Wednesday After Lent 4 (Eucharist 9:30 am/Stations; Benediction; Meditation 7 pm) Start by reading Psalm 51 reflectively. After a period of silence, read over the quote for the day. Consider within yourself what it might mean…
One day Abba Anthony received a letter from the Emperor Constantius asking him to come to Constantinople and he wondered whether he ought to go. So, he said to Abba Paul, his disciple, “Ought I to go?” He replied, “If you go, you will be called Anthony, but if you stay here, you will be called Abba Anthony (The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Alpha.31).”
Tonight we discuss planning our funerals. Come figure out the readings and hymns for your funeral service.
The funeral discussion should not have scared people away. We all have one thing in common, and that is that life as we live it now will end. We learned and shared information, leaving much more aware of how to help those we leave behind - by planning ahead. Thanks Fr. Matt for spending the evening of your birthday with us!
ReplyDeleteIt was a good discussion. Keeping our mortality firmly fixed in front of us reminds us that we have a relatively short time not only to share in this world--but to be agents of change for the better.
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