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Once again, the liturgical calendar surprises us: in a few days we will begin Lent, a propitious time to make important decisions and a new opportunity that God offers us to live our faith with greater authenticity. It is a time to trust, to receive God in our lives.
A few days ago, I read a quote by Truman Capote that made me think about living Lent differently this year:
"When someone trusts you with him, you always remain in his debt."
Trust is a gift: both to give and to receive. It is a gift that grows as people get to know each other, as does our relationship with God.
Most of us have encountered challenges in our lives that have beaten us down and affected our trust in God. For many it has become almost instinctual to blame God for the bad things that happen to us.
When we experience frightening or difficult situations in our lives, our trust in God can become fragile and we may find it difficult to rebuild it again. Over time though, our trust may be restored. Every difficulty in our life is an opportunity to cry out to God and experience His presence. Over time we may be able to see and understand better why God acted the way He did and when He did. Remembering those details teaches us to wait with greater confidence and strength. What may seem to be developing slowly from our human perspective, is perfect in Gods’ time. Jesus’ trust in the Father is absolute. We, His disciples, must learn to trust as he did. When we put our trust in God, He guides, directs, and manifests His great power in our lives!
In this season of Lent that is approaching, I invite you to acknowledge and remember the many ways in which God has sustained, carried and enfolded you in His wonderful and infinite love and to give Him thanks for His gifts that we receive every day, every minute. May we also at this time give thanks for the people in our lives who, by their love and concern, also manifest God's love and care for us. May we intentionally give the gift of love to all whom we meet today and take note of the people who give us the gift of God's love in big and small ways.
Remember, it can be as simple as a smile: what a small, but great gift!
Father Rafael Garcia
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Dear friends,
If you recall on December 28, 2022, you received an update via email announcing that demolition of the parish hall and the bishop’s offices was beginning. That update estimated that the demolition would take approximately 45 days to complete. Since we are approaching the 45-day mark, I am writing to share an update regarding the progress that’s been made.
Demolition Update
By end of today, Friday, February 10, the demolition of the parish hall and Bishop’s offices will be complete. The debris piles will be removed, and post-demolition stabilization and beatification will begin. This phase which includes removing the plywood off the cathedral windows, repairing the asphalt, installing sod where the buildings once stood, and landscaping the south side of the cathedral, will take approximately two to three weeks to complete.
Alternative Parking
To continue to ensure everyone’s safety, all parking will remain suspended while the post-demolition work is in progress. As a reminder, there are 14 parking spaces near 16thStreet, and free valet parking will continue to be provided for service on Sundays.
This is wonderful progress, and we are thrilled to take these next steps forward in the revitalization of the entire Trinity Cathedral campus. Additional project updates will be shared with you via email, and continue to be posted to https://trinityepiscopalcathedral.snappages.site/. You may also visit the project’s website by clicking on “Revitalization Project” under the About section of the church’s website.
If you have any questions, please contact me, The Reverend Canon Jason Roberson at jason@diosef.org or (786) 682-5354.
Thank you,
The Reverend Canon Jason Roberson
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Rt. Rev. Chilton R. Knudsen - 10 am / 12:15 services | |
Sunday - February 15 - 19 | |
Ash Wednesday Bilingual Services 7 am, noon, & 7 pm | |
Cathedral Grounds Beautification Day! - 9 am | |
Annual Meeting after 10 am service | |
Morning and Evening Online Reflection | |
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Begin and end your weekday with online reflections. Reflections feature prayers, readings from Holy Scripture, and contemplative music and are led by clergy from National Cathedral in the morning and from Canterbury Cathedral in the evening. In addition, daily Choral Evensong song by the Canterbury Cathedral Choir is available online. Select the applicable link below for access.
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If you would like to include someone on the Prayer List or add an anniversary or birthday for special prayers, please call the Cathedral office, use the 'Contact Us' link on our website, or send an email ...
office@trinitymiami.org
pastoralcare@trinitymiami.org
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Sick - In Recovery
Rev. Winnie Bolle, Domenica Brazzi, Doris Gray, Rev. James Considine, Helen Ebanks, Carol Cunningham, Robert Horton, Dom Spaziani, Jreve Simanelli, Ashley Ramos, Cathy Stahre
Altar Flowers
To the glory of God and in Memory of Keith Soto
- Dr. William Hopper
Sanctuary Candle
To the glory of God and in Memory of the earthquake victims in Syria and Türkiye
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Birthdays
Joseph Gay
Steve Gorden
Doris Gray
LaShawn Carter
Anniversaries
In Memoriam
Keith Soto
Louise Brammer
Thercius Phalippe
Monica Patricia Upegui
Anglican Cycle of Prayer
The Episcopal Church in The Philippines
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Thomas Andrew Dorsey
Thomas Andrew Dorsey wrote "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," a powerful hymn popular in the civil rights movement. He drew inspiration from the Bible, likely from Isaiah, when writing this hymn.
