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This year Lent includes the feast in honor of St. Joseph on March 20. In the midst of Lent comes this festive celebration to remember the husband of Mary and earthly father of Jesus, which is an explosion of joy in the midst of Lenten austerity.
The Gospel defines St. Joseph as a "just man" (see Matthew 1:19). "Righteous", in the Holy Scriptures, is he who is open to God, he who adjusts his life to the demands of the Word of God.
Joseph in the Gospel did not utter a word, but he is a central character in our faith by divine design, since God granted him the incomparable privilege and blessing of being at Mary's side, and of raising his own Son together with her.
At home, sitting at the head of the table - rubbing his calloused hands, shaking the sawdust from his robe - Joseph watched Mary care for Jesus, bathe Him, feed Him and sing Him to sleep. He responded with courage and love; he did not boast or seek merit. On the contrary, he trusted in God and set out on the mission God entrusted to him.
Lent is a path of progressive enlightenment in faith. It is to relearn to see people, things, and events with the eyes with which God sees them. St. Joseph, in tune with Holy Lent, transmits to us sobriety and depth, simplicity, silence, prayer and austerity.
Joseph's silence is a silence full of listening, a sonorous silence. May the silence of St. Joseph, in this time of Holy Lent, speak to the depths of our hearts.
This Lenten celebration, united with Joseph, pushes us forward with a Lenten impulse. Joseph simply lived. And by living, he became the best teacher for our daily life.
It is customary to congratulate both men and women who bear the name of Joseph. They can be a Jose, Josefina, Josefa, Joseph, and we cannot forget to congratulate Father Joseph Krasinski on this special day.
Fr. Rafael Garcia
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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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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, President James Carter, Jr., Sonia Barbara Delgado, Janeth Castaños
Sanctuary Candle
To the glory of God and Memory of Zaida Soto - Roberto Soto
Anglican Cycle of Prayer
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
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Birthdays
Theresia Munis
Domenica Brazzi
Patrick Prophete
Derrick Griffith
Diego Murillo
Anniversaries
In Memoriam
Zaida Soto
Debra Ann Williams
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The Right Reverend Dr. Gregory H. Rickel
Assisting Bishop designee of the Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida
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The Right Reverend Dr. Gregory H. Rickel will be installed as the Assisting Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida on Tuesday in Holy Week during the Chrism Mass at 12:00 p.m. All are invited to attend.
Bishop Rickel was baptized and raised United Methodist, but found The Episcopal Church through his Roman Catholic education. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Arkansas in 1984, and earned Master degrees in Health Services Administration and Interpersonal and Organizational Communication also from the University of Arkansas in 1987 and 1993 respectively.
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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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March 19, 2023
Fourth Sunday in Lent
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1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41
1 Samuel 16:1-13
This story places us in a precarious moment in the history of the Israelites. After much badgering, God has agreed to give the people a king and Saul had been elevated to the role. But the novice monarch has already disappointed God and Samuel is sent out to discover his successor. Sent to Jesse the Bethlehemite, seven strapping sons are paraded in front of Samuel, but none are them are God’s chosen. It is only when Samuel asks that they bring David, the youngest, from minding the sheep. And it turns out that this young child, an afterthought, is God’s anointed.
Throughout Scripture, we are reminded of God’s solidarity with the weak and oppressed, and this passage from 1 Samuel is a perfect example of that. Whatever David became—warrior, king, tyrant—he started out as a small, weak little boy, not considered worth the attention of the great prophet Samuel. This is the surprise of God; God does not “see as mortals see.” We are enamored with the outward trappings of appearance—fine clothes, expensive cars, etc.—but God “looks on the heart.”
It is also worth noting the similarities between David’s anointing and the baptism of Jesus. “The spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David,” just as “the Spirit descend[ed] like a dove upon [Jesus].” The title “Messiah” and its Greek counterpart, “Christ,” mean “anointed one,” and the parallels between David and Jesus are not a coincidence.
- Where has God surprised you in your life?
- How have people you might have overlooked or underestimated proven to be God’s anointed?
Psalm 23
Honestly, what is there to say about Psalm 23 that has not been said? These are some of the best-known words in all of Scripture and have spawned countless cultural references, both secular and religious. As we meditate on these words in the context of Lent, verse 4— “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death”—holds particular resonance. The trials and temptations of the wilderness are many and it is easy to think we are walking the road alone. But as this comforting psalm reminds us, even in the darkest depths, God is at our side; our shepherd will never abandon us.
- How has God been your shepherd?
- What “right pathways” might God be leading you toward?
