Timothy M. Brewer, Pastor
Worship Style - Traditional Roman Catholic
This was the morning of our annual St. Patrick's Day party, so we decided to stay local and attend the 8:00 A.M. Mass. We were running a bit late. As we entered the church, the worship team was about to enter the sanctuary. We were greeted by smiles from all and told we had made it just in time. The light of Jesus was shining through them as we were made to feel comfortable and welcomed.
Father Brewer's homily was centered around the idea of "falling in love with service." He shared the inspiring story of Malcolm Muggeridge, the author of, Something Beautiful for God, the classic work that introduced Mother Teresa to the Western world. Something Beautiful for God tells the story of Mother Teresa through conversations with Muggeridge. Muggeridge was "the quintessential worldly skeptic who experienced a remarkable conversion to Christianity because of her exemplary influence. He hails her as a 'light which could never be extinguished'."
Father Brewer told the story of the miracle Muggeridge experienced while filming a 1969 BBC documentary of the same name, which he included in his book:
“[The Missionaries of Charity's Calcutta] Home for the Dying is dimly lit by small windows high up in the walls, and Ken [Macmillan, the photographer] was adamant that filming was quite impossible in there. We had only one small light with us, and to get the place adequately lighted in the time at our disposal was quite impossible. It was decided that, nonetheless, Ken should have a go, but by way of insurance, he took, as well, some film in an outside courtyard where some of the inmates were sitting in the sun.
In the processed film, the part taken inside was bathed in a particularly beautiful soft light, whereas the part taken outside was rather dim and confused…. I myself am absolutely convinced that the technically unaccountable light is, in fact, the Kindly Light [Cardinal] Newman refers to in his well-known exquisite hymn. …[The love in the home is] luminous, like the halos artists have seen and made visible around the heads of saints. I find it not at all surprising that the luminosity should register on a photographic film. …I am personally persuaded that Ken recorded the first authentic photographic miracle.”
We were challenged by Father Brewer not to sit back and curse the darkness, but be God's light shining in the darkness of this world. He called us to love the people we meet. Sounds like Jesus to us.
Worship Style - Traditional Roman Catholic
This was the morning of our annual St. Patrick's Day party, so we decided to stay local and attend the 8:00 A.M. Mass. We were running a bit late. As we entered the church, the worship team was about to enter the sanctuary. We were greeted by smiles from all and told we had made it just in time. The light of Jesus was shining through them as we were made to feel comfortable and welcomed.
Father Brewer's homily was centered around the idea of "falling in love with service." He shared the inspiring story of Malcolm Muggeridge, the author of, Something Beautiful for God, the classic work that introduced Mother Teresa to the Western world. Something Beautiful for God tells the story of Mother Teresa through conversations with Muggeridge. Muggeridge was "the quintessential worldly skeptic who experienced a remarkable conversion to Christianity because of her exemplary influence. He hails her as a 'light which could never be extinguished'."
Father Brewer told the story of the miracle Muggeridge experienced while filming a 1969 BBC documentary of the same name, which he included in his book:
“[The Missionaries of Charity's Calcutta] Home for the Dying is dimly lit by small windows high up in the walls, and Ken [Macmillan, the photographer] was adamant that filming was quite impossible in there. We had only one small light with us, and to get the place adequately lighted in the time at our disposal was quite impossible. It was decided that, nonetheless, Ken should have a go, but by way of insurance, he took, as well, some film in an outside courtyard where some of the inmates were sitting in the sun.
In the processed film, the part taken inside was bathed in a particularly beautiful soft light, whereas the part taken outside was rather dim and confused…. I myself am absolutely convinced that the technically unaccountable light is, in fact, the Kindly Light [Cardinal] Newman refers to in his well-known exquisite hymn. …[The love in the home is] luminous, like the halos artists have seen and made visible around the heads of saints. I find it not at all surprising that the luminosity should register on a photographic film. …I am personally persuaded that Ken recorded the first authentic photographic miracle.”
We were challenged by Father Brewer not to sit back and curse the darkness, but be God's light shining in the darkness of this world. He called us to love the people we meet. Sounds like Jesus to us.