The
Rev. Katheryn King, Associate Rector, speaks of Jesus telling of the Kingdom of
heaven in the form of parables is similar to the way movies show one thing but
mean also something else to be thought about life.

O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom
nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy;
that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal,
that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen