The Presiding Bishop is in Utrecht this week, preaching, delivering the annual Quasimodo lecture and representing the Episcopal Church. The Old Catholic Church, which was
“The world is hungry for the light of Christ and aching to see the love of Christ in human flesh. . . . The anger of the society around us is a sign of that hunger, even when it is hidden and expressed in less than fully honest ways. . . .It can be painful and difficult work on the road to Calvary and carrying bodies to the tomb. But it is the way of Resurrection.”
Human beings are capable of the most wretched behavior – as the old confession put it, there is no health in us. Yet through human prophets God continues to call us to turn in a new direction, toward healing, wholeness, and holiness of life. In the wider world, we call that justice. Some have said that justice is simply love in public action.
The gift of Easter insists that human beings are capable of divine relationship, for as Athanasius put it, “God became human that human beings might become divine.”
Rather than ask “How old are you now?” we’re wondering what she’s wishing for as she blows out candles at the House of Bishops meeting in North Carolina.
In her message for Lent, the Presiding Bishop encourages to practice solidarity: “I would encourage you this year to expand the realm of that practice;
Noting that the season of Lent has traditionally been in “solidarity with those to be baptized,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers an
Bishop William Love of the Diocese of Albany is in a quandary. The Presiding Bishop, who is extremely popular with the faithful, but not with Bishop Love, is coming to town. He can’t tell her to stay home–the visit is canonically mandated–but he doesn’t want her appearance to energize the moderate and progressive Episcopalians. What to do?
In a two minute clip, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says the Primates Meeting in Dublin was “wonderful” and “filled with grace.” She said the Primates have arrived at a clear sense of how they will work together, and that she hopes the primates who boycotted this meeting will “come back to the table.”
“Saviors and leaders are all around us – in these disciples of Jesus, and in similar communities far beyond this one. When we came to the baptismal font, each one of us was presented and dedicated to God to share Jesus’ healing work.”