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Reflection from our Co-Pastors, Tuesday, August 23, 2022
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may become clean.” Matthew 23: 25-26
What we say and what we do can be contradictory at times. We may tell our family/friends to pay attention to the speed limit and not to exceed it, only to be stopped for going 50 in a 20 mile an hour zone. This happens to all of us.
When Jesus calls the Pharisees hypocrites, he is talking about a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles etc., that they do not actually possess. The Pharisees exhibited themselves as righteous on account of being scrupulous keepers of the law, but in fact, they were not righteous. They were full of greed and self-indulgence. They preached but they did not practice. They loved places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in the synagogues, and the salutation “Rabbi.” They were not men of humility. Instead, they used and flaunted their power against the people of God.
How can we live with the humility that befits a child of God? Sister Macrina Wiederkehr offers us an exercise in humility. She suggests that we use our imagination to throw a banquet for the crippled, blind, and lame parts of ourselves. Invite our doubts, our pride, our superiority and arrogance. Invite our resentments, our selfishness, our narrow mindedness and our prejudice. Treat each of these guests with reverence and try to discover what this invitee is to teach you.
Amen
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash
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Midweek Mass On Wednesday
11:00 a.m. in the Fireside Room
(no Zoom available for Wednesday Mass)
Please join us in the Fireside Room for weekday Mass Hope to see you there!
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This Week with the 301 Faith Partners | |
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TONIGHT!
The Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO)
Red Flag Law - Hosted by 301 Faith Partners
This Tuesday - August 23 - 6:30 pm
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ERPOs are an important tool in the gun violence and suicide prevention “toolkit”. With the support of Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence (CFCU) and Colorado Ceasefire, the Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) became law in Colorado in 2020.
Colorado’s ERPO law allows family members and law enforcement to petition the courts for temporary removal of firearms from individuals who are at risk to themselves and/or others.
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Those interested in learning more can register to attend in person or via Zoom. Please register for this event. | |
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Mark Your Calendars!
Please join us this Sunday - Aug. 28th
after mass - for our
Summer Hospitality Supper
Bring your own "take out" for dinner. Iced tea, lemonade, wine, and ice cream and pop-sicles will be provided by the Hospitality Ministry. We will be meeting in the Fellowship Hall, (so, no chance of being rained out, and no need to bring a lawn chair!)
Of course, anyone is welcome to come just for ice cream and visiting.
Hope to see you there!
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Praying for peace, health and well-being through challenging times
+Luca Jerome Epton - great grandson of Jim and Colleen DeMuth,members
+Jeff Akkerman - For Asher's surgery and for discernment/guidance in finding a new job
+ Jeralyn Logan requested by Rev. Jane Reina
+ Sarah Reveron and her daughter, Aliana - niece and grandniece of Rev. Jane Reina
+ Jane Tavener, sister of member Susan Tavener-Berry
+ Cory Breslin - friend of member Kerrie Anderson
+ Jim, husband of Dori Carroll member
+ Joanne Gallagher - member
+ Edward for healing and Marge for hope, relatives of Ruth Conley, member
+ Yvonne Keefe - member
+ Rosemary - Fr Michael's mother
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+ Suzanne King - member-
+ Harry, 11 year canine companion to Gray La Fond.
+ Yvonne Keefe - member
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A blessed and peaceful repose of souls for those who've passed and comfort for the friends and families.
+ Wendell Schwarz, brother of Sr. Mary Colleen, OSB
+ Kevin Ricke -nephew of Father Jim DeMuth
+ John Hynes - father of Rev. Jane's children
+ Mother of Bishop Kae Madden
+ Dennis Snyder. brother-in-law of Ruth Alexander, member
+ John Crowfoot, friend of Jean Christen, member
+ Lauren Roob - friend of Rosanna Bateman, member
+ Dona Bosse - member
+ Gloria Farrell, aunt of Co-Pastor Jane
+ Tom Froehlich, brother of Ann Russell, member
+ Verna Bodig, member
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+ Deacon Katie (TLC), Curtis, & Baby Theo update
"Theodore came home on Thursday after 84 days in the NICU! You have loved and supported our family in such a beautiful and sacred way through some very hard and scary days." Deacon Katie Kline
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Please send prayer requests to marymagdalafc@gmail.com. Prayers will be listed for one month unless requested for longer. Prayers for the repose of souls will be listed for six months unless requested for a longer time. | |
Service Recordings and More | |
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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday, August 21, 2022
A video recording of readings and the homily by Rev. Jane Reina is available here. The full Sunday Mass worship aid is available to assist with prayer and meditation.
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Last Sunday's #BLM Reflection
This week, I cleared my browser’s cache and did a Google search against 3 words, “black man shooting”. To my shock, Google found 889 million results. Despite the fact that the word, “police” was NOT in my search criteria, the first 4 results pages contained only news articles of police shootings of Black men, admittedly some covering the same event. Finally on page 5, I found an article about a Black man being sought as a person of interest in a Brooklyn subway shooting. In today’s political and social climate, potentially racially-biased shootings by police draw considerable public and press attention.
The top stories returned by my search were horrific. For example, Jayland Walker of Akron, Ohio, was shot or grazed 46 times after leaving a gun in his car and fleeing from officers on foot. A police chief in Lexington, Mississippi, was fired after bragging in an audio recording that he shot a Black man 119 times. Three Denver police recently discharged rounds near a crowd outside a bar in LoDo, hitting Jordan Waddy but also wounding 6 bystanders, 3 of which suffered serious injuries.
I’m quite aware that many police are honorable individuals who take their commitment to the law and to their communities seriously. I’m also acutely aware that when I was stopped recently by a Timnath traffic cop, I felt no concern that my life was in danger. As expected, the officer treated me with respect and warned me that my car’s license plates had faded and should be replaced. He made no demands; never asked me to step out of the car. I felt no need to explain I was reaching for my wallet when he asked for my driver’s license. Our conversation was amicable. White privilege? I wondered how many Black men, especially in the South, share my expectations or experience when contacted by police?
I cleared my browser’s cache and searched for “traffic stop shooting”. Google again found millions of results, many about police firing on suspects, but also a significant number reporting officers shot by stopped motorists. Clearly, traffic stops in which both parties have guns (complicated by factors like racial bias, drugs, or mental health issues) are not scenarios favoring peaceful outcomes.
Denver, and communities around the country, are considering fundamental changes in the ways traffic stops are handled, no longer initiated by armed police, less threatening and confrontational, and disallowing traffic stops as a pretext for searches or investigations of more serious crimes. I believe such initiatives deserve our active support.
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Our Vision – ‘Our guiding Light’
Weaving a tapestry of love, hope and justice for the world.
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The 301 Faith Partners--Mary of Magdala, Trinity Lutheran, St Paul's Episcopal --have a Vision, Mission and Values statement that guides our relationships, interactions, and shared projects and ministries.
Read about our Mission, Core Values and Covenant here.
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Newsletters of Trinity Lutheran Church and the St. Paul's Episcopal
What are our partners in ministry up to? Click here for the Trinity Lutheran Church monthly newsletter, "Tidings". And here is St Paul's weekly bulletin.
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