![]() But when God said all we have to do is “come” and He would take care of it, I took note every single week. The weight of the world pressed down hard. I was an anxious child and painfully shy. But every Sunday these words, and this verse in particular, permeated my daydreams: “Come…and I will refresh you.” ![]() As a child, I thought the Eucharistic Prayer was long and boring and I just wanted the cookies that followed the service. ![]() One of them was “Come unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you” (vs. Every Sunday, between the Eucharistic Prayer and the Peace, the priest would intone, “Hear the word of God to all who truly turn to him,” and recite a number of verses listed in the Book of Common Prayer. Matthew 11:25-30 | 14 th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Gospel-Flavored LemonadeĪs I read these words in Matthew, I was transported back to the Episcopal Church in Georgia, where I grew up.
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