Absorbing Pain; Reflecting Joy
Nicholas J. Connolly
Pastor of First and Grace United Methodist Churches
Kearny, New Jersey
The Fourth Sunday in Epiphany
January 24, 2010
The names of the Sundays are taken from The Bible Through the Seasons. 
Bulletin Cover from Anchor Wallace. Used with permission.
From a child lost in her world playing in the surf, to a child who lost her world in Haiti, the Body of Christ rises from the ashes of pain. The arms of the crucified embrace nothing less than the whole world. We are those arms and tears and smiles of joy, for we are the Body of Christ.
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