Self-Giving
Apr 13, 2025 • Rev. David Petty, Rev. Sylvia Edwards
Leader: Mystic St. Francis of Assisi said this: “O Divine Master, grant that I may not seek to be consoled, as to console. To be understood, as to understand. To be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”
As we approach the end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week, we give thanks for a rich season of awe-filled practices. We have explored what it is to be “purveyors of awe”–those who advocate for more Beauty, Wonder, Meaning, Curiosity, Delight, and Connection. Today we discover that all of these elements lead not just to more “happiness,” but actually to self-less desire to contribute to making the world a better place.