Monday, March 30, 2020
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Sunday Morning Prayer on YouTube ~ 29 March 2020
"I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
Dear Beloved Parishioners of St. Mary's - Cathedral Road,
On Sundays, I will lead Morning Prayer at 10am according to the Book of Common Prayer in a "said" service (no music). I will use YouTube Live to post this service, and I hope that you can join in with me. If you have a Book of Common Prayer at home, I will reference those pages for the service. Alternatively, I will also post the readings on our church's website so that you can follow along. https:// stmaryscathedralroad.blogspot. com/
I am saddened to not join with you all in person this Sunday, and the two Sundays following, but after careful prayer, discussion, research, and discernment, we have decided that this is the best step forward at this point. I pray that you all are staying healthy, that you are practicing social distancing, and I also hope that you know you can call or email me at any time.
~Peter+
The Rev. Peter M. Carey, Rector
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
630 Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, PA 19128
St. Mary's Episcopal Church - Cathedral Road - YouTube Channel
Due to the COVID - 19 Virus, we will NOT be holding church services in person beginning Sunday, March 15th through at least March 29th.
We will be doing Morning Prayer on Sunday at 10am using our YouTube Channel
Click the above image or HERE to visit our YouTube Channel
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Faith, Hope, and Love Abide
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect; but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away. When I was a child I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man I gave up my childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully; even as I have been fully understood. So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13: 1-13
Friday, March 27, 2020
Giving to St. Mary's online
“And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance,
so that by always having enough of everything,
so that by always having enough of everything,
you may share abundantly in every good work.”
– II Chronicles 9:8
Please use our online giving process by clicking the green "Give" button below and then enter your information in order to set up one-time, weekly, or monthly giving.
We are partnering with the online giving organization, Tithe-Ly, which is recommended highly by our Bishop and Diocesan Office, and is used by many other churches here in Pennsylvania and across our nation.
Thank you for your continued support of our ministry and mission.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Monday, March 23, 2020
Greetings on a soggy Monday afternoon ~ 23 March 2020
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30
Dear Beloved Parishioners,
On this rainy afternoon, I find myself praying for each and every one of you. Once again, we were able to have Morning Prayer "together" yesterday, and I appreciate hearing that many of you were able to "tune in" for it.
I wanted to be in touch in part to share our Bishop's message which he sent today, and I have shared it below. In particular, our Bishop has laid out a plan that we will not meet "in person" for worship until at least May 4th. He is also working with his staff, and with the clergy of the Diocese to seek ways that we can celebrate Holy Week and Easter even by remote. Also, please continue to fulfill your pledge to St. Mary's; our expenses continue even in this uncertain time.
I wanted to share a few ideas for resources for this strange and uncertain time.
☩ Do check out our church's website at stmaryscathedralroad.blogspot.com/ as I am posting there each day, and you can find links and resources down each side of the website/blog. If you also scroll down through the site, you will see previous postings.
☩ I also recommend taking a look at the National Cathedral's website at cathedral.org and its YouTube channel for a variety of resources.
☩ Just today I "joined in" with worship at Canterbury Cathedral, which was quite wonderful. It is always great to feel connected with our sisters and brothers, "across the pond."
☩ One of my favorite writers and religious figures is the Benedictine Monk, Brother David Steindl-Rast, who writes on prayer, gratefulness, and the abundant life. His organization, "A Network for Gratefulness" has a wonderful YouTube channel. One of my very favorite videos he produced is called, "A Good Day, with Brother David Steindl-Rast," which I recommend highly.
☩ One of my favorite writers these days is Ryan Holiday, who writes books about the ancient stoics. While not particularly Christian in outlook, I find his writing compelling, and his three books, "The Ego is the Enemy," "The Obstacle is the Way," and "Stillness is the Key," are all pretty quick reads, and full of historical and biographical examples. RyanHoliday.net
I am attaching some wonderful photos which Valerie James shared with me of flowers in the Spring; enjoy!
Please know that you each are in my daily prayers and I hope you are finding ways to stay connected with one another. Please do call and email each other, and do let me know if there are particular concerns for you, your families, and your friends. Please stay in touch.
In Christ's Love,
~Peter+
The Rev. Peter M. Carey, Rector
St. Mary's Episcopal Church - Cathedral road
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Sunday, March 22, 2020
Morning Prayer via YouTube
"I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
Today's Morning Prayer Service can be seen by clicking the photo below, or the link.
On Sundays, I will lead Morning Prayer at 10am according to the Book of Common Prayer in a "said" service (no music). I will use YouTube to post this service, and I hope that you can join in with me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1DOPCGCIaA&t=1s
St. Mary's Episcopal Church - Cathedral Road - YouTube Channel
Due to the COVID - 19 Virus, we will NOT be holding church services in person beginning Sunday, March 15th through at least March 29th.
We will be doing Morning Prayer on Sunday at 10am using our YouTube Channel
Click the above image or HERE to visit our YouTube Channel
Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Lent
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Friday, March 20, 2020
A Post-Communion Prayer During this Time of Separation
A Post-Communion Prayer During this Time of Separation
Celebrant and people together, in place of the Post-Communion Prayer
Lord of the Feast, we thank you for gathering us as your people. We call to remembrance the many times we have been fed at your table and we lament our distance now. Be present Lord Jesus as you were present with your disciples, be known to us in the breaking of the bread, and may your Holy Spirit sustain us and all your Church until we can gather together again. We ask this for the sake of your love. Amen.
Shared by our Bishop, the Right Reverend Daniel Gutierrez, for use in this time.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
18 March 2020 ~ Letter to our Parish from our Rector
18 March 2020
Dear Parishioners of St. Mary's - Cathedral Road,
I am hopeful that many of you were able to "join me" for Morning Prayer last Sunday. We will do that again, and again use YouTube. I did received several nice comments; thank you. Also, I'll make sure to not "cut off" the top of my head in the filming. There have also been requests to include our doggies in the service - we'll see about that, but I know that Teddy was wanting to come out and see what was going on during the Service.
I hope you all are doing well, and if you are able to stay at home, that you are finding things to read, to watch, and to do in your homes. My family is doing ok, but the at home schoolwork has not started in earnest for our kids, so we'll see how that goes.
Below is the text of the daily email that our Bishop is sending out, and also posting on his blog. If you would like to receive the email, reach out to the diocese. You can also read his blog at http://ashepherdinthefield.blogspot.com/. I also wanted to let you know that I have put some additional resources which are online onto our church's website/blog, which you can find at https://stmaryscathedralroad.blogspot.com/ . I am posting a quote, or an image, or some thought there each day. In addition, I have my own blog, which I have been posting at for many years now, and which you can access at http://santospopsicles.blogspot.com/ .
After speaking with a few of you today, I realized that many of you may not have a copy of the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer at home. In usual times, I would just encourage you to go to church and borrow one from the Parish Hall (feel free to take one, if you are nearby the church!). Also, I looked on Amazon.com and noticed that a personal copy of the Book of Common Prayer is now selling for only $11. I've listed the link below. I would recommend getting one in this time of uncertainty. The wealth of our Book of Common Prayer is deep and rich. If it is difficult for you to order one for whatever reason, please let me know, and I will order one for you and pay for it with the Rector's Discretionary Fund.
Know that you are in my daily prayers, and make sure to reach out to one another in this time. I am hoping to contact each of you individually over the next week or two to see how you are doing, and if there is anything that we can do to help, knowing, of course there are some limitations in this strange time.
Blessings to all of you, and, for me the words of Jesus at the end of the Gospel of Matthew are particularly helpful and healing in this time.
"I am with you always."
In Christ's Love,
Peter+
The Rev. Peter M. Carey, Rector
St. Mary's Episcopal Church - Cathedral road
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