Scholars Program Launched for Descendants of Enslaved People in Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau and Suffolk Counties March 2, 2022 Garden City, NY – The Reparations Committee of
Lent calls us to attention, astonishment, and witness. Lent calls us to see the potential rather than the dreariness and horror of pandemic and now war, to look for the beauty and unity among ourselves and all God’s sparkling mysterious creation placed here for our support and care. Lent calls us to proclaim, to tell, to be truthful and reliable in our witness to God’s love by embodying God’s love.
Survivors and others are alleging the Anglican Church of Canada mishandled sex abuse allegations. Compounding the mishandling, it is alleged that a senior ACC official
I would urge us not to be unsettled by the rising gas prices and other consumer discomforts that we are likely to experience in coming months. Rather we need to focus on the ongoing costs of this “horrific and unprovoked attack”on thousands of our neighbors in the Ukraine.
Dear God,
When the ashes are felt upon our head,
draw us closer to you.
“It grieves me to tell you that several months ago, we were contacted by someone who reported that he had been sexually abused as a child by Mr. Thomas Whittemore during the time Mr. Whittemore served as the director of music at St. Peter’s Church, Pine St., Philadelphia. At the time we received the report, Mr. Whittemore was employed by a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.” – The Rt. Reverend Daniel G. P. Gutiérrez, XVI Bishop of The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
” This is a woman who did not hide her light under a bushel but put it all on the lampstand for all to see. She certainly shed a little light on me. I am grateful.”
“Where we turn in a certain direction out of love, stooping to be present, quieting to be available, there we are met by God’s prophets. Where we give up the edifices we have built, no matter how good they are, for the sake of peace, reconciliation, and compassion, there we have something to talk about with those who have gone before.”
“We often think of short as lacking something, as though Zaccheus’ lack of inches in height somehow reduced him. Shortages in our bank accounts make us anxious, while being short-changed, whether in money or goods, usually makes us angry.”
“‘You know,’ I replied,
‘I think I saw that lady too.
She was by the side of the road.
She was beautiful, but older now.
But she wasn’t cheering like everyone else.
She was crying. I didn’t understand.’”