Dear Friends,

On this weekend, The Church celebrates the Last Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Solemnity of Christ the King. We are prompted to reflect on POWER. Jesus constantly tells us he comes not to lord it over others, but rather to serve others. That surely is a counter-cultural message to our world today. We offer you two quick thoughts: 1) the reading by Marianne Williamson below which we will use for our first reading at Eucharist today and 2) the talk we are going to today at 2pm on the Power of Forgiveness by Immaculee Ilibagiza, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide (detailed below).

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (by Marianne Williamson)

We invite you to come and pray with us at Spirit of Life and share in the experience of who each of us are which graces our time together. We are a Catholic community where every voice is heard, and women and men are unafraid to acknowledge the equality of women and men; and to embrace feminine as well as masculine... and beyond... images of God. As a community, we try wholeheartedly to "be Christ" to one another, to tend to the needs of one another, and to those in need in our world. Together, we celebrate our belief that we are being transformed by God’s grace as we gather together in prayer. We warmly invite you to come and gather with us at our Table, and join in our experience of the "kin-dom" of God. We are an inclusive, open, affirming and interactive community, deeply committed to being a people of "justice and joy."

May your heart be an open space for others to find a home,

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