then proceed to Kildare Town Parish Church.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The relics will then be taken into the church by the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin, Bishop Denis Nulty who will celebrate a special mass at 11am.</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Prayer to St. Brigid</span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">St. Brigid, </span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">You were a woman of peace.</span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"> You brought harmony where there was conflict. You brought light to the darkness. </span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">You brought hope to the downcast.</span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"> May the mantle of your peace cover those who are troubled and anxious,</span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"> and may peace be firmly rooted in our hearts and in our world. </span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-family-brand-primary); font-size: var(--font-paragraph-size); line-height: var(--font-paragraph-line-height); margin-bottom: var(--space-5); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;">Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.</span></span></p><p class="indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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Annie Cass Watson, Holy Family Catholic Church<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> <span style="text-align: center;">“It’s a Tough Job, but Someone’s Got to do It”</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Mark 1:21-28</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">January 28, 2024</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Rev. Annie Cass Watson, Holy Family Catholic Church</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Have you ever had a thankless job, a job that no one else wants? If you google world’s most difficult jobs, one of the most common themes is that they often involve some sort of <i>cleaning. </i>Cleaning jobs are hard work. Maybe the hardest.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I believe the church is in the cleaning business. Our job is to find people who believe they are spiritually dirty, dusty, grimy, unclean, unworthy, and unloved, and convince them that they are in fact spiritually clean, worthy, and loved. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">God’s first cleaning crew consisted of the Hebrew prophets. Talk about a tough job! It’s amazing that anyone ever applied for the job of Hebrew prophet. People didn’t like being told how dirty or messy they are, so many of the prophets were persecuted, imprisoned, or even killed. Being God’s cleaning crew was a tough and thankless job, but someone had to do it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">John the Baptizer continued God’s cleaning business with his rite of baptism. John’s interpretation of baptism was that it is a “washing away of sins,” a cleansing of the soul. While many people responded well to John, others didn’t like his cleaning services, especially Herod Antipas, who had him killed.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Like the Hebrew prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus was also part of God’s cleaning crew. In fact, as Christians we believe Jesus is the CEO of God’s cleaning business. At the very least, he owns a chain of franchise cleaning businesses.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In the Gospel stories, people are always checking on Jesus’ credentials, from Herod the Great at his birth to Pontius Pilate on the day he died, and a lot of Pharisees and Sadducees in between. Not everyone believed he was such a crucial part of God’s cleaning business. Sometimes, those who <i>did</i> believe it, didn’t want his services. I guess some people enjoy the dirt, dust, and grime of an unclean soul.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One day, Jesus enters a synagogue and offers to do a little sweeping and mopping in their hearts. Teaching in the synagogue was normal for a visiting rabbi, but he was more than that, wasn’t he?</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He absolutely wows and astounds them with his words. He’s quite the sparkling speaker. If he were a janitor, that synagogue would have passed a white glove inspection. However, after his lecture, someone “with an <b><i>unclean</i></b> spirit” lets Jesus know that his efforts at cleaning up the mess of humanity is not appreciated by everyone.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Most people see this man as “demon possessed” in a sensationalized Hollywood sort of way, but I suggest a more practical alternative interpretation of this story. I suggest this man has been declared <i>ritually</i> <i>unclean</i> by the Jewish religious authorities in Capernaum.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The word “unclean” in the Bible refers to a state of religious impurity or defilement, which could be caused by a variety of factors such as skin diseases, discharges of bodily fluids, touching something dead, or eating unclean foods. If an unclean person entered a sanctuary, he was threatened with death because he would make everyone around him unclean as well.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The unclean man accuses Jesus of wanting to “destroy <i>us</i>,” meaning, in Mark’s version of this story, the entire congregation. Why? What is he afraid of? Is he afraid of Jesus drawing attention to their synagogue, a community that apparently allows people who are ritually unclean to participate in their worship? Are they afraid of being <i>excommunicated</i>?</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The unclean man identifies Jesus as “the Holy One of God.” He tells the man to be silent because he knows that “outing” him might lead to further harassment from the authorities and spell more trouble for this faithful, loving, and inclusive community.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He even commands the man’s uncleanness—what Mark calls an “unclean spirit”—to <i>come out</i> of him, which is why we normally interpret this man as “demon possessed.” Possessed or not, this man likely believes he is a hopeless cause.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So when Jesus verbally and authoritatively removes the uncleanness, the man has a dramatic conversion experience, crying and convulsing with deep sobs. It is a powerful moment. He is now “clean,” something he never expected would happen to him.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The crucial thing to note about this story is that one of the hallmarks of Jesus’ ministry is <i>declaring unclean people clean</i>. In one story after another in the Gospels, Jesus helps the unclean become clean:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">He declares lepers to be clean, eats with tax collectors, prostitutes, and all manner of “sinners,” heals a Canaanite woman’s daughter and a Roman Centurion’s slave, talks to a Samaritan woman at the well, reintroduces a cemetery-dwelling mentally ill man to civilization, heals a woman with a hemorrhage and a slave’s bloody ear, heals a boy who is foaming at the mouth, heals a crippled woman and a man with dropsy <i>on the Sabbath</i>, and heals the blind, deaf, and mute at every turn. In all of these stories, Jesus risks his own cleanness, but he is not concerned about that.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Jesus had a tough job. Guess who has that job now? We do. Our job description is straightforward: Find people, befriend people who believe they are dirty, dusty, grimy, unclean, unworthy, and unloved, whether they are “out there” or even “in here” (like the man with the unclean spirit in our story today), and declare to them convincingly that they are in fact clean, worthy, and loved.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It’s a tough job, but someone’s <i>got</i> to do it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-3000535171528047432024-01-31T16:19:00.007-05:002024-01-31T16:26:09.636-05:00From Magic Capes in Dublin to Kerry’s Fashion Highlights of the Year, Celebrate St. Brigid’s Feast Day , See highlights around Ireland 🇮🇪 <p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2024/01/30/from-magic-capes-in-dublin-to-kerrys-fashion-highlight-of-the-year-st-brigids-day-events-around-ireland/">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2024/01/30/from-magic-capes-in-dublin-to-kerrys-fashion-highlight-of-the-year-st-brigids-day-events-around-ireland/</a> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjss2ByYBvrIBF1hOIKKHcz64wQVdid38OzRyPEK_C7XRaxpH6cvVJUGW-bfHj1EygGRN0UY_fixmJl6wVYxM6oEdE-Qg3RdbpTOalzr4oZBK6DARGYWAuHRs_1BlCv-AKivQn3SouShamOd1tn-FpP3VUZRZZc_cfi6BHQPI0qzDmS7tb_6fQAuev2FVo/s640/IMG_7862.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="640" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjss2ByYBvrIBF1hOIKKHcz64wQVdid38OzRyPEK_C7XRaxpH6cvVJUGW-bfHj1EygGRN0UY_fixmJl6wVYxM6oEdE-Qg3RdbpTOalzr4oZBK6DARGYWAuHRs_1BlCv-AKivQn3SouShamOd1tn-FpP3VUZRZZc_cfi6BHQPI0qzDmS7tb_6fQAuev2FVo/w400-h272/IMG_7862.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="star-font, Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(154, 154, 154); color: #9a9a9a; font-size: 14.4px;">Street artist Mister Copy working on a mural depicting St Brigid, which was commissioned to coincide with the return of the sacred relics of St Brigid to Co Kildare after nearly a millennium. The relics will go on display at Kildare Town Parish Church in what is the 1500th anniversary of her death. 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font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/st-brigid/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">St Brigid</a>’s Day is a public holiday. Hon the women. And hon the Brigids, Brigits, Bridgets, Bríds and Bridies.</p><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Brigid is one of our three patron saints, along with the Patrick and Colmcille. Last year was the first bank holiday dedicated to her, and this year it falls on February 5th, because February 1st is a Thursday.</p><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Lá Fhéile Bríde, or <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/celebrating-imbolc-or-st-brigid-s-day-1.4791224" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Imbolc</a>, on February 1st has long heralded renewal and the traditional start of spring in Ireland.