* This Sunday, December 8, we invite you to join us at 4pm as we celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe and lighting of the Advent wreath.

Dear Holy Ones of The Spirit of Life,

Darkness is an Advent theme we are drawn to these days. In these Advent days, pondering the darkness has a lot to teach us.  Some of you may receive Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations on-line. This week he has been meditating on darkness and light—yin and yang—with Joan Chittister and Diana Hayes. We share with you some highlights of their contemplation:

Dear Spirit of Lifers, 

Due to the snow, we have decided to cancel our Eucharistic Liturgy today Sunday December 1 in Weston. We want everyone to be safe and not be in danger on the roads.

However, we would like to celebrate the First Sunday of Advent with you in a Liturgy of the Word by telephone conference call! The directions for that are below—we invite you to join us if you are able at 4PM. All are welcome!  (The songs are below.)

Warm Reminders:

v With the change of the clock, Our Spirit of Life Eucharist time has moved to 4pm on Sundays through the winter months until the clocks change again in March.

v This Sunday we have our Spiritual Discussion Group after Eucharist. We will be viewing a video of Sr. Joan Chittister’s presentation in DC. Monday evening we have our Annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service. Details for both are below.

Dear Holy Ones of The Spirit of Life,

Do you ever feel like you are wilting? Last Sunday, Jesus spoke to the disciples about the Temple being destroyed. 

Warm Reminders:

* With the change of the clock, Our Spirit of Life Eucharist time has moved to 4pm on Sundays through the winter months until the clocks change again in March.

This Sunday we invite you to join us for our First Sunday of Advent Eucharist with meditative music and lighting of the Advent wreath.

Dear Holy Ones of The Spirit of Life,

Do you have an economy of scarcity or an economy of abundance?

In my (Ron) own prayer life I am feeling more and more moved to pray, “Loving God, may every breath I breathe be a thank you for all the blessings that you shower on me.” 

Warm Reminders:

* With the change of the clock, Our Spirit of Life Eucharist time has moved to 4pm on Sundays through the winter months until the clocks change again in March.

* In this month of November, when we our especially mindful of our loved ones who have died, we invite you to inscribe the names of your loved ones in our Book of Remembrance which we will place on the altar at the offertory.

Dear Holy Ones of The Spirit of Life, 

As you may remember, the readings at the end of the liturgical year/beginning of advent are usually about the end of the world . What is the end of your world? For some people the end of the world was Trump being elected. For others, the end of the world was Obama being elected. On a more deeply personal note, for others the end of the world was the death of a beloved partner. For others,