To Love and to Cherish … Until We Are Parted by Death

“What if in every relationship in our lives, we recognized that we are bound together by sacred vows. That we would not embrace each other more if we are doing better, or richer or healthier and we would not discard each other when things got worse, or we lost everything, or became sick. What if every person we encountered, every relationship we had, we looked at the other and said “I will love and cherish you, until we are parted by death.” It sounds both wonderful and impossible. It sounds life-giving and, frankly, more than a little exhausting … until I remember that what this would mean is not only me having to care for every person this way … but every single person caring for me this way, too.” Sermon by Mike Kinman from virtual worship at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Deuteronomy 5:11–22, Psalm 78:1–7, Romans 13:8–10 and Matthew 22:22–33. Watch the sermon on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Ex6ywfS3ZxE. Read the text of the sermon here: https://allsaints-pas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MK210418-Easter-3-1115AM.docx. Watch the 11:15 service on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ZImcPfijqPE. Follow along with the service leaflet here: https://allsaints-pas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210418StreamingLit1115am-2.pdf. Join us every Sunday of the Covid-19 era for services on Zoom at 11:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. (and Rector's Forums at 10:00 a.m. when applicable). Know that you are loved! Follow All Saints Church on Twitter @ASCpas. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsPasadena/. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.