massey hamilton shepherd has given many gifts to the church in his long career. i am obviously indebted to him for his sunday: the day of light. but i want to point out particularly one line of the holy cross day collect he wrote for the 1979 american book of common prayer:
"we, who glory in mystery of our redemption, may have the grace to take up our cross and follow him . . . ."
ah. and that's what i don't find the american church encouraging: to glory in the mystery. because the opposite is also true: we who glory not in the mystery of our redemption may not have the grace to take up our cross and follow him.
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