Ephesians 5:8-14
This passage from Ephesians fits into a broader theme of the letter: God’s lordship over all creation and our duty, as Christians, to walk in the light of God. Paul is concerned with the malevolent forces of this world and the human tendency to be drawn into “darkness,” but he assures his readers that following Christ will keep us in the light.
The danger of this passage is how easily interpreters can claim the title “children of light” for themselves, how tempting it is to judge and assert that others are living in “darkness.” This presumption is tempered by verse 10: “Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.” The humility of this phrase is beautiful and subtle. Ultimately, we cannot fully know who God is or what God wants—we can make educated inferences based on Scripture, but on this side of the veil, God remains a mystery. So let us try to walk in the light and hope that God is pleased with our efforts.
- Where might darkness be in your life? And what might God’s call to the light be?
- What is a “child of light” and how might you claim that title?
John 9:1-41
This passage from John’s gospel dwells on an essential theme of the evangelist, rich with symbolic meaning. On its surface, the story is of Jesus healing a blind man and its confusing, almost silly, aftermath. As readers, we are bemused by the obstinate refusal of the Pharisees to see what has plainly occurred in front of them. Even as the formerly blind man attests to Jesus’s healing power, they cannot accept the facts of the story. No number of witnesses will open their eyes to the reality of what has occurred.
Yet this story is about so much more than an act of healing. Blindness and sight, darkness and light, ignorance and understanding—all of these dichotomies are at play and remind us of John’s overarching vision in this gospel. Jesus is “the light of the world” and it is through Christ that we come to know God.
Nevertheless, it is important to remember that we have the advantage of John’s narrative voice pointing out the stubborn blindness of the Pharisees. It is easy to see that Jesus is Lord with the benefit of hindsight, and it is easy to laugh at the Pharisees for missing what was plain to see. But are we so different? Are we not sometimes Pharisees too—so confident in our worldview that we fail to see what is evident to someone else?
- Where in your life might you be blind to God’s work?
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Weekly Bulletin Insert
Life Transformed - Week 4
March 19, 2023
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episcopal church.org
The Way of Love in Lent
The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. This Lent, communities are invited to walk with Jesus in his Way of Love and into the experience of transformed life. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption. Throughout Lent, come along with us as we explore Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent, produced by Hillary Raining and Jenifer Gamber. You can find resources mentioned below at iam.ec/lifetransformed or by scanning the QR code.
Week 4
Sunday, March 19
Today’s Practice: Watch the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining’s video at iam.ec/lifetransformed for Week 4. The topic is based on the practice “Bless” and is titled, “A New Heart and a New Spirit”.
Read: Ezekiel 36:24-28
Monday, March 20
Today’s Prompt: What challenges are you facing today?
Read: “And you will have confidence, because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.” – Job 11:18
Tuesday, March 21
Today’s Prompt: Where do you find joy and passion?
Read: “They said to each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?’” – Luke 24:32
Wednesday, March 22
Today’s Prompt: What can you say “no” to so you can say “yes” to prayer, rest and joy?
Read: “Six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a sabbath to the Lord throughout your settlements.” – Lev. 23:3
Thursday, March 23
Today’s Prompt: Practice lectio divina with this scripture.
Read: Luke 15:17-24
Friday, March 24
Today’s Prompt: Create a prayer representing how you seek to serve God and follow Jesus.
Read: “No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.” – Matt. 5:15
Saturday, March 25
Today’s Prompt: How do others experience the love of Christ through you?
Read: “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.” – Gal. 5:22-23
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The Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray
Episcopal Women's History Project
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President John F. Kennedy appointed Pauli Murray to the Committee on Civil and Political Rights as a part of his Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. In the early 1960s, Murray worked closely with A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, and Martin Luther King but was critical of the way that men dominated the leadership of these civil rights organizations.
Pauli Murray fundamentally shaped how we understand equality and American constitutional jurisprudence. Murray’s legal impact and scholarship defined and defended the rights of African Americans, women, and LGBTQ+ people.
Pauli Murray Center.com
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Anglican Cycle of Prayer: March 19, 2023
The Anglican Church of South Africa
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The Anglican Church of Southern Africa – situated on the southern tip of Africa.
Our Province of the world-wide Anglican Communion was established in 1870 when our first Provincial Synod was held in Cape Town. We have grown over the years and now comprise 26 dioceses in four sovereign nations and on three mid-Atlantic islands. Dioceses are to be found in Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa, and on the island of St. Helena.
We have a diverse membership of approximately three million people, speaking many languages and representing many cultures and races. Our Prayer Book is currently available in nine of our region’s languages and we have about 2,000 clergy ministering in about 1,000 parishes.
