Fifth Sunday of Easter
Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. It sounds peaceful, thinking about the grapes growing in the sun. But sometimes, there is blight within the branches. That is where God comes in as the “vinedresser”. A good vinedresser knows where to place the cuts so that the good fruit can continue to grow while the blight is removed. There are things in all our lives that need to be looked at closely by God to see if we are bearing all the fruit we can. Or to put it differently, we need God to see if we are doing all we can to build the kin(dom) of God. There is not one easy fix, being a person of peace and compassion is hard. But it is necessary.
Join us at our Saturday mass, at 4:30 p.m., in the Chapel located in the Education Building or on Zoom. The passcode to enter is: liturgy. Please mute yourselves upon entering. This week’s worship aid is found here:
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Abundant blessings,
Rev. Kate Lehman, OSB
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Unknown artist. Athens, 16th Century
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St. Teresa of Ávila is united with many other authentic Catholic faith communities as a member of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion (ECC). The ECC is a "community of communities" that share a common theology and liturgical tradition with the Roman Catholic Church, but do not participate in its canon law.
The "ECC Difference" can be seen in the inclusion of all baptized Christians at the Eucharistic table, respect for and recognition that the Spirit is at work in those of other religions, ordination of women and married individuals, offering of the sacrament of marriage to committed LGBT couples and those remarrying after divorce, invitation to follow conscience regarding birth control, and active/equal involvement of the laity in the governance of the Communion.