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Friends,
The lessons for this Sunday include from the Book of Ruth and her second marriage to Boaz, with a son, Obed, who in turn was King David's grandfather, putting Ruth directly in the lineage of Jesus. The lesson from Hebrews reminds us that priests of the time seemed to think they were needed to enter the "Holy Place" and offer animal sacrifice on behalf of the people stating that "(Jesus) will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him." The gospel lesson is the story of Jesus noting the widow making her donation to the Temple: "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on." We all would profit to consider the value of the widow's mite, not just in its magnanimity (true generosity) but also in its indication that she is pulling together with the spiritual community at the temple. and without that spirit, the temple community would suffer grievously. This is one reason that the act of "passing the plate" truly belongs in our churches and the ushers at large parishes, who might do the accounting, knowing that a few large donors fill out the budget's income line need to remember to include the poor in making donations as well. Nay we all realise that making our own gifts at our temples comes from our own spiritual generosity, however little they "make the budget". Our love to all to all, Bart (and Tony!) and for all of us at St Matthew Parish in San Ardo! Events Because of truly excessive work at the Ranch including a leak we are working to repair in our spring-fed water system (nire complicated than we'd realised), we can only mention our Morning Prayer at St Matthew will be tomorrow at 10am and that our fellow Southern Monterey County mission parish St Luke will be doing likewise, also at 10am at the chapel in Jolon in Rachael Denny's own words: "Dear friends, This coming Sunday, November 10th, at 10:00 A.M., Roy Morris will lead a service of Morning Prayer at Saint Luke's in Lockwood. There will be coffee and conversation in the parish hall afterwards, and everyone is welcome to attend. On Saturday, November 16th, at 3:00 P.M., Canon Robert Siefert will be laid to rest in the Saint Luke's Cemetary. Love and blessings, Rachael" Other Events Only time for A FEW other announcementS. We hear from Good Samaritan Parish in San Jose that they were victimised in a hate crime recently. We join with spiritually attuned folks everywhere in working to enlighten folks to the dangers of the thinking behind such crimes. We also hear that Good Sam Parish services are now available online! In their words: We are also streaming LIVE our Sunday service on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GoodSamaritanSJ, the services are on our YouTube Channel, www.youtube.com/channel/UCqtyLxEzsUYxKQfdu9uaDuQ. Please subscribe! Check out our website! https://www.goodsamaritanchurch.com And note that our friend Rev Canon Martha Korienek tells us of the following events: "Rev. Lee Barford is a deacon in our diocese who moved to London a couple of years ago. He has requested: "Could you please forward this announcement of an educational event I'm organizing on Christian creation care and use and misuse of technology" It is titled God and the Machine: God, tech, and the care of creation. It is a two-parter November 23 and December 7. " For more info and to participate contact [email protected]
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