Meditation of the Day: 

Rogation Day by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)

O let the seeds be planted
And the worry and unrest be invited!
Let that which is to come
of the weather and our own weakness be accepted!

Let work mate with fertility
The man and the soil join to produce a world, 
A world of blade and blossom!
We Believe! We Believe
In the wonder of continuous revival, 
The ritual of the farm.
This is our world

And this is our message to the world and to each other:
Let the seed be planted, the man
And the soil be ploughed equally
By the joy in the planting-
That the grass, the grasses that bear
The seed: oat, rye, and corn
And other yield
Speak their message of revival and thrive
By our labour tis Maytime.

 

Who shall reap the harvest?
To whom shall the praise be given?
No man-but all men together in love
And devotion. There is no other harvest
And no other praise!
O let the seeds be planted and the rain
And the sun and the moon add their wonder.

(posted on Episcopalrelief.org)

 

A one ton food donation to Interfaith Assistance Ministry (IAM) by year’s end has been adopted as a goal by Holy Family. Yes, this sounds ambitious, but let’s look at how the goal can be met. If 25 folks contribute 9.5 lbs per month over the remaining 8 months, that, along with what has already been donated, will result in a one ton food contribution.  So when you go to the grocery, pick up some extra canned goods, a sack of potatoes, some jars of spaghetti sauce, or peanut butter, and we can easily reach this goal. (Can you tell an an engineer wrote this?)
So let’s kick our Holy Family generosity up a notch and reach out to our community’s needy. We can do this!