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Receptivity and commitment to the person and culture of the Holy Spirit, particularly in covenant love

FLOCKNOTE SATURDAY

February 20th, 2021

www.cityofthelord.org

Many thanks to all those that made our 2021 City of the Lord Convocation such a success!

Special thanks to John Hoyt for all his technical work on Zoom and getting California and Arizona connected virtually, and Fr Dave Pivonka for blessing us with his presence and message.

Even though the format was new and different, I have received many comments that it still had the blessings of a traditional format. The Holy Spirit was present in His people gathered in His name. It was important for us to be together as one Community in several locations, even if only virtually!

Videos of the Mass, Fr. Dave's talk, and the Covenant Ceremony/prayer meeting are on our website cityofthelord.org under the "Member Access" Tab- Jeff

UPCOMING GENERAL COMMUNITY GATHERINGS

February 28TH, GCG 3-5 PM

March: 14th, Community Picnic

March 28th, GCG 3-5 PM (Palm Sunday)

All Gatherings will be live-streamed.

NEW!

You can now view the livestream GCG broadcast in a new way! On our website, cityofthelord.org under the "Member Access" tab there is a static window for the GCG Live stream broadcast. No Password or link required any longer once inside the member access area. To view the live stream of the GCG just go there and the event will be broadcast real-time!

https://www.cityofthelord.org/memberaccess.php

If you need the "Member Access" password, contact Lori at the office or reply to this flocknote.

The new Winter 2021 Edition of the North American Network of Catholic Covenant Communities newsletter, "New Wine, New Wineskins" is here!

Please pray for the NANCCC conference in Augusta Georgia next Thursday-Sunday Feb 25-28, 2021

2021 Winter NANCCC NL.pdf

(The following is from Mary Ann Gibbs)

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for your prayers! My surgery went well. Now I followup with radiation treatment.

(The following is from Sharon Hoffman)

Thank you for all the prayers for my brother, Bill Doherty! The bladder surgery went well. They removed tissue/tumor about the area of the size of palm of hand. Won’t get results for about 1 week so we won’t know what kind of treatment he will need or if they need to go back in to get more. He went home the same day. We will keep you posted on everything when we learn more.

Blessings,
Sharon Hoffman

Feb Birthdays.pdf

Feb. Anniversary.pdf

Prayers needed for our good friend Mike Shaughnessy from Sword of the Spirit, who has been such a great help and brother to the City of the Lord. See an update on his health issues below:

Mike Shaughnessy is a Servants of the Word lifelong committed brother who lives in Lansing. He works full time for the Sword of the Spirit as the Kairos International Director and as a Regional Missionary Coordinator. Learn more about who Mike is by reading this article.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

About a week ago, Mike left the ICU for a long-term acute care (LTAC) section within Sparrow. The aim is to move from there to long-term residential rehab, where intensive physical and occupational therapy would take place (3+ hours/day).

In order for that to be possible, three things need to occur:

Mike needs to get off the ventilator, allowing for oral nutrition and speech. Currently, they are weaning him off the vent, having it do progressively less of the work pumping his lungs. Progress there is dependent on the second factor.
He needs to gain strength as his body recovers. We're seeing that. A week ago, to sit on the side of his bed, he needed to be supported from front and back. This past Tues he sat unsupported for about 15 minutes. His arm strength is far, far better than a week ago when he could barely lift his arms from the bed. Now he can raise them above his head, even against some resistance. He couldn't move his legs a week ago; now he can swing them while sitting upright.
His ankle needs to heal, so he can start bearing weight and begin walking.

Average stay on this unit (LTAC) is 25 days. They don't give prognoses, but I think Mike will exceed that. (It's been about 10 days now.)

What to pray for:

Guillain Barre Syndrome is psychologically and emotionally hard on people. Mike has been tough, but will need continued strength and perseverance and peace in this.
More strength and more muscle control. Strength I've mentioned. Muscle control is also important. For example, if Mike can begin to use a pen or keypad, which he cannot now, communication will be far easier, which will help ease agitation and frustration, which will help with recovery of strength. All this stuff has mutual impacts.
Getting off the vent.

We'll keep giving updates on key things, but not too frequently.

Thank you for your prayers and concern, and please keep praying.

Dave Quintana
on behalf of the Servants of the Word

THE STATIONS of the CROSS

with Bishop Barron

Bishop Barron has recorded and released his reflections on the Stations of the Cross, an ancient Christian devotion that draws us into the spiritual space of Jesus’ suffering and death.

These beautiful and powerful video reflections are the perfect resource for this penitential season of Lent.

At the following link, you can join the Facebook group, download the mp3 audio, pdf, and Spanish version with subtitles.

https://stations.wordonfire.org/stations-of-the-cross

Watch the free video reflections here: