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Soup and Spirit Luncheon
2014
The Beatitudes from Matthew
March 5 North Kingstown United Methodist Church
450 Boston Neck Road
Rev. Lori Eldredge “ Blessed are those who hunger …” v 6
March 12 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
55 Main Street
Canon Virginia Heistand “Blessed are the poor in spirit...” v 3
March 19 St. Francis de Sales RCC
381 School Street
Father David Procaccini “ Blessed are the meek … “ v 5
March 26 First Baptist of North Kingstown
1135 Tower Hill Road
Rev. Betty-Rae Hopkins “Blessed are the peacemakers …” v 9
April 2 First Baptist Church in Wickford
34-44 Main Street
Rev. Virginia Alvarez “ Blessed are the merciful …” v 7
April 9 St. Bernard’s RCC at First Baptist in Wickford
Father John Unsworth “Blessed are the sorrowful…” v 4
April 16 St. John’s Episcopal of Saunderstown
at North Kingstown United Methodist Church
Rev. Richard Garland “Blessed are the …”
2014
The Beatitudes from Matthew
March 5 North Kingstown United Methodist Church
450 Boston Neck Road
Rev. Lori Eldredge “ Blessed are those who hunger …” v 6
March 12 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
55 Main Street
Canon Virginia Heistand “Blessed are the poor in spirit...” v 3
March 19 St. Francis de Sales RCC
381 School Street
Father David Procaccini “ Blessed are the meek … “ v 5
March 26 First Baptist of North Kingstown
1135 Tower Hill Road
Rev. Betty-Rae Hopkins “Blessed are the peacemakers …” v 9
April 2 First Baptist Church in Wickford
34-44 Main Street
Rev. Virginia Alvarez “ Blessed are the merciful …” v 7
April 9 St. Bernard’s RCC at First Baptist in Wickford
Father John Unsworth “Blessed are the sorrowful…” v 4
April 16 St. John’s Episcopal of Saunderstown
at North Kingstown United Methodist Church
Rev. Richard Garland “Blessed are the …”
From Inside the Collar
The Baptism of Jesus
When Jesus is baptized a voice from heaven proclaims, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased." It reminds us of the servant passages in Isaiah. In that passage the servant is described as the one who is of such power that he brings justice to all the nations. We usually relate that kind of power to governmental or military might or at least shouting. But Isaiah goes on to describe him in the same sentence as one who won't break a bruised reed or quench a dimly burning wick! The juxtaposition of extreme power and extreme gentleness is totally unexpected. It is as Isaiah says "a new thing". How sad that it still strikes us new. Isaiah was writing over 2500 years ago and we still don't get it. God, who is all powerful, exercises his power in tenderest respect for thw ounded. (And, we are all wounded.) That is the baptism with which we are baptized; not to handle things as the world would, not to give of ourselves to the betterment of the world, but to give only what we have been given: the very incomprehensible majesty of the tender Love of God.
When Jesus is baptized a voice from heaven proclaims, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased." It reminds us of the servant passages in Isaiah. In that passage the servant is described as the one who is of such power that he brings justice to all the nations. We usually relate that kind of power to governmental or military might or at least shouting. But Isaiah goes on to describe him in the same sentence as one who won't break a bruised reed or quench a dimly burning wick! The juxtaposition of extreme power and extreme gentleness is totally unexpected. It is as Isaiah says "a new thing". How sad that it still strikes us new. Isaiah was writing over 2500 years ago and we still don't get it. God, who is all powerful, exercises his power in tenderest respect for thw ounded. (And, we are all wounded.) That is the baptism with which we are baptized; not to handle things as the world would, not to give of ourselves to the betterment of the world, but to give only what we have been given: the very incomprehensible majesty of the tender Love of God.