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
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Chech Roman Catholic Priest, Ludmila Javorova
On December 28, 1970, Ludmila Javorova was ordained a Roman Catholic priest by Bishop Felix Davidek and served as a secret priest in the Czechoslovakia underground church until the Iron Curtain fell in 1990. The most complicated suspense novel cannot touch the intrigue with which these two priests, one male and one female, had to live their lives. Nothing they did was documented, but everything was done within the structure of the laws of the church. The network they established included 19 bishops. As Bishop, Davidek himself ordained 68 priests, including Ludmila’s father and her brother.
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Saint Joseph: The Husband of Mary
Feast Day Observed: March 20
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A pious Jew, a carpenter from Nazareth, and a descendant of King David, Joseph is also known as the “Guardian of Our Lord.” Joseph was faced with an awkward situation when he learned that his betrothed wife was pregnant, and he knew he was not the father. He made plans to divorce her quietly, but when an angel of God came to him in a dream and revealed God's plans for him, Joseph took Mary as his wife without further hesitation. He traveled with Mary to Bethlehem, assumed legal responsibility for the child Jesus, and saw that the religious obligations were met through the circumcision of the child and the purification of the mother. Because of the silence of the gospels, and because Jesus entrusted Mary to the care of John, it is generally believed that Joseph died a natural death after the visit to Jerusalem when Jesus was twelve, but before the baptism of Jesus when he was thirty. Some believe that Joseph was much older than Mary. Joseph is considered the patron saint of the working person. His life is commemorated on Mar. 19 in the Episcopal calendar of the church year.
Collect
O God, who from the family of thy servant David didst raise up Joseph to be the guardian of thy incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and his obedience to thy commands; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Filmmakers release 'The Philadelphia Eleven' documentary trailer
episcopal news service
The producers of a documentary on the 11 women who broke down barriers in The Episcopal Church to become its first female priests have released a trailer for the film, as they work to raise the remaining money needed to complete it in time for the 50th anniversary of the church milestone next year.
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Episcopal bishop joins North Idaho religious and secular activists to fight Christian nationalism
episcopal news service
As at other protests, part of a nationwide conservative movement targeting public libraries, speakers at the meeting in Post Falls repeatedly intermingled their three-minute speeches with appeals to Christian faith, and to the Bible as the ultimate moral arbiter. One critic scolded the board for promoting content that affirms LGBTQ people instead of other books “such as the Bible, such as Christian things, such as American things, such as patriotic things.”
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Church leaders recall welcoming Jimmy Carter to North Carolina for one of his first Habitat projects
episcopal news service
When former President Jimmy Carter came to Charlotte, North Carolina, for a Habitat for Humanity build in 1987, the Rt. Rev. Henry Parsley recalls being amazed as much by Carter’s skill with a pocketknife as with his joy at hammering nails.
“He believed in what he was doing with Habitat,” Parsley said in a phone interview with Episcopal News Service. “He also could carve a peach with his pocketknife faster than any human being I’ve ever seen.”
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Episcopal congregation's clothing drive gives away 1,000 dresses to outfit teens for prom
episcopal news service
A congregation in the Diocese of Newark made a big difference for hundreds of teenagers on March 11 when its growing clothing ministry distributed more than 1,000 free prom dresses to families from its northern New Jersey community and the neighboring New York region.
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Episcopal bishops describe 'powerful, challenging' racial justice pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama
episcopal news service
The House of Bishops took a break from its weeklong retreat at the Diocese of Alabama’s Camp McDowell on March 9 and made a pilgrimage to racial justice sites in the city of Montgomery, the state’s capital and a key battleground in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Church in Chile says 'no to the violence' following arson attach by indigenous militants
catholic new agency
The Catholic community of the Diocese of Temuco in Chile said no to violence following the March 13 fire that destroyed the Sacred Heart of Jesus chapel in the Amaza sector.
In a public statement signed by the diocesan administrator, Father Juan Andrés Basly Erices, the community expressed its grief over the arson attack that occurred in the early morning hours of March 13, destroying the chapel belonging to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in the village of Selva Oscura.
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UOC-MP monastery is being evicted from Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
religious information service of ukraine
By this day, the monastery of the UOC-MP must vacate the buildings and facilities listed on the balance sheet of the Reserve located at 11 Lavrska street, and 15 Lavrska street.
By March 14, the monastery must also provide a list of its representatives (2-3 people), who will be included in the commission for the acceptance and transfer of state property.
The UOC-MP stated that the letter from the National Reserve "does not specify the legal grounds for such actions."
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