For All the Saints

Posted on October 31, 2022 | Posted by Mary Stoneback

Honor your father and mother.
The commandment was not written with children in mind,
Children who must be molded and pressed into responsible adults,
Children who cannot determine their own fate, yet.

Honor your father and mother.
The commandment was written, like all others, for adults,
Adults who think themselves sovereign and responsible,
Adults who presume to determine their own fate.

Honor your father and mother.
The commandment forces humility upon adults,
Calls us back to the dependence of childhood,
Reminds us that our past fashions us still and always will.

Honor your father and mother.
So we light candles for our ancestors.
We give thanks for these no-longer-forgotten saints,
Whose light and shadows form our own.

On Sunday, November 6th, you’re invited to light a candle for a saint in your life.  We will also name and give thanks for those who were baptized at Ascension in the last year and those who have been committed to God’s care by the congregation in the last year.

Those committed to God’s care by Ascension this last year:
Maria Dollar, Dolores McClaren, Bonifacio Phillip Duran, Bill Johnson, Dee Yocum, Leslie Frey, Don Matke, and Dennis Bagenstos