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Bishop Chilton R. Knudsen Visits Trinity
This Sunday!
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On November 14, 2022 Bishop Eaton began his Sabbatical. As announced in a video Q&A with Canon Roberson, Bishop Chilton R. Knudsen (ret.) will serve as Visiting Bishop of the Diocese.
This Sunday, join us as we welcome Bishop Knudsen to Trinity and back to the Diocese. Bishop Knudsen will preach/preside at 10 am and preside at 12:15 services. Mark your calendar!
Bishop Eaton' video Q&A
Bishop Knudsen' biography
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These are difficult times and many struggle to make ends meet. When you come on Sundays, please consider bringing one or more items of canned or boxed food. Items to consider include canned goods, peanut butter, packaged cereals, paper products, dish and laundry soaps, boxed dinners, toiletry items, and feminine hygiene products. Remember that we cannot accept expired food or items that need refrigeration.
Gift Card Ministry
The LGBT ministry has organized an on-going Gift Card collection drive to aid in the purchase of perishable food items for food pantry recipients. Our Sacristan - Roberto Soto - personally distributes these cards on a weekly basis. To continue to help this cause or if you or someone you know could benefit from this ministry, please contact Roberto Soto at:
Trinity Cathedral, c/o Roberto Soto
464 N.E. 16th Street, Miami, FL 33132
(787) 586-8262 or via email probosoto@hotmail.com
Names of donors and recipients will remain confidential
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Chapter Update
Dear Cathedral Community,
It my pleasure to introduce to you the two new members who will be joining Ms. Patricia Jordan on the Cathedral Chapter as of next week. As you know, since Trinity Cathedral has a special place in the life of our entire diocese, three members of the Chapter must be elected at Diocesan Convention for a three-year term. They have seat, voice, and vote at every meeting of the Chapter. Ms. Jordan will remain on the Chapter until Diocesan Convention 2023 when her three-year term will be complete.
The Reverend Canon Licia Affer
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Ms. Yuly van Brakel, St.Mark’s Fort Lauderdale
Founder of YULY360, a clothing line made for real women, building strength every day as we navigate life’s challenges. Prior to launching Yuly360 Clothing brand, Yuly founded her digital marketing agency, Encoders, with which she helped build and consolidate brands of small businesses in different industries in the United States. Yuly graduated in Venezuela from Catholic University Andres Bello, and received her MBA from IESA, Top 10 ranked business school in Latin America. Her passion for helping others led her to serve as Junior Warden of the Church she attends, President of the Mom's Club at her children's school, as well as an active member of various boards of the institution, and volunteer of the No More Tears organization for the fight against domestic violence and human trafficking. When she is not working on her business, or spending time with her husband and 2 kids, she uses her social media channels as a tool to inspire women to show themselves in a genuine way, to lead a healthy and active life.
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The Reverend Canon Debra Andrew Maconaughey
Rector of St. Columba Church since 2007, a member of the Diocesan Congregational Vitality Team, served on the Executive and Parish Finance and Assessment Committees, a current Deputy to the General Convention, honorary Canon to Trinity Cathedral, past board president of Episcopal Charities, currently the Chairperson of KAIR (Middle Keys Foodbank) and Independence Cay Transitional Housing, Middle Keys.
I have lived in and loved the Florida Keys for nearly twenty years. During my tenure at St. Columba our congregation has worked hard to develop a dynamic relationship and be a help to the community of Marathon and we have created The Hammock House, a Free Afterschool Program and Camp Program serving the children of the Middle Keys, purchased and rehabilitated an 18 unit workforce housing apartment complex, which opened in July of 2020, we have created The Florida Keys Celtic Festival, the third largest festival event in the Florida Keys, and opened two thrift shops serving the Florida Keys. I am a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary, New York University and Temple University.
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Calling all Gardeners and Non-gardeners
Saturday, February 25th 9am - Noon
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Help us to clean up and beautify the gardens of the Cathedral!
Don't forget to bring gardening gloves, tools, clippers, sunscreen and hat. Water and light breakfast provided
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February 12, 2023
Epiphany 6 (A)
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Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8
1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37
This week’s lectio divina features the Rev. Joseph S. Pagano, the Rev. Amy Richter, Dr. Janet O’Flynn, and the Rev. Donnel O’Flynn. Watch their discussion at iam.ec/epiphany2023 and follow along by yourself or in a small group. To participate:
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Read today’s Gospel passage, Matthew 5:21-37.
