28. Let Me Serve You, Sunday Morning Podcast for October 4, 2020

This week we continue on into the season of creation, learning from St. Francis of Assissi, a saint in the Catholic tradition. And by an odd coincidence, we are also touching on Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, and the many layers of fascinating story around the song written in her name. Jesus brings us also the parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard as we consider the way of the human mind when it allows itself to be separated from God, the divine mind.

Sabbath, you will remember, is an atmosphere which we enter voluntarily that we may rest from the weary press of the world, let go of the will to shift and change the world, and concentrate instead, on the shifting and changing of our internal landscape – we concern ourselves on the Sabbath, with our soul. And as we consider our own soul, so we aid and uplift the collective soul of the world.

So, in the Sabbath tradition, I ask you to leave behind for the moment the troubles of the world – and I do know they are many. The sheer velocity and force of the world can tire us. So, here we have a quiet place to rest ourselves, and be refreshed. I do so hope and pray, that our time together offers you some healing from the week’s bruising. Make me tender again, has been the prayer of many. It is my prayer this week, and my prayer for you, that yes, even in the midst of the roughness of this world, our request to God, is be make us tender hearted, sweet to ourselves and the world, ever ready to reach out with compassion to whoever calls to us.