Friday E-News | October 28, 2022

by Simon Mainwaring on October 28, 2022

Dear saints,

About seven years ago I began to read the first Harry Potter books to our children out loud at bedtime. Together we made our way through seven books, which is apparently over a million words read out loud. Unlike the usual glazed expression I might get when opening my mouth around my kids, J. K Rowling's world of magic, friendship and the struggle of good over evil drew us into a different kind of space for seeing the world. Good stories do that for us, and within them we get to lose ourselves for a while. The same can be said for good liturgy or for prayer. They become vessels generous enough for us to be held and as such we begin to become knowable at a deeper level. This Sunday evening's Harry Potter eucharistic feast at All Saints' is another such invitation for us to lay down our worries in the world for a while so as to deepen our compassion for it. Come and join friends young and old and wonder for the things of God made manifest in the gift of storytelling.

Peace,

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