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Reflect: Which word or short phrase caught your attention or came to mind? Whether you’re alone or in a group, say it aloud.
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Read: Reread the passage, perhaps in a different translation.
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Reflect: Where does the passage touch your life today? If you’re with a group, share your responses with each other, without discussing further. If you’re alone, say your response aloud or write it down.
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Read: Reread the passage, perhaps in yet another translation.
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Reflect: Where is God calling you to go? Where, either near or far, can you cross boundaries, listen deeply, and live like Jesus? You might consider journaling out your response and meditating on it over the course of this week.
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Pray: In closing, say the Collect for Epiphany 6.
Collect for Epiphany 6
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.
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museum of the bible.org
Eighteenth-century poet Phillis Wheatley was an extraordinary person who achieved something extraordinary. Phillis became a published author while enslaved. One of three African Americans to publish while still enslaved, her writing was only possible by permission of her “owner.”
Any explicit pleas for freedom would have ended her publishing career, so she made her argument for dignity and freedom through the creative use of biblical symbolism. This would allow her both to reach a white audience and to change their thinking about slavery.
One of her more prominent poems was “On Being Brought from Africa to America.”
'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there’s a God, that there’s a Savior too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
“Their color is a diabolic die.”
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,
May be refined and join th’ angelic train.
On the surface this poem may appear a startling submission to white oppression. A closer look reveals it to be a subversion of the racial attitude of white slave owners. Some white slaveowners believed Cain was cursed with black skin for murdering his brother Abel. But Wheatley turns this interpretation on its head, telling her readers that Africans, “black as Cain” can “be refined.” Wheatley rejected all suggestions of Africans as less than human. They are humans with souls, who could “join th’ angelic train.”
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Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris
Feast Day: February 11
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Barbara Harris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she attended Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church. Motivated by the vital issues of the times, she moved to the more liberal Church of the Advocate in the 1960s. Alongside her busy career as chief public relations executive at the Sun Oil Company, Harris was a devoted participant in the life of her church which became the center of the black protest movement in Philadelphia. An ardent supporter of the civil rights movement, Harris participated in voter registration efforts and the Selma march with Martin Luther King, Jr..
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Collect:
God of the prophets, we give thee thanks for calling Barbara Clementine Harris to the office of bishop. Open our eyes to behold the wondrous works thou hast prepared for thy church in calling women to share in the ministry of the episcopate. May we, inspired by their example as faithful shepherds, wise teachers, courageous prophets, and guardians of the faith, proclaim the Good News and carry out the works of Jesus Christ in the world; who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen.
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Weekly Bulletin Insert
The Feast of Janai Luwum
February 12, 2023
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episcopal church.org
Janani Luwum was born in 1922 at Acholi in Uganda, near the Sudanese border. After his early years as a teacher and lay reader in Gulu, he was sent to St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury. He was ordained priest in 1956 and returned to Uganda to assume responsibility for twenty-four congregations. After several years of service that included work at a local theological college, Luwum returned to England on scholarship for further study at the London College of Divinity.
In 1969, Luwum became Bishop of Northern Uganda, where he was a faithful visitor to his parishes as well as a growing influence at international gatherings of the Anglican Communion. In 1974, he was elected Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaire.
Luwum’s new position brought him into direct contact and eventual confrontation with the Ugandan military dictator, Idi Amin, as the Archbishop sought to protect his people from the brutality of Amin’s regime. In August of 1976, Makerere University was sacked by government troops. With Archbishop Luwum as their chair, the Christian leaders of the country drafted a strong memorandum of protest against officially sanctioned rape and murder.
In early February 1977, the Archbishop’s residence was searched for arms by government security forces. On February 16, President Amin summoned Luwum to his palace. He went there, accompanied by the other Anglican bishops and by the Roman Catholic cardinal archbishop and a senior leader of the Muslim community. After being accused of complicity in a plot to murder the President, most of the clerics were allowed to leave. However, Archbishop Luwum was ordered to remain behind. As his companions departed, Luwum said, “They are going to kill me. I am not afraid.” He was never seen alive again. The following day the government announced that he had been killed in an automobile accident while resisting arrest. Only after some weeks had passed was his bullet-riddled body released to his family for burial.
