May 3, 2021

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.” (Isaiah 9:2)

Here’s some Monday morning happiness from Frederick Buechner’s Telling the Truth. 

“And finally the Gospel as comedy – the coming together of God in his unending greatness and glory and man in his unending littleness, prepared for the worst but rarely for the best, prepared for the possible but rarely for the impossible. The good news breaks into a world where the news has been bad for so long that nobody hears it except for a few. And who are the few who hear it? …. The ones who are willing to believe in miracles because they know that it will take a miracle to fill the empty place inside where grace and peace belong with grace and peace.”

Hope you have a week filled with impossible Gospel comedy!

“Almighty God whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Fifth Sunday of Easter – BCP p. 225)