Church of The Holy Cross

The Weekly Chime: April 12, 2021 - https://mailchi.mp/35eed/the-weekly-chime-apr-12-21-7902063

We have suffered for lack of touch in this pandemic. In Child Abuse Prevention Month, we need to reduce harsh touch. May we find in Jesus the gentle touch, the soft shoulder on which to lay our spirit. Thomas demanded the moon. He and we were given the stars. #3tweetsermon

Hugs are not the same everywhere. The hug of greeting in Hawai'i is not that of CT from where I came. Touch can be gentle or harsh. Thomas demanded a horrifying and invasive touch of the risen Jesus. Was it perhaps that he wanted just to touch his lost friend? #3tweetsermon

In the pandemic we are many of us starved of touch - others suffer for unwanted touch. Jesus offers us the gentle touch and the soft shoulder of a comforting presence. #3tweetsermon in full w/ video: http://holycrosshilo.com/2021/04/11/sermon-soft-shoulder/

Grant us the small reassurances of life, O God, for in them we find capacity to trust in your greater and greatest gifts. #prayer