</p><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">From Louth and based in Kildare, St Brigid was headstrong and holy, accomplished and multitalented. She was born around AD 450, and had a long, productive and eventful life. This year marks the 1,500th anniversary of her death, so its only fitting we get a day off work.</p><article class="default__ArticleBody-sc-1nhbny4-2 kWWtWa article-body-wrapper article-sub-wrapper" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 2rem;"><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">She set up monasteries around Ireland, of which Kildare was one of the largest, with a hospital, scriptorium and farm. As Abbess of Kildare she managed monastery farms and thousands of nuns. She was an ordained bishop. She was a master brewer of ale. The early Christian saint is seen as an early feminist, and has long been inspirational.</p><p class="interstitial-link block-margin-bottom paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="default__StyledLink-sc-1nhbny4-1 fZvyxQ" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/02/06/st-brigid-made-real-and-achievable-what-must-have-seemed-impossible-and-ludicrous/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(44, 84, 114); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">St Brigid made real and achievable what must have seemed impossible and ludicrous</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> ]</span></p><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">From Thursday and into the long weekend all around the country, plenty of events are lined up to celebrate Brigid and Imbolc. Check locally to see what is on. Here are just some of the things you may find interesting.</p><div class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 lhWBCq arcad-feature flex breakout" id="arcad-feature-f0fuQba8T6Jr6YD-3-3-3-1f2044a35139cb" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; margin-bottom: 2rem;"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #575757; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; width: 351px;"><div class="arcad ad-728x90 flex flex_justify_center" id="arcad_f0fuQba8T6Jr6YD-3-3-3-1f2044a35139cb" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"></div></div></div><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nationwide</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Stand Strong by Women’s Aid: </b>Supported by Allianz, this St Brigid’s Day people are invited to pause and stand strong in the yoga warrior pose in solidarity with women experiencing domestic abuse, to raise awareness and funds for women subjected to abuse across Ireland so that they may get the support they need. People can <a href="https://standstrong.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">click the sign-up button to register</a> and create their own personal or group funding page which they can then share. February 1st. <a href="https://standstrong.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">standstrong.ie</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Armagh</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Imbolc, Celtic Mindfulness Retreat Day, Navan Fort Visitors Centre:</b>Relaxed meditation focused on the connection with oneself and the place, through personal and emotional connections run by Judith Greene. Incorporates a balance between mindful wellbeing practices and taps into Celtic wisdom and mythology of the festival and a sense of place with Navan Fort, following the journey of the roots of Imbolc through Brigid. Karen Smyth will incorporate mind and body skills facilitation, weaving in cultural elements through a range of self care, meditative and mindfulness practices, alongside St Brigid’s cross-making. February 3rd. <a href="https://visitarmagh.com/whatson/2024-02-03t1020000000/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">visitarmagh.com</a></p><figure class="article-body-image-container paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><picture class="Image__StyledPicture-sc-8yioqf-0 iKCNis" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><source media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/ikXQ5HkWrZvLib9YsEuoGUSCegg=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EBTMA2XRR55KKVMMNRAWACVUIY.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><source media="screen and (min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/Gh-edZjGUqBSS9NcIrEKBTDTnI8=/1024x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EBTMA2XRR55KKVMMNRAWACVUIY.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><source media="screen and (min-width: 0px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/N_YG_Piuuw1VkGZPNNBLnNOi_9E=/768x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EBTMA2XRR55KKVMMNRAWACVUIY.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><img height="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/ikXQ5HkWrZvLib9YsEuoGUSCegg=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/EBTMA2XRR55KKVMMNRAWACVUIY.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1440" /></picture><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem;"><p class="ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 kEZEMR image-metadata" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c7778; display: inline; font-family: star-font, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a;">A St Brigid's cross hanging from a tree at St Brigid's holy well in Co Kildare. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA </span></p></figcaption></figure><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Carlow</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Day Retreat – Imbolc, Spring Awakening Honouring Brigid Through Yoga and Nature: </b><a href="https://www.lisnavagh.com/retreats/day-retreat-st-bridgets-day" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">A retreat</a> to gently guide people to connect mind, matter and breath using Brigid’s wisdom and powers of healing to guide awakening to the rhythm and patterns of spring. February 5th. <a href="http://lisnavagh.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">lisnavagh.com</a><a href="https://www.lisnavagh.com/retreats/day-retreat-st-bridgets-day" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">lisnavagh.com/retreats</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cavan</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brigid’s Day Retreat – Tending your inner Flame:</b> A day spent exploring <a href="https://cuilcaghlakelands.org/event/st-brigids-day/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Brigid’s symbolism</a> and heritage in creative writing, Brigid cross-weaving and brooch-making, felting and more. Weather permitting, there will be a field trip to a local Brigid site, Old St Brigid’s Chapel Killinagh, its holy well and cursing/blessing stones, with morning and afternoon sessions. Market House Blacklion, February 3rd. <a href="http://cuilcaghlakelands.org/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">cuilcaghlakelands.org</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Clare</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Herstory Light Show:</b> In partnership with Clare County Council and Creative Ireland, a <a href="https://www.herstory.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Herstory</a> Light Show will tour the west coast revealing specially commissioned photographic art by <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/Fashion/fashion-and-art-young-creatives-in-the-west-of-ireland-1.2191997" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Myriam Riand</a> and Áine O’Brien; a new song by acclaimed local singer-songwriter Susan Quirke and producer Enda Gallery; and a spotlight on the award-winning Clare-based film-makers Dearbhla Glynn. February 3rd.<a href="https://www.herstory.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">herstory.ie</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cork</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Events at Crawford Art Gallery:</b> The gallery is offering <a href="https://crawfordartgallery.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">a programme</a> of special events over the bank holiday, featuring specially-themed tours through both English and Irish, music and family-friendly workshops. February 1st to 5th.<a href="https://crawfordartgallery.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">crawfordartgallery.ie</a></p><div class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 lhWBCq arcad-feature flex breakout" id="arcad-feature-f0fVXNppHnA0bqg-3-3-4-11c3b9750da09b" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; margin-bottom: 2rem;"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #575757; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; width: 351px;"><div class="arcad ad-728x90 flex flex_justify_center" data-google-query-id="CPqRjJ7IiIQDFUWDywEdtkcCaw" id="arcad_f0fVXNppHnA0bqg-3-3-4-11c3b9750da09b" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_0__container__" style="border: 0pt; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: 250px; max-width: 100%; width: 300px;" tg-zone="1052582.0"><iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="1" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://4bbe99a307e789fc471940d949900128.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe></div></div></div></div><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Derry</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">IMBOLC International Music Festival: </b>A first-class music and cultural <a href="https://www.imbolcfestival.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">experience</a>, celebrating tradition in all its many forms including the rich diversity of folk acts from grassroots to cutting edge with an inclusive music community embracing variety. Featuring music, film, theatre, workshops, words and ideas, visual arts, dance and the Brigid 1500 Concert on February 1st including Megan Nic Ruairí and <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/inni-k-inion-a-fresh-take-on-a-sean-nos-tradition-1.4801943" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Inni-K</a> in a celebration of the creative contribution of women to arts, culture and creativity. January 28th to February 4th.<a href="https://www.imbolcfestival.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">imbolcfestival.com</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Donegal</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Féile na mBan:</b> A weekend dedicated to showcasing women from all walks of life, with some <a href="https://www.feilenamban.