Fr Robert Hendrickson

Dear Friends in Christ,

We’re marking All Saints Sunday today. It is also our pledge ingathering Sunday. I’ve always thought it appropriate that these two are marked together.

Giving doesn’t make you a Saint.

But Saints are never those who don’t give.

Our whole common life is built upon the lives and witness of the Saints. Every word of scripture comes to us from them. Acts of mercy, forgiveness, and love are their legacy. Great buildings and small missions and whole nations have been built by them.

Hymns we sing. Prayers we pray. Liturgies we celebrate. Artwork we revere. Anthems and requiems and motets that stir and inspire us.

The columbarium garden. The fishpond garden. The Altar. The artwork. The bell, the tower, the labyrinth, and the quiet garden. The organ, the baptismal font, and the candlesticks.

Everything we enjoy together. Every morsel of Bread we take on Sundays. Every sip of Wine. Everything we do, are, and aspire to be as the Church is given to us because Saints gave. Saints sacrificed and followed the call of Christ to love.

Saints give.

Giving doesn’t make you a Saint.

But Saints have never been those who don’t give.

Yours in Christ,

Fr Robert