Dear friends,
Father Rick and I continue to make improvements and arrangements for our re-opening. We are so lucky to have wonderful volunteers who are helping us with our final touches so that we are welcoming, and safe, to all who will be worshipping with us in-person. And, today, we also made some great strides in connecting and setting up our live stream feeds. Once we have all the details worked out, closer to the end of the week/beginning of next week, we will be informing the parish of all of the details of our worship offerings at St. Edward’s so that all can participate in the way that is most comfortable for them.
And. . . we are so looking forward to it!
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If you are looking for a copy of the June Scepter, in print, you can come by the church anytime as we have left them outside the front red doors. It is a wonderful issue!
Be well. Be safe. Keep the faith.
Michelle
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A simple meditation today with a wonderful message
TUESDAY, June 9 Columba of Iona
Matthew 15:32a Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for the crowd.”
Compassion shouldn’t surprise us. It should be more of a bare minimum rather than an extraordinary act that finally brings relief to our weary hearts. And yet a simple act of feeding hungry people is exactly the sort of thing that Jesus constantly uses to bring deep healing to hurting individuals and communities.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that compassion is the real miracle here—the loaves and the fish are pretty impressive—but the simple attitude of compassion makes an important impression. I wonder what the people in the crowd say to each other about Jesus. I bet the feeling is electric. It is certainly contagious. I wonder how many people in the towns and villages around the mountainside are nourished—not by heaps of bread and fish—but by their neighbors who have feasted upon Jesus’ compassion.
MOVING FORWARD: Ask God to show you a person in need of compassion. Do something simple and kind for them. And tell them that you love them and that Jesus loves them, too.
PRAY for the Dioceses of Los Angeles and Swaziland
Ps 61, 62 * 68:1-20(21-23)24-36 | Ecclesiastes 8:14—9:10 | Galatians 4:21-31 | Matthew 15:29-39
Just a little reminder. . . We can’t wait to see everyone back at St. Edward’s!