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">women-specific events </a>but plenty for the whole family to enjoy. Line-up consists of boot camps, a craft market, performances, talks, art receptions and workshops among other things, with others to be announced. Bundoran, Co Donegal, February 2nd-6th. <a href="https://www.feilenamban.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">feilenamban.com</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dublin</mark> – Chester Beatty, Dublin Castle</h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Silk Worm Families: St Brigid’s Magic Cloak: </b>A <a href="https://chesterbeatty.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">free workshop</a> for children aged 6-11 and their parents or guardians inspired by the legend of St Brigid, who, it is said, acquired land by spreading her magic cloak over it. Participants will make their own magic capes, taking inspiration from mandalas and the Hindu painting of the universe. January 27th.<a href="https://chesterbeatty.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">chesterbeatty.ie</a></p><h5 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">The Fumbally, Dublin 8</h5><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Throw Down your Cloak, A Celebration show of Goddess Brigid & Creativity:</b>Breda Larkin, comedian, brings a <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/throw-down-your-cloak-tickets-780270850117?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">stand-up show</a> that is a thought-provoking exploration of her life through the triple lenses of sexuality, religion and facial hair. Hosted by burlesque chanteuse Miss Lavelle and featuring Dublin’s own Dee Mulrooney, and cabaret duo The Wild Geeze, this is a celebration of women in the arts and the goddess of creativity, Brigid. February 1st. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/throw-down-your-cloak-tickets-780270850117?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">eventbrite.ie</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Dublin city</h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women: </b>The third year of citywide celebrations for Imbolc and the Celtic goddess, aiming to shine a light on Brigit’s lasting legacy and the way in which contemporary women embody her spirit, with more than 60 thematic events across the city. <a href="https://dublin.ie/whats-on/brigit/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">A parade on February 5th</a>will start at Wolfe Tone Square with a mix of walkers, roller skaters and performers going through Henry Street and finishing at the GPO on O’Connell Street. February 1st to February 5th.<a href="https://dublin.ie/whats-on/brigit/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">dublin.ie/whats-on/brigit/</a></p><h5 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Dublin Library</h5><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dublin Library events:</b> DLR libraries across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown are running <a href="https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">St Brigid’s cross-making </a>workshops for families, children, adults and schools. Adult sessions incorporate more elaborate designs sure to challenge more seasoned crafters. In DLR Lexicon at the Studio Theatre on February 1st, local active retirement groups are invited to celebrate Imbolc/St Brigid’s Day with traditional Irish music, dance and crafts followed by a cup of tea and chat. January 25th to February 1st.<a href="https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">libraries.dlrcoco.ie/</a></p><div class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 lhWBCq arcad-feature flex breakout" id="arcad-feature-f0fYKctXj7wt6xL-3-3-5-a94b3e124ed46" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; margin-bottom: 2rem;"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #575757; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; width: 351px;"><div class="arcad ad-728x90 flex flex_justify_center" data-google-query-id="COnduaHIiIQDFTGyywEdDekAiA" id="arcad_f0fYKctXj7wt6xL-3-3-5-a94b3e124ed46" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_1__container__" style="border: 0pt; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%;" tg-zone="1052582.1"><iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="2" data-hook-id="k_IL_INCUBE_arcad_f0fYKctXj7wt6xL-3-3-5-a94b3e124ed46_300x250" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_1" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_1" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe></div></div></div></div><h5 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.6875rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin</h5><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ireland, Feminism, Art – A GATHERING:</b> The <a href="https://imma.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Irish Museum of Modern Art</a> is partnering with Feminist Art Making Histories to present this talk where national and international guests come together to discuss feminist art-making histories, with a special focus on the pioneering work and art historical legacy of the Women Artists Action Group (Waag), 1987-1991. Including keynote talks, discussions, special conversations and a gathering with Waag members. February 1st.<a href="https://imma.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">imma.ie/</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Inchicore, Dublin 8</h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">St Brigid’s Day Fair – Richmond Barracks:</b> Celebrating all things Brigid and Brigit, particularly the impact of women in business, products that empower women and girls and supporting enterprises with a strong focus on women. Features <a href="https://www.richmondbarracks.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">workshops</a>, entertainment, food, art, clothing, crafts and design, with gifts available to buy. February 3rd to February 4th.<a href="https://www.richmondbarracks.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">richmondbarracks.ie/</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">National Botanic Gardens, Dublin</h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Guided Tour: Féile Bhríde – History, Mystery and Magic:</b> Discover the many and varied tales associated with Brigid in Ireland, her links with the ancient festival of Imbolc, and spot signs of spring emerging in the <a href="https://www.botanicgardens.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">gardens</a>. February 1st.<a href="https://www.botanicgardens.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">botanicgardens.ie/</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Galway</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brigit’s Garden – Lá Fhéile Bríde:</b> A <a href="https://brigitsgarden.ie/things-to-do-in-galway-for-families-and-adults/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">daylong celebration</a> of the goddess and saint, and the festival of Imbolc through a rich weaving of stories, reflection, ritual and creativity. Offered by Carol Barrett, nature educator, folklorist, crafter and forager; Jenny Beale, founder and director of Brigit’s Garden; and Caroline McFadden, fire-keeper, singer and artist.</p><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;">Also hosting a free Brigit’s cross-making workshop for local people of all ages on February 4th.<a href="https://brigitsgarden.ie/things-to-do-in-galway-for-families-and-adults/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">brigitsgarden.ie</a></p><figure class="article-body-image-container paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><picture class="Image__StyledPicture-sc-8yioqf-0 iKCNis" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><source media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/e0hS4DFjX-9rrrtjmG7paoIPgKs=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/47TMJVKSFFG43CMERVJXXVBGMQ.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><source media="screen and (min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/dmmbz6p0VUBlRGDf2ZUg1Z28zzQ=/1024x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/47TMJVKSFFG43CMERVJXXVBGMQ.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><source media="screen and (min-width: 0px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/nx6iBdv7SLAp-NDpzQNVb6Z4AAg=/768x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/47TMJVKSFFG43CMERVJXXVBGMQ.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><img height="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/e0hS4DFjX-9rrrtjmG7paoIPgKs=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/47TMJVKSFFG43CMERVJXXVBGMQ.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1440" /></picture><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem;"><p class="ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 kEZEMR image-metadata" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c7778; display: inline; font-family: star-font, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a;">The 14th Dalai Lama holding a St Brigid's cross that was presented to him by school children in Kildare in 2011. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons </span></p></figcaption></figure><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kerry</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Recovery Haven Kerry Designer Fashion Showcase at the Gleneagle INEC Arena: </b>The <a href="https://recoveryhavenkerry.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">fashion highlight of the year</a> in Kerry is taking place on St Brigid’s Day in 2024, and is particularly poignant for those involved, with the show set to incorporate the saint and mark the 1500th anniversary of her death. Mary Kennedy is MC and some of Ireland’s top designers will featureon February 1st.<a href="https://recoveryhavenkerry.