“When I first arrived here in the Church of Saint Clement, I could feel your love and welcome embrace. The way you surrounded me with your love made me feel as if I had come home.”Those were the words of Cho Too, the seminarian from Myanmar (Burma) who preached at the 10:00 a.m. Eucharist this past Sunday. With her parents listening from one of the front pews, Cho Too broke open the words of the gospel by reflecting on her own experience of God’s love as expressed in and through the members of our church community.
After two years with us, Cho Too returns to Myanmar this month to begin teaching seminarians who are preparing to become Episcopal priests. As a farewell gift to our community, Cho Too presented Father John a framed image of the cross and lights at the center of our worship space – an image composed of tiny multi-colored precious stones.
The Sunday School children prepared a special song which they sang for Cho Too and the community following her homily. She will carry the light and love of our church community to a part of the world in which our Christian faith struggles under the heavy burden of official opposition. We will pray for Cho Too and the faith she helps to sow.
-- Pat Jones
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It is so wonderful to know that part of St Clement will live in Burma, and that Burma now lives with St Clement. One people united by the cross of Jesus!
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