The Magdalen Community

Order of Service

Call to Silence and Opening Meditation

Opening Greeting

    “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.  Not as the world gives do I give to you.

Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”

                                                                                     Gospel of John 14:27

   “After saying this, the Blessed One greeted them all, saying “Peace be with you-may my Peace

Arise and be fulfilled within you!”

                                                                                      Gospel of Mary, Jean Yves Leloup,page 8

Opening Dialogue

Solo              Where are you from?

Unison          We have come from the place where light is produced

                      From itself. 

Solo              Where is that Place?

Unison          It’s a mystery.

Solo              But you can say you image the light?

Unison         Yes, indeed.  We carry the light within.

Solo              And the peace?

Unison         Yes, also the peace.

Solo             How do you know of such light and such peace?

Unison          The sign is the feeling.  The sign in the

                      Movement from within.  The sign in the

                      Passion for the well-being of all.

Solo              What are your other signs?

Unison          Our recognition of injustice and hatred and

                      Oppression throughout the globe, of power

                      Struggles and violence that seem unending.

Solo              Can we turn those around?

Unison           We must seek to do so.

Solo               Are you willing to spread your light and your peace?

Unison           We are eager to spread them.  They spread

                      As love spreads.

Solo             The kingdom spreads out on the earth, just as love spreads.

Unison         But some people are not aware of it.

Solo             Yet you are aware.

Unison         Yes, indeed.  We are aware of the light and the movement

                     And the peace.  And we cannot stand back.  We will step

                     Forward.  We will overcome the violence, the domination,

                     The hatred, and spread love.

Readings and Meditation

Hymns, Music, Art, Expression

              Call to Conversation

              Closing Music

Closing Dialogue

Solo        Are you aware of the light and the peace within you?

Unison    We have the feeling and the movement, the passion

               For the well-being of all.

Solo        Light spreads, just as love spreads,  Are you willing

               To spread your feeling of light?

Unison   We must act the peace.

Solo       Let us move together in the light and the peace

Unison   Let us go forth in the power of the Spirit.

Thank you for joining us today.

Liturgy used by permission from Betty Conrad Adam,

                     The Magdalene Mystique,

           Hosted by Grace Episcopal Church,

                The Reverend Gena Davis

      4040 W. Bellfort, Houston, TX  77025