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">recoveryhavenkerry.com/</a></p><div class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 lhWBCq arcad-feature flex breakout" id="arcad-feature-f0f6RPR7vA01bMt-3-3-6-a298267c516b8" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; margin-bottom: 2rem;"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #575757; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; width: 351px;"><div class="arcad ad-728x90 flex flex_justify_center" data-google-query-id="COeztqTIiIQDFbSSywEdm4kGTA" id="arcad_f0f6RPR7vA01bMt-3-3-6-a298267c516b8" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_2__container__" style="border: 0pt; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: 250px; max-width: 100%; width: 300px;" tg-zone="1052582.2"><iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="3" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_2" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://4bbe99a307e789fc471940d949900128.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe></div></div></div></div><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kildare</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brigid 1500:</b> A comprehensive <a href="https://brigid1500.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">programme</a> aimed at celebrating and commemorating the life and legacy of the saint, with its main objective being to create a meaningful cultural and societal legacy that resonates with a diverse, contemporary audience. Featuring exhibitions, workshops for children, food symposia, a launch of the Book of Kildare, concerts, film screenings, and a Herstory Light Show with entertainment across Co Kildare. Featuring Una Healy, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/denise-chaila/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Denise Chaila</a>, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/imelda-may/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Imelda May</a>, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/darina-allen/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Darina Allen</a>, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/author/jess-murphy/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Jess Murphy</a>, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/laura-whitmore/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Laura Whitmore</a> and Riverdance. From January 27th.<a href="https://brigid1500.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">brigid1500.ie/</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kilkenny</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">St Brigid, Spring Awakening Music and Arts Festival:</b> Diverse musicians, artists and performers gather to create a distinctive <a href="https://stbrigidsfestival.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">experience</a>, embracing the spirit of inspiration, renewal and creativity as music and art blend in harmony with the awakening of the year ahead. Featuring performances from <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2024/01/11/conchur-white-swirling-violets-indie-earworms-that-sound-better-with-each-listen/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Conchúr White</a>, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2022/10/28/aoife-nessa-frances-protector-review-deeply-rich-second-album/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Aoife Nessa France</a><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2022/10/28/aoife-nessa-frances-protector-review-deeply-rich-second-album/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">s</a>, Niamh Regan, Clara Tracey and Paul Noonan with literature and theatre announcements coming soon. February 2nd-February 4th.<a href="https://stbrigidsfestival.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">stbrigidsfestival.ie/</a></p><figure class="article-body-image-container paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><picture class="Image__StyledPicture-sc-8yioqf-0 iKCNis" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><source media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/rFJ3IWMoaugYDUKm9XADlPkzNBU=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/XIXILGNPSIEAMIJK53UEL4GRCU.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><source media="screen and (min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/cufuRUrRhA9z3E4loHGtMtjwj24=/1024x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/XIXILGNPSIEAMIJK53UEL4GRCU.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><source media="screen and (min-width: 0px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/AksWu8WTmwhS8Jrxk-NhR47NaWw=/768x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/XIXILGNPSIEAMIJK53UEL4GRCU.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><img height="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/rFJ3IWMoaugYDUKm9XADlPkzNBU=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/XIXILGNPSIEAMIJK53UEL4GRCU.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1440" /></picture><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem;"><p class="ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 kEZEMR image-metadata" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c7778; display: inline; font-family: star-font, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a;">Aoife Nessa Frances will perform at the Spring Awakening Music and Arts Festival </span></p></figcaption></figure><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Laois</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Bríd Faoin Spéir, Market Square, Portarlington: </b>Celebrating female empowerment, this is the <a href="https://visualartists.ie/events/outdoor-arts-event-brid-faoin-speir-at-market-square-portarlington/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">first in a series</a>of five free public arts events taking place countrywide to promote the arts and encourage more arts-based outdoor performances. Includes appearances from leading poets Ann Egan, Laura Murphy and <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/poem-of-the-week-daughter-by-enda-wyley-1.4760152" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Enda Wyley</a>, writing workshops and eco-friendly creative workshops and craft-making demonstrations, alongside music from female-led musicians and culminating in a fire performance by Broken Theatre on February 1st. <a href="https://www.roscommoncoco.ie/en/services/community/arts-office/pop-planning-for-outdoor-performance.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">roscommoncoco.ie</a></p><p class="interstitial-link block-margin-bottom paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="default__StyledLink-sc-1nhbny4-1 fZvyxQ" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/poem-of-the-week-daughter-by-enda-wyley-1.4760152" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(44, 84, 114); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Poem of the week: Daughter by Enda Wyley</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> ]</span></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Leitrim</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Willow Basket Weaving, Leitrim School of Art Ballinamore: </b>Sunday workshops in <a href="https://www.leitrimartschool.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Ballinamore</a> with award-winning Kate Burrows of Westcountry Willows leading you through the process of creating your very own willow basket that you can treasure for a lifetime, taking place over the bank holiday weekend. February 4th.<a href="https://www.leitrimartschool.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">leitrimartschool.ie</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Limerick</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Imbolc Goddess Circle with Bloom Holistics, Lough Gur Visitor Centre: </b>Attendees are invited to sit in a sacred circle on a sacred landscape to honour the moment of <a href="https://www.loughgur.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Imbolc and Brigid </a>and align their energy for the season ahead. Involves grounding meditation, fire rituals, Imbolc herbal tea ritual, energy healing and more on February 3rd.<a href="https://www.loughgur.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">www.loughgur.com</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Louth</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brigid of Faughart: </b>A celebration of <a href="https://www.brigidoffaughart.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Brigid</a> as goddess, Celtic Christian saint and wise woman of the 21st century, with storytelling, music, workshops, talks, walks, and tours dedicated to the saint in Co Louth. Dundalk and Faughart, from January 31st to February 5th.<a href="https://www.brigidoffaughart.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">www.brigidoffaughart.ie</a></p><div class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 lhWBCq arcad-feature flex breakout" id="arcad-feature-f0fTB5060bBt6oG-3-3-7-106ea233d4369" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; margin-bottom: 2rem;"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #575757; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; width: 351px;"><div class="arcad ad-728x90 flex flex_justify_center" data-google-query-id="CMDYiKjIiIQDFbu1ywEdHeQJLg" id="arcad_f0fTB5060bBt6oG-3-3-7-106ea233d4369" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_3__container__" style="border: 0pt; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: 250px; max-width: 100%; width: 300px;" tg-zone="1052582.3"><iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="4" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/2695176/The_Irish_Times/life-style_3" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://4bbe99a307e789fc471940d949900128.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe></div></div></div></div><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mayo</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough Park: </b>A variety of <a href="https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Country-Life/Visitor-Information" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">events and activities</a>. Drop in to make your own St Brigid’s cross and take a free guided tour with a focus on St Brigid customs and traditions. Visitors can also view a selection of St Brigid’s crosses from the Irish Folklife Collection that will be on temporary display to mark the feast day and holiday, and a willow sculpture of St Brigid that was crafted on the grounds of the museum last year. <a href="https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Country-Life/Visitor-Information" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">museum.ie</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Meath</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Women’s Circle, Flynnstone Rocks Retreat, Trim:</b> A <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/womens-circle-tickets-778458409057?