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29 April 2022
Episcopal Church’s ‘Sacred Ground’ releases report, updated curriculum
24 April 2022
Join us for Indoor In-Person Sunday Holy Eucharist at 10am
Join us!
Indoor In-Person Sunday Holy Eucharist at 10am
630 East Cathedral Road Philadelphia, PA 19428
215-482-6300
☩ Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church ☩
215.482.6300
18 April 2022
The Easter Sermon of St. John Chrysostom
Are there any who are devout lovers of God?
Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival!
Are there any who are grateful servants?
Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord!
Are there any weary with fasting?
Let them now receive their wages!
If any have toiled from the first hour,
let them receive their due reward;
If any have come after the third hour,
let him with gratitude join in the Feast!
And he that arrived after the sixth hour,
let him not doubt; for he too shall sustain no loss.
And if any delayed until the ninth hour,
let him not hesitate; but let him come too.
And he who arrived only at the eleventh hour,
let him not be afraid by reason of his delay.
For the Lord is gracious and receives the last even as the first.
He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour,
as well as to him that toiled from the first.
To this one He gives, and upon another He bestows.
He accepts the works as He greets the endeavor.
The deed He honors and the intention He commends.
Let us all enter into the joy of the Lord!
First and last alike receive your reward;
rich and poor, rejoice together!
Sober and slothful, celebrate the day!
You that have kept the fast, and you that have not,
rejoice today for the Table is richly laden!
Feast royally on it, the calf is a fatted one.
Let no one go away hungry. Partake, all, of the cup of faith.
Enjoy all the riches of His goodness!
Let no one grieve at his poverty,
for the universal kingdom has been revealed.
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again;
for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free.
He has destroyed it by enduring it.
He destroyed Hell when He descended into it.
He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh.
Isaiah foretold this when he said,
"You, O Hell, have been troubled by encountering Him below."
Hell was in an uproar because it was done away with.
It was in an uproar because it is mocked.
It was in an uproar, for it is destroyed.
It is in an uproar, for it is annihilated.
It is in an uproar, for it is now made captive.
Hell took a body, and discovered God.
It took earth, and encountered Heaven.
It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it did not see.
O death, where is thy sting?
O Hell, where is thy victory?
Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!
Christ is Risen, and the evil ones are cast down!
Christ is Risen, and the angels rejoice!
Christ is Risen, and life is liberated!
Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead;
for Christ having risen from the dead,
is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
To Him be Glory and Power forever and ever. Amen!
The Easter sermon of John Chrysostom (circa 400 AD)
17 April 2022
John Updike's Seven Stanzas at Easter
Seven Stanzas at Easter
Make no mistake: if He rose at all
it was as His body;
if the cells' dissolution did not reverse, the molecules
reknit, the amino acids rekindle,
the Church will fall.
It was not as the flowers,
each soft Spring recurrent;
it was not as His Spirit in the mouths and fuddled
eyes of the eleven apostles;
it was as His flesh: ours.
The same hinged thumbs and toes,
the same valved heart
that-pierced-died, withered, paused, and then
regathered out of enduring Might
new strength to enclose.
Let us not mock God with metaphor,
analogy, sidestepping, transcendence;
making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the
faded credulity of earlier ages:
let us walk through the door.
The stone is rolled back, not papier-mâché,
not a stone in a story,
but the vast rock of materiality that in the slow
grinding of time will eclipse for each of us
the wide light of day.
And if we will have an angel at the tomb,
make it a real angel,
weighty with Max Planck's quanta, vivid with hair,
opaque in the dawn light, robed in real linen
spun on a definite loom.
Let us not seek to make it less monstrous,
for our own convenience, our own sense of beauty,
lest, awakened in one unthinkable hour, we are
embarrassed by the miracle,
and crushed by remonstrance.
John Updike (1932–2009)
Seven Stanzas at Easter
Seven Stanzas at Easter
Make no mistake: if He rose at all
it was as His body;
if the cells' dissolution did not reverse, the molecules
reknit, the amino acids rekindle,
the Church will fall.
It was not as the flowers,
each soft Spring recurrent;
it was not as His Spirit in the mouths and fuddled
eyes of the eleven apostles;
it was as His flesh: ours.
The same hinged thumbs and toes,
the same valved heart
that-pierced-died, withered, paused, and then
regathered out of enduring Might
new strength to enclose.
Let us not mock God with metaphor,
analogy, sidestepping, transcendence;
making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the
faded credulity of earlier ages:
let us walk through the door.
The stone is rolled back, not papier-mâché,
not a stone in a story,
but the vast rock of materiality that in the slow
grinding of time will eclipse for each of us
the wide light of day.
And if we will have an angel at the tomb,
make it a real angel,
weighty with Max Planck's quanta, vivid with hair,
opaque in the dawn light, robed in real linen
spun on a definite loom.
