[Magdalen] “You have no right to keep me from God,”

[Grace Cangialosi]

My response probably would have been dumbfounded silence...   and the realization that we had some serious Christian formation work to do!

> On May 14, 2020, at 8:38 PM, Don Boyd <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
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> My fantasy response:  “You’re absolutely right about that.  No one, including me, has a right to keep you from God.  The good news is that even if somebody wanted to keep you from God they couldn’t.  Wherever you are, God is there.  
> 
> “What I do have is an obligation (something I owe to God) to keep others from harming you and to keep you from harming others if I can.  Staying within the guidelines we’ve been given is a way to do that.   
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> “Like you and everyone else in our community I look forward to a day when we can safely gather to offer God our praise and thanksgiving and to feast together at God’s table.  It will be a great day when we can share God’s peace with our bodies as well as with our spirits.   I pray, and know that you do too, for that day to come soon.
> 
> “Until that day I pray that you will enjoy the peace of God always with you, and I ask your prayers for me.”
> 
> It is not easy, but it is necessary that we remember that even this day is a day that Godself has made, and that we rejoice in it and be glad that God is with us, weeps with us when we weep, gives us strength for the demands of the day, and loves us more than we can possibly understand.
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> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On May 14, 2020, at 6:11 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> Grace quoted a parishioner: "You have no
>> right to keep me from God.”
>> 
>> Yikes...  on both sides of this statement. 
>> 
>> OTOH is is nice to hear from our far flung pubbies 
>> 
>> Hoping all are well in your far flung corners. 
>> 
>> Love and distant hugs
>> Lynn
>> 
>>>> On May 14, 2020, at 5:23 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> You have no
>> right to keep me from God.”
>