Heather Cook, the former bishop suffragan of Maryland who pled guilty to striking and killing cyclist Thomas Palermo in 2014, has petitioned a judge to
Space and movement in the liturgy
“In some ways it is my own ‘Communion of Saints’; a place where I go to relive memories of past joys.”
“For the sake of our daughters and sons we will exercise every means available to us to help make for them a better world…”
“Holy God, spark of Creation and fire of Love, you who created the cosmos, who shaped every living thing uniquely in your image, we have sinned most grievously against you.”
“Surely it is not a naïve faith that says everything is going to be as we would like. It says: no matter what happens, no matter how long the trek through the valley of the shadow of death, I will have the one thing I cannot live without. That is, union with the Great Spirit. And as long as that abiding, that connection remains, I won’t only survive, I will be well in my depths.”
“I am deeply grateful to Her Majesty The Queen for graciously allowing me to continue as Archbishop of York until June 2020 in order to enable me to complete the work to which I have been called. I am full of joy and expectation to see all that God is doing and will be doing in this diocese and in the Northern Province over the coming months.”
“I take a few deep breaths. I listen to the silence. I revel in being alone.”
“What makes Remigius interesting to me are the passages chosen to honor his feast day (Jer 10:1-11, Ps 135:13-22, 1 Jn 4:1-6, Jn 14:1-7). They all teach us not to make or worship idols, but worship the one God.”
Peace is more than absence of violence, though it surely includes that. As Martin Luther King once observed, “Peace is not the absence of tension. It is the presence of justice.”