Below you can find a message from the Very Rev. Pamela. These are sent out most Fridays in our newsletter. Published April 3, 2026.
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Message from the Very Rev. Pamela from April 3, 2026:
Dear Ones,
Good Friday is the one day of the entire year when we are not allowed to celebrate the Eucharist. This alone should help us feel in our bodies how solemn today is. It is not a punishment, not a withholding in order to teach us a lesson, but an acknowledgment that today is truly not like any other day. Having to fast even from our most reliable form of spiritual nourishment uniquely prepares us for the festival of Easter that is just around the corner…but not quite here yet!
I love the words of poet and artist Jan Richardson about the turn from Maundy Thursday to Good Friday that I saw on Facebook this morning. She writes,
“All too quickly the breaking of the bread becomes the breaking of the flesh.
All too soon the cup offered at the table becomes the life poured out at the cross.
After the rending, after the emptying: an impossible stillness, an aching silence, an incomprehensible hollow for which no word will ever be adequate.
On this day that asks us to bear witness to what is breaking, may we not turn away.”
It is an honor and a privilege to bear witness with you, in this beloved community. I hope to see you at our services during these holiest of holy days, and once again to break bread together as we celebrate the Resurrection. Soon and very soon.
Blessings,
Pamela+
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