Weekly News | 7.11.25
Sunday's Passage is the Parable of the Good Samaritan
Read Luke 10:25-37 slowly.
Where do you notice questions? What do you notice about their answers?
What emotions do you imagine each person in the parable feeling? What indicates they may feel that way?
In light of our upcoming Parish Work Day (7/12 @ 9AM), I invite us to pray the following from Every Moment Holy by Douglas McKelvey.
A Liturgy for Home Repairs
For the blessing of this dwelling, O Lord:
for the fast foundation,
for the roof stretched overhead
as a sheltering canopy,
for the luxury and security
of windows and doors,
for these strong walls
staying wind and weather,
for the comforts of floor and furniture,
of heating and cooling, of fresh running
water and electrical wiring,
and for all fixtures, appliances, and
conveniences that make our lives here
less toilsome, we give you thanks, O Lord,
acknowledging that all provision
is your provision.
This place is a gift.
The sharing of life within these walls is a gift.
And so the necessary investment of time
and resource toward the maintenance and
repair of this dwelling need not be regarded
as a burden, but as a good stewardship
and a glad opportunity.
Give grace therefore that I might now
perform the task before me,
not in grudging irritation,
but in gentleness and generosity of spirit,
as a caretaker of your blessings,
and as an act of loving service
to all family, friends, or strangers
who will shelter here or enjoy
fellowship beneath this roof.
In the midst of these labors, grant me
practical wisdom to perceive problems,
imagination to consider their solutions,
and skill to remedy them.
Give me also humility and discernment,
that I might know when a task is
beyond my ability, and ask for help.
Guide my hands in these endeavors, O Lord,
and yet even more, I pray that you would shape
my heart in the doing of them, that as I labor
to repair this dwelling, you would be ever at
work within me, your Spirit revealing and re-
pairing my own places of
brokenness,
ungratefulness,
shame, and pride,
and so making me an ever more fit habitation
for the indwelling of Christ,
and a truer citizen
of the coming kingdom.
Amen.
Peace,
Sarah+