From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. Malachi 1:11
27 February 2019
The "Waterboys" led by Chris Long are headed back to Mt. Kilimanjaro
One of our outreach efforts is to support the bring of water in the form of sustainable wells in parts of Africa where water is very scarce. The "Waterboys" organization is led by Chris Long and you can read an update on these efforts below:
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26 February 2019
25 February 2019
God's Grandeur
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Ashley Wolff |
God's Grandeur
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
24 February 2019
God's Grandeur
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Ashley Wolff |
God's Grandeur
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
Send your Holy Spirit
O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing: Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
23 February 2019
Bishop Gutierrez reflects on St. Polycarp
Today we celebrate St. Polycarp. My favorites saint and my namesake.
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, disciple of Saint John the Apostle and friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, was a revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century. Saint Irenaeus mentions Polycarp’s relationship with the Apostle John, noting that Polycarp, who knew John, was his own teacher and mentor.
Growing up among the Greek-speaking Christians of the Roman Empire, Polycarp received the teachings and recollections of individuals who had seen and known Jesus during his earthly life. This important connection – between Jesus' first disciples and apostles and their respective students – served to protect the Church against the influence of heresy during its earliest days, particularly against early attempts to deny Jesus' bodily incarnation and full humanity.
Irenaeus, wrote that Polycarp "was not only instructed by apostles, and conversed with many who had seen Christ; but he was also, by apostles, appointed bishop of the Church in Smyrna." In a surviving letter that he wrote to the Philippians, he reminded that Church – which had also received the teaching of St. Paul – not to surrender their faith to the "gnostic" teachers claiming to teach a more intellectually refined gospel.
Polycarp was denounced to the government, arrested, and tried on the charge of being a ChristianAt 86, Polycarp was led into the crowded Smyrna stadium to be burned alive.
When the Roman Magistrate urged him to save his life by cursing Christ, and place a pinch of incense in a brazier burning before a statue of Caesar. Polycarp replied: "Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and he never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and Savior?"
When the Roman Magistrate urged him to save his life by cursing Christ, and place a pinch of incense in a brazier burning before a statue of Caesar. Polycarp replied: "Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and he never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and Savior?"
Polycarp was sentenced to be burned alive. Before the crowd, the Roman proconsul demanded again that he worship the emperor. "Hear me declare with boldness, I am a Christian," the bishop said. "And if you wish to learn what the doctrines of Christianity are, appoint me a day, and you shall hear them."
As he waited for the fire to be lighted, he prayed:
“Lord God Almighty, Father of your blessed and beloved child Jesus Christ, through whom we have received knowledge of you, God of angels and hosts and all creation, and of the whole race of the upright who live in your presence: I bless you that you have thought me worthy of this day and hour, to be numbered among the martyrs and share in the cup of Christ, for resurrection to eternal life, for soul and body in the incorruptibility of the Holy Spirit. Among them may I be accepted before you today, as a rich and acceptable sacrifice, just as you, the faithful and true God, have prepared and foreshown and brought about. For this reason and for all things I praise you, I bless you, I glorify you, through the eternal heavenly high priest Jesus Christ, your beloved child, through whom be glory to you, with him and the Holy Spirit, now and for the ages to come. Amen.
The fire was then lit The flames did not harm him. Losing patience, they ordered him to be stabbed to death. From the resulting wound, "there came forth a dove, and a great quantity of blood, so that the fire was extinguished.” The centurion ordered the saint’s body burned. The “Acts” of Polycarp’s martyrdom are the earliest preserved, fully reliable account of a Christian martyr’s death. He died in 155.
Saint Polycarp reminds us of a truth that takes us beyond our own experience and brings us face to face with the Lord’s stinging words: “No slave is greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you…”
May Saint Polycarp intercede for us and give us the strength and courage to bear witness to the faith in the face of opposition and persecution.
21 February 2019
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church ~ Cathedral Road Liturgical Assistants and Readers Schedule for March-2019
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church ~ Cathedral Road
Liturgical Assistants and Readers Schedule for March-2019
Below is the schedule for March. Please find your own substitute if you cannot make your scheduled Sunday and let the Rev. Peter M. Carey know about the switch revpetermcarey@gmail.com . Virginia Trimble is the Coordinator for Liturgical Assistants and Alice Hershberger is the Coordinator for Readers. Elizabeth Lowther is the Coordinator for the Altar Guild. Thank you!
Please also note that the only people who should be in the Sacristy before or after the service are the people listed below for that particular Sunday. Liturgical Assistants, Acolytes, Celebrant, Readers, Prayers of the People Leader and Altar Guild members who are scheduled for that particular Sunday as well as the three coordinators listed above.