Early in his confrontation with the Ugandan government, Archbishop Luwum answered one of his critics by saying, “I do not know how long I shall occupy this chair. I live as though there will be no tomorrow… While the opportunity is there, I preach the gospel with all my might, and my conscience is clear before God.”
Collect for Janani Luwum, Archbishop and Martyr
O God, whose Son the Good Shepherd laid down his life for the sheep: We give you thanks for your faithful shepherd, Janani Luwum, who after his Savior’s example gave up his life for the people of Uganda. Grant us to be so inspired by his witness that we make no peace with oppression, but live as those who are sealed with the cross of Christ, who died and rose again, and now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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A new form of Episcopal mission in New Hampshire reflects new community vitality
episcopal news service
Franklin, New Hampshire, might seem an unlikely place for an innovative Episcopal ministry. The paper, hosiery and woolen mills that powered the local economy were gone by the 1970s, leaving behind polluted waterways, boarded-up downtown stores and a sense that the city’s best days were behind it. The Episcopal church, St. Jude’s, closed in 2002. And the state, along with its New England neighbors, consistently rates one of the least religious in the nation.
Yet New Hampshire Bishop Robert Hirschfeld saw in Franklin the possibility of something new. After he took office in 2012, he found several Episcopalians there who weren’t attending church, and he wanted to find a new path for the community. “I thought, ‘What if we just start fresh,’” he told Episcopal News Service. So, in May 2019, he asked a seminarian to lead noondays prayers in the church and see what would happen.
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Episcopal Church leaders begin work on creating Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice
episcopal news service
The Episcopal Church took a significant step Feb. 7 toward forming a new Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice by announcing that more than a dozen members had been named to a group that will begin work on the coalition, as mandated in July 2022 by the 80th General Convention.
Ryan Kusumoto, a lay deputy from Hawaii, was named chair of the group, which also includes a diverse mix of other Episcopal leaders, including some who previously served on the Presiding Officers’ Working Group on Truth-Telling, Reckoning and Healing, which had recommended the new coalition in its wide-ranging March 2022 report.
“This is an opportunity for our church to solidify racial justice and equity as a norm,” Kusumoto said in a church news release. “We will be holding listening sessions so the constituting group has a wide breadth of information and understanding to set up the appropriate infrastructure.”
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Churches reach out with care and prayers in wake of powerful earthquake in Turkey and Syria
episcopal news service
As communities in Turkey and Syria were left reeling in the wake of an earthquake that has killed at least 2,100 people — and that figure is rapidly growing — churches were reaching out to check on those affected and praying for the safety of those missing.
“In the midst of death and trauma caused by this terrible event, let us bring our intercessions together, praying that the God of Life will comfort the ones who lost their loved ones and give strength to those involved in the actions of solidarity with the victims,” said the Rev. Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.
Pillay added, “We convey our prayers to the victims and their families, as well as to the churches and local communities in Syria and in Turkey mobilizing their networks to help their sisters and brothers.”
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Archbishop "horrified" by killings on eve of historic ecumenical pilgrimage to South Sudan
anglican news.org
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has expressed his horror at the news that 27 people have been killed in Kajo-Keji, on the eve of his historic Ecumenical Peace Pilgrimage with Pope Francis and the Moderator of the presbyterian Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields.
The Minister of Information and Communication for the Government of Central Equatorial State, Dr Andruga Mabe Saverio, said that cattle herders had “conducted a savagery house-to-house murder of innocent unarmed civilians as a sheer revenge attack after [an] unknown armed group assaulted their camps in a hit and run mission which led to the death of both cattle herders and their animals this morning [Thursday 2 February] at 5 am.”
The Reuters news agency has since reported that the death toll from the violence is 27: six herders were killed in the initial attack and then 21 people in the revenge killings.
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Church of England's General Synod gets underway, with quetions about same-sex marriage looming
episcopal news service
Bishops, clergy and laity from across the Church of England gathered in London on Feb. 6 for the start of a particularly consequential meeting of General Synod, the church’s governing body. Among several topics being discussed, one is drawing attention from the British public and Anglicans around the world: the debate over how the church will recognize same-sex relationships.
After a yearslong process of discernment over whether to perform same-sex marriages – which have been legal in England since 2014 – the House of Bishops released a proposal in January to offer blessings, but not marriage, to same-sex couples. That decision has drawn backlash from many Anglicans and even some members of Parliament, who are considering legislation to force the English state church to offer same-sex couples the same access to marriage that they have under civil law.
In his opening address to the meeting, which runs through Feb. 9, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby did not speak at length specifically about the proposed liturgies or the impact they have already had, but urged all Christians to welcome LGBTQ+ people unequivocally.
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