list of psalmsWe offer our prayers for: Gary Allen, Betty, Elma, Erma, & Marcella Babb, Matthew Cileli, Sandria Clarke, Marcia Clendenon, Sandra Cocks, Carmen Conrado, Laura Craig, Gaynelle Cumberbatch, Ira Davis, Anne Devlin, Dionne Darrigo, Wayne Dupuis, Marlene Elia, Christy Mary Finlay, Fran Giovinazzo, Anne Heather, Avion Hernandez-Elcock, Sarah Harris, James Jackson, Tom, Jan and Mark, Jerry Keucher, Erica Korzekwinski, Willie Marcus & Dylan Schumaker, the McIntosh family, Mary McClellan, Deborah & Leila Rollock, Elizabeth Santana, Barnett Shepherd, Daphne & Joyce Smith, Joann Smith, Tom Smith, Thomas Sox, Valerie Thompson, Marsha Wynter, the familys of the Washington plane crash victims, and the girls and boys of Heartshare St. Vincent's Services.

We lift up in thanksgiving Andrew Schneider and Wolde Archer who are celebrating their birthdays, and Mary & Kevin who are celebrating their anniversary this week.

We pray for the people of of Palestine, Israel, and for all asylum seekers.

We pray for all those who are suffering from the effects of systemic racism and homophobia.

We thank you for our own continued good health and prosperity and we pray for the repose of the souls of Willie Marcus' friend Marisa, Ann Brown, the victims of the plane crash in Washington, D.C., victims of warfare in Ukraine and the Middle East, and for all the faithful departed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love—whether we call it friendship or family or romance—is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work in those moments when life and shame and sorrow occlude our own light from our view, but there is still a clear-eyed loving person to beam it back. In our best moments, we are that person for another.

Amen

James Baldwin

May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth to one another on love, and walk humbly with each ither and our God for the good of all people. Good of all people in this nation and the world. Amen.

The Rt. Rev. Marianne Budde