The Mystery of Grace in Our Most Fearful Hours

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Here is my most recent conversation with my new friend Rabbi Joseph Edelheit. We talked about fear, the dangerous idioms in our cultural ether, the antisemitism lingering in Christian liturgy, and how Jews understand death, sanctity, and the promise of the eschaton.

Here is the benediction Rabbi Joseph offers at the end for All Saints Day:

On this All Saints Day, we remember those whose lives are called to religious service. There are many different faiths that these human beings have served. There are many today, unnamed, unknown, who continue to serve the mystery of grace.

May they sustain us in our most fearful hours. And may those who are still held hostage know freedom so their families might finally know peace. Amen.

For those of you who missed it, HERE is the first conversation Johanna and I had with Rabbi Joseph.

If you have questions for Rabbi Joseph for future conversations, leave in the comments or shoot me an email.

The image above is “White Crucifixion” by the Jewish artist Marc Chagall, whom Rabbi Joseph referenced in our first conversation.

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