Sand dollars are gifts from the sea. Unexpected graces. And that is what Sophia in Trinity, in gratitude, gave to Trinity Episcopal Church this last Sunday, May 24 at their 11am Mass. It is through Trinity's creative generosity that we worship twice a month in Mary's Chapel--Mary's womb. The day before, Saturday May 23, during our Eucharistic Celebration, Sophia in Trinity members created cards of blue with sand dollars attached and wrote of our gratitude to Trinity. They are in so many ways our "Unexpected Grace." An Episcopal community that invited a new Catholic community to be born in its midst. Thank you indeed! After the Mass at Trinity, members of their community, placed some of the sand dollars on their side altar--their healing altar.
On Saturday May 23, Lucy and Greg Garcia created our beautiful space for Eucharist. Felipe brought flowers. Evelie offered music with the theme of gratitude woven throughout our Eucharist: "Breathe Through Me, Blessed Spirit," "The Ocean Refuses No River" "Song of the Flower" [K.Gibran, adapted & arrg. by Evelie] and "This is my Thanksgiving Day." And Felipe brought a pan of his famous cheese puffs for our community hour following the Eucharist.
As you can see, the morning celebration was full of "unexpected grace!" Sophia is truly among us, guiding us, inspiring us.
June 13, 10:30am, will be our next gathering. It will be a special worship service, coordinated by Janice Del Fiacco, since Victoria must be back east to preside at a wedding.
We also want to thank Kathleen Kunster for being our guest presider on May 9 at Sophia in Trinity. It's was a wonderful opportunity for Sophia in Trinity to experience the many different gifts of the organization: Roman Catholic Womenpriests [www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org] of which Victoria is also a member.
