Weekly News | 7.18.25
Sunday's Passage is the Parable of the Ten Minas
Read Luke 19:11-27 slowly.
What do you notice about the King?
What questions do you have about the mina?
Where do you feel tension in the story?
For the Feast of Mary Magdalene on July 22 - a Prayer, a Poem, and a Song
“I have seen the Lord!” - John 20:1-18
This is a lovely feast day for Ordinary Time–gather your people for chai (or anything heavily spiced as we remember Mary bearing spices to the tomb) to thank or ask God for healing. Alternatively, spend some quiet moments meditating on the prayer, poem, and song below as you ponder the life and faith of Mary Magdalene, apostle to the apostles.
–Rev. Krista
Collect for the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
Almighty God, whose blessed Son restored Mary Magdalene to health of body and of mind, and called her to be a witness of his resurrection: Mercifully grant that, by your grace, we may be healed from all our infirmities and know you in the power of his unending life; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
“St Mary Magdalene”
Malcolm Guite, Sounding the Season: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year
Men called you light so as to load you down,
And burden you with their own weight of sin,
A woman forced to cover and contain
Those seven devils sent by Everyman.
But one man set you free and took your part,
One man knew and loved you to the core.
The broken alabaster of your heart
Revealed to him alone a hidden door,
Into a garden where the fountain sealed,
Could flow at last for him in healing tears,
Till, in another garden, he revealed
The perfect love that cast out all your fears,
And quickened you with love’s own sway and swing,
As light and lovely as the news you bring.
The Porter’s Gate (featuring DOE, IAmSon, Paul Zach)