“In the readings in this liturgical year at our Sunday Eucharists, we have been hearing, over and over again, a call to stand with the poor, the hungry, the refugee, the marginalized: in the Magnificat, Jesus reading from Isaiah and most recently in the Lukan Beatitudes.

As Christians, as followers of Jesus Christ, we are called toward a ministry of being light in this world. We are transformed by the gracious generosity of God, and we are invited to show gracious generosity to others, all others. I encourage you to seek out ways to live into this.”

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