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“I have manifested thy name
to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and
thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word” (St. John 17:6).
In liturgical time which intersects
and is to shape our chronological time as present day Christians, we
find ourselves today in an in-between time. This past Thursday the Church
celebrated the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ to Heaven forty days
after His Resurrection. A week from today, the Church will celebrate
the Feast of Pentecost, known as Whitsunday, when on the fiftieth day
after our Lord’s Resurrection the Holy Spirit came down from Heaven
upon the Apostles in Jerusalem.
The Gospel this morning takes
us back before the Resurrection of Jesus, and even before His death
on Good Friday to the Upper Room on Maundy Thursday. We’re taken there
so that we might hear the high priestly prayer of Jesus to His Father,
so that we understand His will for us in and as the Church after His
Death, Resurrection, Ascension, and the Coming of the Holy Ghost. We
need to hear what He prayed so that we understand who we are and what
we are to be and do.
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“While he blessed them, he
parted from them, and was carried up into heaven” (St. Luke 24:51).
The Christian faith calls for
the belief in miracles. It calls people to take a leap of faith in order
to understand, rather than understanding leading to faith. This is what
the great St. Anselm said many centuries ago.
This in no way means that we
are not to use our minds and stretch them to grapple with things that
are difficult to understand, but faith is the key to understanding.
The Ascension of our Lord Jesus
Christ is an essential ingredient of the Christian faith and is named
as such in the historic Creeds of the Church. It is an event when earth
and heaven intersect in a very dramatic way as was the case when the
Word became flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary.
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There are very good things
and very difficult things having to do with personal and parish relationships
for a Rector when his ministry is nearly twenty years in a particular
parish. The most difficult thing is when I bury a person whom I have
known for a lengthy period of time. It’s an honor to bury the deceased,
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It’s never easy moving from one parish to another, especially when you’ve poured yourself into a parish church for a number of years, and when you are in what is called your “senior” years. People are led here for a variety of reasons from one parish to another, and it always is a joy to see Good Shepherd embrace the newcomer, and in seeing the newcomer embrace the parish. And what makes it truly special is when a person comes from one form of churchmanship to another, and is open to learn and grow. This, without a doubt, has been the case for Lynn Barrell. |
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In some ways, my speaking to
you this morning seems a bit anti-climatic after what I thought (and
as so many of you have commented to me) was such a positive gathering
when we had our last Town Meeting in late January. |
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Parishioners may be interested in a local First Things Reading Group discussion of Robert P. George's "Law and Moral Purpose" on Monday, 21 April at 7:30 PM at the Metanexus Institute in Bryn Mawr. Parking and seating is limited, so those wishing to come are requested to RSVP by 16 April to Kathy Siciliano at
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“When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight” (Luke 24:30-31). |
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The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Good Shepherd Sunday, Easter IV, April 13th. The meeting will follow the single 9 AM Mass, which replaces both the 8 AM and 10 AM Masses this day. Vestry elections will take place; biographies of the nominees can be read outside of the Church Office.
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Given the growing importance of India and China not only in the world, but in the Church, an upcoming seminar on the topic by parishioner Professor Arthur Waldron may be of interest. More details can be found here.
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 “But the angel said to the women. ‘Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has risen, as he said.’”(Matthew 28:5-6).
Alleluia. Christ Is Risen. The Lord is Risen indeed. Alleluia.
Today we celebrate the Queen of Feasts, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. But what difference does it make that He was resurrected from the dead? It means absolutely everything that He did.
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