Let us not seek to make it less monstrous,
for our own convenience, our own sense of beauty,
lest, awakened in one unthinkable hour, we are
embarrassed by the miracle,
and crushed by remonstrance.
John Updike (1932–2009)
16 April 2022
15 April 2022
Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Road
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Road
☩ Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church ☩
630 East Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19128
215.482.6300
☩ Triduum Schedule ☩
April 15-17th
15 April 2022 12noon ~ Good Friday Liturgy
16 April 2022 7pm ~ Easter Vigil
17 April 2022 10am ~ Easter Sunday Holy Eucharist
All are Welcome
As we pray for an end to violence and for those fleeing Ukraine, please also pray for Episcopal Relief & Development and other ecumenical agencies working to respond to the current crisis. Please consider partnering with Episcopal Relief & Development who is providing cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needed items. As a reminder, in-kind donations and traveling to the affected areas to help are discouraged by Episcopal Relief & Development and other international organizations responding at this time. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org for more information.
Support Episcopal Relief & Development in providing humanitarian aid in response to the crisis in Ukraine. By donating to the Ukraine Crisis Response Fund, you will help meet critical needs for people fleeing the violence including food, cash, blankets and hygiene supplies. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org/ukraine-crisis
14 April 2022
13 April 2022
Triduum at St. Mary's, Cathedral Road
Triduum at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Road
☩ Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church ☩
630 East Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19128
215.482.6300
☩ Triduum Schedule ☩
April 14-17th
14 April 2022 7pm ~ Maundy Thursday Eucharist & Footwashing
15 April 2022 12noon ~ Good Friday Liturgy
16 April 2022 7pm ~ Easter Vigil
17 April 2022 10am ~ Easter Sunday Holy Eucharist
All are Welcome
As we pray for an end to violence and for those fleeing Ukraine, please also pray for Episcopal Relief & Development and other ecumenical agencies working to respond to the current crisis. Please consider partnering with Episcopal Relief & Development who is providing cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needed items. As a reminder, in-kind donations and traveling to the affected areas to help are discouraged by Episcopal Relief & Development and other international organizations responding at this time. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org for more information.
Support Episcopal Relief & Development in providing humanitarian aid in response to the crisis in Ukraine. By donating to the Ukraine Crisis Response Fund, you will help meet critical needs for people fleeing the violence including food, cash, blankets and hygiene supplies. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org/ukraine-crisis
11 April 2022
09 April 2022
Holy Week begins tomorrow at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Road
Holy Week at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Road
☩ Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church ☩
630 East Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19128
215.482.6300
☩ Holy Week Schedule ☩
April 10-17th
10 April 2022 10am ~ Palm Sunday Holy Eucharist & Passion Reading
14 April 2022 7pm ~ Maundy Thursday Eucharist & Footwashing
15 April 2022 12noon ~ Good Friday Liturgy
16 April 2022 7pm ~ Easter Vigil
17 April 2022 10am ~ Easter Sunday Holy Eucharist
All are Welcome
As we pray for an end to violence and for those fleeing Ukraine, please also pray for Episcopal Relief & Development and other ecumenical agencies working to respond to the current crisis. Please consider partnering with Episcopal Relief & Development who is providing cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needed items. As a reminder, in-kind donations and traveling to the affected areas to help are discouraged by Episcopal Relief & Development and other international organizations responding at this time. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org for more information.
Support Episcopal Relief & Development in providing humanitarian aid in response to the crisis in Ukraine. By donating to the Ukraine Crisis Response Fund, you will help meet critical needs for people fleeing the violence including food, cash, blankets and hygiene supplies. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org/ukraine-crisis
08 April 2022
Holy Week at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Road
Holy Week at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Road
April 10-April 17
☩ Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church ☩
630 East Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19128
215.482.6300
☩ Holy Week Schedule ☩
April 10-17th
10 April 2022 10am ~ Palm Sunday Holy Eucharist & Passion Reading
14 April 2022 7pm ~ Maundy Thursday Eucharist & Footwashing
15 April 2022 12noon ~ Good Friday Liturgy
16 April 2022 7pm ~ Easter Vigil
17 April 2022 10am ~ Easter Sunday Holy Eucharist
All are Welcome
As we pray for an end to violence and for those fleeing Ukraine, please also pray for Episcopal Relief & Development and other ecumenical agencies working to respond to the current crisis. Please consider partnering with Episcopal Relief & Development who is providing cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needed items. As a reminder, in-kind donations and traveling to the affected areas to help are discouraged by Episcopal Relief & Development and other international organizations responding at this time. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org for more information.
Support Episcopal Relief & Development in providing humanitarian aid in response to the crisis in Ukraine. By donating to the Ukraine Crisis Response Fund, you will help meet critical needs for people fleeing the violence including food, cash, blankets and hygiene supplies. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org/ukraine-crisis
215.482.6300