There is too much socializing and people coming in and out of this sacred space which has the purpose of setting aside an area for the preparation for the service and for the work to conclude the service.
Thank you!
Peter+
March
3rd Last Epiphany
10am ~ Liturgical Assistants : Valerie James, Sandi Davis
Readers: Joe Trelli, Valerie James
Prayers of the People: Sandi Davis
Altar Guild: Valerie James, Olivia Van Osten
Flower Memorial
Tabernacle Light Memorial: The Rev. Daniel K. Sullivan
Adele Sullivan
6th Ash Wednesday - 10am - Virginia Trimble
7pm - Valerie James
10th Lent 1
10am ~ Liturgical Assistants : Virginia Trimble, Steve Snyder(chalice)
Readers: Elizabeth Lowther, Jean Duncan
Prayers of the People: Barbara Baumgartner
Altar Guild: Valerie James
Flower Memorial
Tabernacle Light Memorial
17th Lent 2
10am ~ Liturgical Assistants: Valerie James, Christine Snyder (chalice)
Readers: S. Zartarian, H. Zartarian
Prayers of the People: Carol Palmer
Altar Guild: Abby York, Valerie James
Flower Memorial
Tabernacle Light Memorial
24th Lent 3
10am ~
Liturgical Assistants : Virginia Trimble, Sandi Davis
Readers~ Bob Kirkpatrick, Diana Menick
Prayers of the People ~ Jim Cochran
Altar Guild: Christine Snyder, Olivia Van Osten
Flower Memorial
Tabernacle Light Memorial
31st Lent 4
10am ~
Liturgical Assistants : Virginia Trimble, Sandi Davis
Readers~ Alice Hershberger, Mark Sullivan
Prayers of the People ~ Joe Trelli
Altar Guild: Virginia Trimble
Flower Memorial
Tabernacle Light Memorial
Bishop White Lodge (BWL) Schedule of Services
Bishop White Lodge (BWL) Schedule of Services
Every week, our rector, the Rev. Peter M. Carey presides over a Holy Eucharist at Cathedral Village in the Bishop White Lodge for residents of White Lodge, and also for residents of Cathedral Village, of course anyone is invited and welcome to worship with us. These services are held at 10:30am at Bishop White Lodge.
Generally, we follow the Episcopal Church's "Calendar of Saints" for the services.
27 February 2019 George Herbert
27 August 2019 Augustine of Hippo
Every week, our rector, the Rev. Peter M. Carey presides over a Holy Eucharist at Cathedral Village in the Bishop White Lodge for residents of White Lodge, and also for residents of Cathedral Village, of course anyone is invited and welcome to worship with us. These services are held at 10:30am at Bishop White Lodge.
Generally, we follow the Episcopal Church's "Calendar of Saints" for the services.
27 February 2019 George Herbert
5 March 2019 John and Charles Wesley
6 March 2019 2pm Ash Wednesday
12 March 2019 Gregory the Great
19 March 2019 Patrick
26 March 2019 Oscar Romero
2 April 2019 James Lloyd Breck
9 April 2019 William Muhlenberg & Anne Ayers
16 April 2019 Holy Week
23 April 2019 Easter
30 April 2019 Catherine of Siena
7 May 2019 Dame Julian of Norwich
14 May 2019 Dunstan - Archbishop of Canterbury
21 May 2018 John Eliot ~ Missionary among the Algonquin
28 May 2019 Bertha and Ethelbert - 616 (Queen and King of Kent)
4 June 2019 Pope John XXIII
11 June 2019 Ephram of Edessa
18 June 2019 St. Alban
25 June 2019 Irenaeus
2 July 2019 Pauli Murray
9 July 2019 Benedict of Nursia
16 July 2019 Bishop William White
23 July 2019 Thomas a Kempis
30 July 2019 Ignatius of Loyola
6 August 2019 Dominic
13 August 2019 Clare
20 August 2019 Bernard
27 August 2019 Augustine of Hippo
19 February 2019
Seth Godin on "Skill vs. planning"
Skill vs planning
If you’re a gardener, planting orange trees in Ottawa, and nothing’s growing, it’s possible to beat yourself up, burn yourself out and say, “I’m a bad gardener.”
Or,
You could realize that oranges aren’t easy to grow in Ottawa. You could either move to Cuba or plant winter wheat instead.
But don’t beat yourself up just because the climate doesn’t match your seeds.
17 February 2019
Accept our prayers
O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of your grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
15 February 2019
An update from Bishop Gutierrez's Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
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