“With this Joint Statement (between Catholics and Lutherans), we express joyful gratitude to God for this moment of common prayer in the Cathedral of Lund, as we begin the year commemorating the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation.” – an excerpt from the Joint Statement signed by Pope Francis and Munib Younan, President of the Lutheran World Federation in Lund, Sweden on October 31, 2016 As previously shared with you through our congregational email a month ago, I w