2/11/2022

Blessing and Benediction from Rev. Jeniffer Rodríguez

by Rev. Jeniffer Rodríguez Michel

Remembering when we were children
Counting numbers from one through five
We used to sing it, say it backwards, in silence and aloud
It is important to rescue what we used to know from our hearts:

1-Let’s Love our God first
2-Let’s Love our neighbors as ourselves
3-Let’s be kind and patient with one another
4-Let’s enjoy days and night of the Creator
5-Let’s celebrate our differences in welcoming transformation

Learning from our past and history
Will help us to move forward and not forget:
God is the creator of our lives
Engraved in our hearts forever.

Recordando cuando éramos infantes
Contando los números del uno al cinco
Solíamos cantarlos, decirlos de reverso, en silencio y a gritos
Rescatemos de nuestros corazones con importancia lo aprendido:

1-Amemos a Dios primero
2-Amemos al prójimo como se amen a sí
3-Mostremos bondad y paciencia mutuamente
4-Disfrutemos los días y las noches del Creador
5-Celebremos nuestras diferencias y abracemos la transformación

Aprendamos de nuestro pasado e historia
Nos ayudará a seguir adelante sin haber olvidado:
Dios, creador de nuestras vidas
Grabado en nuestros corazones por siempre.

Rev. Jeniffer Rodríguez, pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Ossining, NY

Rev. Jeniffer Rodríguez Michel

Rev. Jeniffer Rodríguez Michel

Rev. Jeniffer Rodríguez Michel is pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Ossining, NY. Jeniffer and her husband, Kyle Craig, are the parents of Emma Sophia and Eric Gabriel. Originally from the Dominican Republic, she pursued her Master of Divinity at McCormick Theological Seminary. Rev. Rodríguez Michel likes to do creative things with art, both for worship and personally. She is a chaplain of the New York City-based Ecumenical Choir Cántico Nuevo (New Song) and is involved in social justice issues.

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