I want to let you all know that I love you and cherish you with all my heart. Your love and devotion and sincerity are so evident in your love of our communal worship. I am missing seeing each of you and your beaming faces after receiving communion with Our Lord Christ. And I miss the energetic love and spilling over of life in the young ones who are part of our parish.
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is not letting up. For whatever the reasons...
Dear Members and Friends of St. Gabriel and All Angels,
Due to the current pandemic of the COVID-19 virus, we have felt it prudent for your safety and that of our community to suspend public church services for a few weeks. This includes the Lectio Divina retreat, all Sunday and mid-week Eucharists, Healing & Benediction, Rosaries and Sophia Sanctissima. Our Presiding Archbishop, William Downey, has strongly recommended these measures for all LCC churches in the USA.
• Advent is a season of preparation:
◦ To prepare for the Advent of Christ.
• In the early days, they were looking for His return:
◦ Yet Christ already dwells in each of us.
◦ He is present in every person, every creature,
◦ And every atom of creation.
Dear Members and Friends of St. Gabriel and All Angels,
A small team has been working this week to establish an easy way for you to participate in Sunday’s Holy Eucharist via a Live Stream over the internet. It’s quite simple and straightforward and can be used on a computer, a tablet or a cell phone.
Of course all our church family is yearning to be together in our lovely church. Until the government church closures are lifted, we think that the Live Stream will go a long way in sustaining our devotion and connection. We are using technology, but the Holy Spirit has no bounds. This is the time for more prayer and kindness than ever before.
What meaning does Christ’s birth have for us in this time?
-- Christ’s commandments to us:
----Love the Lord your God with all your heart,
----With all your mind, with all your strength;
----Love your neighbor as yourself
Power comes from within, from the Will or the Intention.
The Will/Intention are fueled in various ways:
- by the Ego
- from Purity
- or Goodness
- and Virtue
- and what is Right
- also by Silence/Expansiveness