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse&keep_tld=1" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">monthly gathering</a> to share, express and reflect, focusing on a specific chakra. A creative expression through art, movement and sound on January 27th. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/womens-circle-tickets-778458409057?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse&keep_tld=1" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">eventbrite.ie</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Offaly</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Hunt for Brigid, Charleville Castle, Tullamore: </b>A <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-hunt-for-brigid-tickets-767024750677?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">multi-table D+D gaming event</a> in Charleville Castle, celebrating St Brigid with a spring-themed one-shot. February 4th. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-hunt-for-brigid-tickets-767024750677?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">eventbrite.ie</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Roscommon</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brigid’s Awakening Festival, The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park: </b>A small <a href="https://strokestownpark.ie/event/cathy-jordan-concert/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">St Brigid’s weekend celebration</a>, with Cathy Jordan as headliner on February 4th, and one of the largest St Brigid’s crosses in Ireland being installed in Tarmonbarry, plus some heritage events in Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk. <a href="https://strokestownpark.ie/event/cathy-jordan-concert/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">strokestownpark.ie</a></p><figure class="article-body-image-container paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><picture class="Image__StyledPicture-sc-8yioqf-0 iKCNis" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><source media="screen and (min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/hqFZAon7vkVbrWT2uVUg18lMxDU=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/R2MHK2B2MKTSZ65U5LUAJGRDYI.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><source media="screen and (min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/ijQW3rz_XY13ZGjCzFsCWcAAfyA=/1024x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/R2MHK2B2MKTSZ65U5LUAJGRDYI.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><source media="screen and (min-width: 0px)" srcset="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/YzYd0zH2e_KUNMeEbpLqplD2kew=/768x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/R2MHK2B2MKTSZ65U5LUAJGRDYI.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></source><img height="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/hqFZAon7vkVbrWT2uVUg18lMxDU=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/R2MHK2B2MKTSZ65U5LUAJGRDYI.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1440" /></picture><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem;"><p class="ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 kEZEMR image-metadata" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c7778; display: inline; font-family: star-font, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0.5rem 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a;">Cathy Jordan will be the headline act at Brigid's Awakening Festival. Photograph: Paul Clampin </span></p></figcaption></figure><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sligo</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hamilton Gallery:</b> This <a href="https://hamiltongallery.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">gallery</a> is hosting an exhibition of new works by artist Yoko Akino, who designed the new stamp for the Irish Postal Service commemorating St Brigid on her 1500th anniversary. The gallery has also invited five women artists to create responses to Lá Fhéile Bríde and Imbolc in reed and willow weaving.<a href="https://hamiltongallery.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">hamiltongallery.ie</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Tipperary</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brigid Fest 2024:</b> A <a href="https://www.nenagharts.com/event/brigid-fest-2024/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">celebration in Nenagh</a> of the saint, with St Brigid’s cross making, screen printing, knitting and pilates organised throughout the day to celebrate Brigid, the Celtic goddess of crafts, learning and fertility on February 1st.<a href="https://www.nenagharts.com/event/brigid-fest-2024/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">nenagharts.com</a></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Wexford</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Johnstown Castle: </b>A day with storyteller, forager and food folklorist Lorraine O’Dwyer of Galivanting Tours. O’Dwyer will take visitors on a <a href="https://johnstowncastle.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">stroll through the gardens</a> to gather reeds and share tales of the goddess Brigid and her ancient stories. Also includes meditation and exploration of the crafting of a symbol dating back to Neolithic times on February 1st.<a href="https://johnstowncastle.ie/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">johnstowncastle.ie</a></p><p class="interstitial-link block-margin-bottom paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="default__StyledLink-sc-1nhbny4-1 fZvyxQ" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2023/07/29/wolfhounds-to-witches-irelands-most-unusual-tours/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(44, 84, 114); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Wolfhounds to witches: Ireland’s most unusual tours</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> ]</span></p><h4 class="heading__StyledHeading-r87mu4-0 hgGngB paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><mark class="hl_yellow" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Wicklow</mark></h4><p class="default__StyledText-sc-1nhbny4-0 gVsmvl body-paragraph paywall" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.65rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kilranelagh Brigid Guided Walking Tour Special: </b>A 2½-hour <a href="https://tirnaglass.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c5472; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">walking tour</a>featuring St Brigid’s well, headstone and chair, where attendees can hear about the history and engaging legends associated with Kilranelagh Hill, and explore their forgotten past. 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font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">C</span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">elebration of </span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Life </span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">of Marty</span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">, a beloved child of God. </span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">-All participants will be muted during the liturgy except for the presiders and readers. </span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">When invited to share your thoughts/reflections, please unmute, speak, and then mute again.</span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> Where it indicates “ALL”, please respond silently.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">-</span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">If you </span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">wish to share in our Eucharistic prayer, p</span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">lease have bread and wine/juice </span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">nearby. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Whoever you are, </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Wherever you are, </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Just as you are, </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">You are welcome at this table. (</span></span><span class="s15" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Integral Christianity by Paul Smith</span></span><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s12" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Kathryn:</span></span><span class="s16" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s13" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">The songs throughout </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">our </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">liturgy are some of Marty’s favorite songs. Our opening Song is: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">In </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">T</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">he</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> Garden </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">performed by Rose</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">mary Siemens</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_dMzucjEaw" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s17" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"></span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_dMzucjEaw" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s17" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_dMzucjEaw" style="display: inline;" width="280" youtube-src-id="3_dMzucjEaw"></iframe></span></span></a></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_dMzucjEaw" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s17" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_dMzucjEaw</span></span></a><p></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Transformation Rite</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Ma</span></span><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">ry Theresa: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">We now place our hands over our hearts and send healing, transforming love to all we love, to all who need comfort and strength today.