‘The person who, being really on the Way, falls upon hard times in the world will not, as a consequence, turn to that friend who offers them refuge and encourages their old self to survive. Rather, they will seek out someone who will faithfully and inexorably help them to risk themselves, so that they may endure the difficulty and pass courageously through it. Only to the extent that a person exposes themselves over and over again to annihilation, can that which is indestructible be found within them. In this daring lies dignity and the spirit of true awakening.’
Karfield von Durkheim
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Image: ‘The friendship’ – photo by Emoo Shawky, Egypt, 2015. Used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence.
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In St Mary’s prayer cycle for June 2020, today we pray for Jeff and Piotr and give thanks for all they have done in these difficult times.
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In these unprecedented times, St Mary’s is reaching out and supporting our community in many ways, especially online. But with Services in church cancelled, we no longer receive income from collections, nor from hiring out the church and hall buildings.
If you can help us financially to continue to offer Christ's love to our community in these difficult times, as those before us have done down the centuries, please consider making a donation by debit/credit card and to Gift Aid it if possible, by clicking this link to 'givealittle':
Thank you!
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If you would like to contribute to these reflections, please do email Katherine Cox at kvcox-therapy@gmail.com
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