Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81507551772 Meeting ID: 815 0755 1772 To connect by phone dial: +1 646 558 8656 Be grateful for the things and people you have in your life. Things you take for granted someone else is praying for.   (Marlan Rico Lee) Opening Prayer: Let us breathe deeply for the Holy One is as close to us as our next breath.   We often feel lonely, but we are never alone. We often feel separated, but we are always connected. We are connected by the spirit of the Holy One. Amen Opening Song: Breathe In by Peter Mayer https://youtu.be/JJ0horvBHWc?si=xgPcQqIe ..read more

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512159155 phone-in for (audio only) Phone Number: (646) 558-8656Meeting ID: 825 1215 9155  Fifth Sunday of Easter Welcome  Mary Theresa: Welcome to the Upper Room’s Liturgy for the Fifth Sunday of Easter.  Did you know that Easter is an entire season of fifty days ending with Pentecost? The themes of the Easter season focus on new life, love, connection, and community. Today we will hear readings and songs on these themes. After liturgy on Sunday, Mary Giordano will talk about Family Promise, love at work in our community. See ..read more

(Brian Merrill, Pixabay) Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512159155 phone-in for (audio only) Phone Number: (646) 558-8656Meeting ID: 825 1215 9155   LITURGY OF THE WORD Welcome to our Saturday evening liturgy as we celebrate the Good Shepherd.  The one who knows and loves every member of the flock, no matter where each one is, what each one believes, or what situations each one gets into.  Make no mistake, the flock is everyone.  And everything.  Opening Prayer Holy One, we come with open hearts this evening, seeking to kno ..read more

MYSTIC MOMENT:  ST. MOTHER TERESA OF KOLKATA  August 26. 1910 – September 5, 1997 Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81507551772 Meeting ID: 815 0755 1772 To connect by phone dial: +1 646 558 8656 OPENING PRAYER Holy One, we give thanks for the life of St. Mother Teresa of Kolkata, a saint for our times. She listened to the call from our beloved Jesus to follow a life of loving and serving the poorest of the poor and disenfranchised. Show us how in our daily life we too can live the unity she demonstrated between love of God and love of neighbor. Source of Love, St. Mother ..read more

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512159155 phone-in for (audio only) Phone Number: (646) 558-8656Meeting ID: 825 1215 9155 Welcome: Welcome! I’m so glad you’ve joined us today as we come together to think about what following the Way of Jesus means to us as women and men. Are we truly companions on the journey? Do we share our full selves with each other and the Holy One? And are we honest with ourselves and each other?   Opening Song:  Companions on the Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h86xLnaXUZU LITURGY OF THE WORD   First Reading:   A Readi ..read more

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81507551772 Meeting ID: 815 0755 1772 To connect by phone dial: +1 646 558 8656 LOVE SURROUNDS US Opening Song: There is Only Love by Karen Drucker https://youtu.be/MLRcGBAIccQ  Opening Prayer: Holy Mystery, we gather in celebration of the world that surrounds us reminding us of the deep and lasting love that has been bestowed upon all of creation. May we be ever aware of the responsibility we have as true stewards of all creation, and of the care and nurturance of all life to which we are called. Amen    Reading:  The signs a ..read more

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512159155 phone-in for (audio only) Phone Number: (646) 558-8656Meeting ID: 825 1215 9155 THE SERVICE OF LIGHT Welcome dear Upper Room Community. The Easter Vigil is a culmination of our journey through the Forty Days of Lent, as we prepare ourselves to receive the understanding and blessing of Jesus’s path and of our existence here on Earth. Who are we called to be as Beings of Light ourselves?  We begin our holy reflection coming from Darkness to Light, illuminating like thousands of jewels flickering in the darkness. We are not alon ..read more

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512159155 phone-in for (audio only) Phone Number: (646) 558-8656Meeting ID: 825 1215 9155         Good Friday Remembrance: “The Ones Left Behind” Opening song: Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber https://youtu.be/VLR7s8Rq7Dw?si=o1AlSgGQMrRYshgk  Opening Prayer:  We remember the death of Jesus, while we grieve those we have lost. We stand together with compassion in solidarity, support, and love. We know we are not alone, as we experience Love’s Presence. Amen. A Reading from Mary Magdalene – At the Cross&nbs ..read more

Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512159155 phone-in for (audio only) Phone Number: (646) 558-8656Meeting ID: 825 1215 9155 Palm Sunday (Presider 1) Welcome and Theme:  Today is a special service because this week is unlike any other week in the Christian calendar. Today we celebrate Palm Sunday, Jesus’ joyous entry into Jerusalem. But we will also turn to the events that followed, walking through the moments that led up to Jesus’ arrest. We’ll do this as if journeying day by day, because just like our lives, holy week ha ..read more

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81507551772Meeting ID: 815 0755 1772To connect by phone dial: +1 646 558 8656 Mystic Moment:  Servant of God, Sr. Thea Bowman December 29, 1937 - March 30, 1990 Servant of God, Sr. Thea Bowman, Ph.D., Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration OPENING PRAYER OF PETITION     (adapted from the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, Website for the Cause for Canonization of Servant of God, Sr. Thea Bowman)  Holy One, your infinite goodness inflamed the heart of your servant and religious, Sister Thea Bowman, with an ardent love for you a ..read more