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s19" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">(pause)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Gloria: Linda Lee Miller</span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbarqE9o8QY" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"></span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbarqE9o8QY" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rbarqE9o8QY" style="display: inline;" width="280" youtube-src-id="rbarqE9o8QY"></iframe></span></span></a></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbarqE9o8QY" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br />https://youtu.be/rbarqE9o8QY</span></span></a><p></p><p class="s21" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s21" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s22" style="color: #c45911; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Bridget Mary:</span></span><span class="s23" style="color: #c45911; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s6" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Opening Prayer:</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Gracious God, we give thanks for Marty and</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">the many ways that he revealed you to us. We remember his loving and through his love we felt your generous Spirit. We are grateful for the ways Marty nurtured, encouraged, and supported us and through him we felt your </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">nurturing</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> Spirit. We have come to know you, Generous Spirit, through your son and our brother, Marty, </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">All:</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> Amen</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">M</span></span><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">elanie:</span></span><span class="s25" style="color: #385623; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">F</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">irst Reading –</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> On Death by </span></span><a href="https://poets.org/poet/kahlil-gibran" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s26" style="color: #007ab3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Kahlil Gibran</span></span></a></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s28" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death.</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">And he said:</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">You would know the secret of death.</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">T</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">he owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the </span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">m</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">ystery of light.</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">I</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">f you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.</span></span></p><p class="s28" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">A</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">nd like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.</span></span></p><p class="s28" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in </span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">honour</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">.</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?</span></span></p><p class="s28" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?</span></span></p><p class="s28" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.</span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s27" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance</span></span><span class="s29" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">.</span></span></p><p class="s28" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s30" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Psalm response:</span></span><span class="s30" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Do Not Fear by the Many </span></span><span class="s30" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/YyHxorWv9TM?si=_NLatCoEkKZzPMOW" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s31" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">https://youtu.be/YyHxorWv9TM?si=_NLatCoEkKZzPMOW</span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YyHxorWv9TM" style="display: inline;" width="280" youtube-src-id="YyHxorWv9TM"></iframe></div><br /><p class="s28" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Alleluia – Eightfold Alleluia sung by Jan Phillips</span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/IC4nbwmQDVw" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">https://youtu.be/IC4nbwmQDVw</span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IC4nbwmQDVw" style="display: inline;" width="280" youtube-src-id="IC4nbwmQDVw"></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s12" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Shaun:</span></span><span class="s16" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Gospel</span></span><span class="s33" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">: </span></span><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">A reading from the Gospel of John</span></span><span class="s33" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s34" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">(14:1-3)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Don’t let your hearts be troubled.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">You have faith in God.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">In God’s house there are many dwelling places.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Otherwise, how could I have told you that I was going to prepare a place for you?</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">I am indeed going to prepare a place for you.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">And then I will come back to take you, that where I am, there you may be as well.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">These are the inspired words of the Gospel writer known as John, and we affirm them by saying,</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">All:</span></span><span class="s32" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> Thanks be to God.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s21" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s35" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Homily Starter:</span></span><span class="s36" style="font-family: Arial; 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font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Kathryn</span></span><span class="s40" style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span class="s41" style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s30" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">(</span></span><span class="s30" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">please share a story or gratitude for Marty</span></span><span class="s30" style="font-family: Arial; 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Family members will share first.)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Communal Statement of Faith</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s42" style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">B</span></span><span class="s42" style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">eth:</span></span><span class="s43" style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Please join in our Communal Statement of Faith</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">We believe in the Holy One, a divine mystery</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">beyond all definition and rational understanding,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">the heart of all that has ever existed,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">that exists now, or that ever will exist.</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">We believe in Jesus, messenger of the Divine Word,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">bringer of healing, heart of Divine compassion,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">bright star in the firmament of the Holy One's</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">prophets, mystics, and saints.</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">We believe that We are called to follow Jesus</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">as a vehicle of divine love,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">a source of wisdom and truth,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">and an instrument of peace in the world.</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">We believe in the Spirit of the Holy One,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">the life that is our innermost life,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">the breath moving in our being,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">the depth living in each of us.</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">We believe that the Divine kin-</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">dom</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> is here and now,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">stretched out all around us for those</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">with eyes to see it, hearts to receive it,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">and hands to make it happen.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Prayers for the Community</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">David:</span></span><span class="s44" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">We now bring our prayer intentions to the Table</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">, saying, “I bring to the Table…”</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">We pray for all who are suffering, lonely, and without faith or hope.</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"></span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"></span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Our response is: </span></span><a name="_Hlk157021701"></a><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Holy One, you love through us.</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"></span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">We pray for all those suffering </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">as a result of</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> the natural disasters taking place on our planet.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Response</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Holy One, you love through us.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">We</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> pray for all th</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">ose living in the conditions of war and fear.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Response</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Holy One, you love through us.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">We pray for the </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">intentions in our MMOJ community prayer list. (Joan shares)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Response</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">: H</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">oly One, you love through us.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">And, for what else should we pray?</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Response: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Holy One, you love through us.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s46" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">David</span></span><span class="s47" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">We pray for these and all the unspoken intentions in our hearts. Amen. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Preparation of the Gifts</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s12" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Kathryn</span></span><span class="s48" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span class="s13" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Blessed are You, Holy One, through Your divine providence we have this bread, to share, the Bread of Life. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">All: Blessed are You, Holy One, forever. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s12" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Mary T: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Blessed are You, O Loving One through Your divine providence we have this wine to share, our spiritual drink. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">All: Blessed are, You, Holy One, forever.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Mary Al:</span></span><span class="s49" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Nurturing One, we are united in this sacrament by the love of Christ, whose presence we are as we proclaim the liberating power of your Spirit Sophia, in our humanity and divinity, calling us to build the unity of Love in a more compassionate and just world. All: Amen.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Eucharistic Prayer</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s50" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Jerry</span></span><span class="s50" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> B</span></span><span class="s50" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">ires</span></span><span class="s50" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span class="s51" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Extravagant Lover, in you, with you and through your endless outpouring of grace, we are blessed with joy amidst the wrong and suffering of our world. In you, we live and move and dwell in love beyond our deepest desires. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Dotty Shugrue</span></span><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Generous Giver, you give us wise companions on our journey who work for humanity’s healing and well-being and for the flourishing of all creation. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">With thankful hearts, in the company of all holy women and men, your liberating Spirit </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">rises up</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> within us, works through us, and we sing:</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">All:</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Holy, Holy, Holy (adapted from Holy, Holy, Holy by Karen Drucker)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/orKBBIj5LZA" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">https://youtu.be/orKBBIj5LZA</span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/orKBBIj5LZA" style="display: inline;" width="280" youtube-src-id="orKBBIj5LZA"></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Dotty Shugrue: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Conscious of the </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">O</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">neness</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">,</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> we pray that we may serve others with generous hearts especially the least and the last, the oppressed and marginalized. The bread we break and the cup we share are symbols of the fullness of life that all are invited to share.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Lee:</span></span><span class="s52" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Please extend </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">y</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">our hands in blessing and pray together.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">As we bless this bread and wine, we are ever aware of Your Spirit in us and among us at this Eucharistic table. We remember our brother Jesus whose life and teachings reflected the depth of divine love beyond our hopes and dreams. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Anna D:</span></span><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">On the night before he died, Jesus came to table with his family and the women and men he loved. Jesus took bread blessed and broke it, saying, “Take, eat, this is my body. </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">When you do this remember me and all that I have taught you.</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">”</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s30" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">(pause)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s53" style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Stephen: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">After supper, Jesus poured a cup of wine and shared it with his friends, saying,</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">“This is the cup of the covenant of my love. </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">When you do this remember me and all that I have taught </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">you.”</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s12" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Michael: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Christ has died in all those who have passed away from violent hate crimes.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Christ is rising in all those working for the well-being of humanity, dismantling institutional sexism, racism and all that divides us.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Christ comes each day in our ministry, prayers and actions for a renewed world with justice and equity for all.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Beth</span></span><span class="s24" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span class="s54" style="color: #c00000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Embracing Presence, we remember all the companions who have gone before us: Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mary of Magdala, and all holy women and men who are </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">rising up</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> in loving service to heal our world. We pause now to remember our family and loved one</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">s</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> in the communion of saints. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s19" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">(pause)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s19" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">(all hold bread and wine)</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">David:</span></span><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">For it is through living as Jesus lived, and loving as he loved, that we awaken to Your Spirit empowering us to work for the flourishing of life on for all people and for planet Earth. </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">All: Great Amen (Sung) Linda Lee Miller</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/Dy76fpfkNsg" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">https://youtu.be/Dy76fpfkNsg</span></span></a></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dy76fpfkNsg" style="display: inline;" width="280" youtube-src-id="Dy76fpfkNsg"></iframe></div><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Communion Rite</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">The Prayer of Jesus</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Shaun</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">: </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Let </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">us pray as Jesus taught us</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">All: Holy One, who is within, around, and among us, we celebrate your many names. Your wisdom comes. Your will be done, unfolding from the depths within us. Each day you give us all that we need. You remind us of our limits, and we let go. You support us in our power, and we act with courage. For you are the dwelling place within us, the empowerment around us, and the celebration among us, now and forever. Amen.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s55" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">The Prayer of Jesus as interpreted by Miriam Therese Winter</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s12" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Bridget Mary:</span></span><span class="s16" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Sign of Peace: Please bow to each other </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">with the words: Namaste</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> 3 </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">times</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Communion</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Kathryn</span></span><span class="s18" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span class="s49" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Please join in praying the Litany for the Breaking of the Bread </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">All: Holy One, </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">You</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> call us to speak truth to power; we will do so.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Holy One, </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">You</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> call us to live the Gospel of healing and justice; we will do so. Holy One, </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">You</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> call us to be Your presence in the world; we will do so.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s12" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Mary T:</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">This is the bread of life and the cup of blessing. Blessed are we who are called to the Feast.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">We are the Body and Blood of Christ for the world. </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Receive the Bread of Life and the Cup of Blessing.</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Communion </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Song</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">: Everything is Holy Now by Peter Mayer</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/KiypaURysz4?si=yKzhBFqXC0bHtqbo" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s20" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">https://youtu.be/KiypaURysz4?si=yKzhBFqXC0bHtqbo</span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KiypaURysz4" style="display: inline;" width="280" youtube-src-id="KiypaURysz4"></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s11" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">Concluding Rite:</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s58" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s56" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Mary T</span></span><span class="s57" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">: </span></span><span class="s57" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"></span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">H</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">oly One, we go forth in our calling to serve and committed to our own spiritual transformation so that we might work together to transform our earth to one of peace, equality, and justice for all. Timeless One, </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Your</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> eternal love wraps courage around us as we enter into your invitation to dance and to bring your Light into the world. </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">We shall forever remember your loving servant </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">and our brother, Mar</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">ty, “</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">who </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">lived jus</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">tly, </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">loved tenderly, and walked hu</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">mbly with </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">You.</span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">” </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">We have no fear, for we live with the assurance that you are always in us and we in you. We are forever grateful </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">to </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">have </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">lived on this Earth with Marty and </span></span><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">to live in your presence and your love. Amen. </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s59" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">C</span></span><span class="s59" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">losing Community Blessing</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s60" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Kathryn:</span></span><span class="s61" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> </span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">And together with our arms extended to one another as we say this Native American Blessing: </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">May the sun</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Bring you </span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">new</span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> energy by day.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">May the moon</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Softly restore you by night.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">May the rain</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Wash </span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">a</span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">way your worries.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">May the breeze</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Blow new strength into your being.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">May you </span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">walk</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Gently through the world and </span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">know</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Its beauty all the days of your life. – Apache Prayer</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s59" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">ALL:</span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> Thanks be to God. Let it be so! </span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">And </span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">so</span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> it is!</span></span><span class="s62" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> Alleluia! </span></span></p><p class="s63" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s66" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s64" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Closing Song:</span></span><span class="s65" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> </span></span><span class="s65" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> </span></span><span class="s65" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Gathering of Spirits by Carrie Newcomer sung by </span></span><span class="s65" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">Dan Murphy</span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7BGiSObPrc" style="color: #7c7c7c; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s17" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 25.2px;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7BGiSObPrc</span></span></a></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I7BGiSObPrc" style="display: inline;" width="280" youtube-src-id="I7BGiSObPrc"></iframe></span></div><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">The family of Marty Cummins extends much gratitude to all who have </span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">offered</span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;"> love, prayers, and </span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">heartfelt wishes during this difficult time</span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;"> of loss. Marty loved our MMOJ </span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">c</span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">o</span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">mmunity</span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;"> and </span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">he </span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">felt the love and prayers</span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;"> from all of you. </span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">A special thanks to Mary </span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">T</span><span class="s67" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">heresa Streck for her beautiful homily video and assistance in preparing Marty’s Celebration of Life. </span></p><p class="s63" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s63" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s63" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s68" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.2px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 28.8px;">“All </span></span><span class="s68" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.2px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 28.8px;">shall be well. All ma</span></span><span class="s68" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.2px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 28.8px;">nner</span></span><span class="s68" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.2px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 28.8px;"> of things shall be well.”</span></span></p><p class="s63" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s45" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;">St. Julian of Norwich</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s14" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.6px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 23.4px;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f6f6f6; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Bridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.com0