Michaelmas, October 26, 2018
The Toronto Weekly
Dear members and friends,
This Sunday, religious education continues! We will also continue our Confirmation preparation.
Pieter Doef is a dear man and long-time member of our Ottawa congregation. He is a versatile artist, both a sculptor and painter, who has worked in many different styles over the years. Pieter has generously offered us a series of his paintings on masonite board, which we may sell for the benefit of the church. They will be on display on the stage, starting this weekend. You are invited to take a look and see what might inspire the art collector in you!
Rev. Evans will visit Montreal and Ottawa on Nov. 9-11th.
Mark your calendars with the events below!
Friday, Nov 23 at 7:30pm our Trinh will give a talk at the church entitled "The Divine Masculine and Feminine: their primal split and their ongoing union and redemption of evil"
For more information see below.
On Wednesday Nov 28 at 7pm, Rev. Evans will deliver a special talk at Toronto Waldorf School entitled 'Why Reverence?' We will explore the nature of reverence as a capacity of the heart and why it is so fundamental in Waldorf education and the development of the child.
Saturday, Dec 1 from 10:30am-4pm our annual Advent Fair! Come for puppet plays, music, raffle and more!
Saturday, Dec. 8 from 9-4pm Sacramentalism and Alchemy with Rev. Evans. For more information, see the newsletter.
Click here for the latest newsletter and calendar for fall/winter!
blessings on your week,
Jonah
The Weekly Word
To Burn Brightly
In our gospel this week (Rev 12), we see the woman clothed with the Sun. The woman clothed with the sun is a picture of our true humanity. This is an image of what all human souls are called to become. With the warmth and light of Christ permeating our soul, we are all meant to shine.
And yet, we all know the dragons in us and around us who would devour and steal our shine away. The dragon of our irritation with someone, irritation because they are not behaving as we would like. This dragon, if we let it, devours our shine. Or the dragon of impatience with our circumstances in life, not being willing to endure until the time is right. The dragon of impatience, if we let it, devourers our shine. Or the dragon of a loveless heart, not being able to love what is; this dragon, if we let it, steals our shine.
Dear friends, let us always remember that if we want to shine, we must also be willing to burn. For the woman who is clothed with the sun is also at the same time enduring the burning pain of labor. And even though she is glowing with light, at the same time she is in the burning presence of the dragon.
May we too learn to shine even when we are in pain, may we too learn to shine even in the face of the dragon. May the light in us burn brightly, for the darkness must not overcome.
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