The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · April 5, 2020
THE FEAST OF JOHN DONNE IN THE YEAR 2020 By the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral It was good, so good, this week that on March 31, 2020, we keep the feast of John Donne! John Donne is one my personal heroes, because he was what I aspire to be: a strong poet and a devoted dean (though he was a brilliant poet!). He died as dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, in London, in 1631. Here is a quick review: Brought up a Roman Catholic just after the English Reformation, John Donne (born 1573) did not intend to become a priest or a theologian. He studied law and apparently had a way with women. His early poetry surely reflected that tendency, and his is still held as an example of superb love poetry! (Read the bawdy “To His Mistress On Going to Bed”!). When he fell in love with (the young) Anne More, her family did not give consent to a marriage, and so he eloped with her. Her father, therefore, threw Donne into prison. (He wrote, from prison, the short epigram: “John Donne, Anne Donne, undone.”). It was only later that their marriage was declared valid. Still later, a friend urged ordination, and so he was ordained in 1615. Sadly, in 1617, his beloved wife died, five days after the birth of their twelfth child together. Donne would go on, however, to become dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and write some of the most sublime poetry of England. Well, on this March 31, 2020, we are living in a time of both disease and imprisonment. The COVID-19 illness has infected all of us, either with the virus itself or with the fear of it and the precautions against it. We, all of us, are affected by the disease. We are also affected by a kind of prison: our homes! Most of us are confined to our homes voluntarily, but still our homes can seem like prisons to us. We are stuck. In this situation, read John Donne! John Donne knew of love and prison and illness. And he wrote deeply and powerfully about the presence of God in all those conditions. When he lay ill in his older years, he wrote (in Hymn to God, My God, In My Sickness): I joy that in these straits I see my west; For though their currents yield return to none, What shall my west hurt me? As west and east In all flat maps (and I am one) are one, So death doth touch the resurrection. But Donne may be most well known by words which ring true, so true, today, from his Meditation 17, NUNC LENTO SONITU DICUNT, MORIERIS [Now this bell tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die.] Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he know not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me and see my state may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that. The church is catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she does, belongs to all. When she baptizes a child, that action concerns me; for that child is thereby connected to that body which is my head too, and ingrafted into that body whereof I am a member. And when she buries a man, that action concerns me. … As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come, continued on back page...
This SUNDAY
APRIL 5, 2020 · The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, Year A
Matthew 21:1-11 · Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 · Isaiah 50:4-9a · Psalm 31:9-16 · Philippians 2:5-11 · Matthew 27:11-54
EACH OF THESE SERVICES WILL BE LIVESTREAMED AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/STREAM, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, AND ON THE CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE.
8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST Celebrant: The Very Rev. Sam Candler Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa Cathedral Singers
11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST Celebrant: The Very Rev. Sam Candler Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa Cathedral Singers
4 P.M. A MEDITATION ON THE PASSION OF CHRIST, WITH CAROLS RECORDED APRIL 14, 2019 Officiant: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Cathedral Schola “Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended” (Herzliebster Jesu) arr. Andrew Carter, I wonder as I wander “A stable lamp is lighted” (Andújar) Richard Lloyd, The Ballad of the Judas Tree Spiritual, arr. Dale Adelmann, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child/Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen “To mock your reign, O dearest Lord” (Tallis’ Third Tune) Trond Kverno, Corpus Christi Carol Daniel Gawthrop, Mary Speaks Kenneth Miller, “Nature with open volume stands” (Green’s View) Spiritual, Were you there when they crucified my Lord Antonio Lotti, Crucifixus à 8
The CATHEDRAL off ST. PHILIP
The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music The Rev. Lauren R. Holder, Canon for Community and Education The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr., Vicar The Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care The Rev. John William Harkins III, Ph.D., Priest Associate The Rev. Nathan G. Huddleston, Priest Associate for Youth and Young Adult Ministries The Rev. Julia B. Mitchener, Priest Associate for Children’s Ministries The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate The Rev. Carolynne G. Williams, Canon Associate for Pastoral Care and Elder Ministry Del King, Senior Warden Dorsey DeLong, Junior Warden
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Maundy THURSDAY
APRIL 9, 2020 · Maundy Thursday, Year A
Exodus 12:1-14 · Psalm 116:1, 10-17 · 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 · John 13:1-17, 31b-35
THIS SERVICE WILL BE LIVESTREAMED AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/STREAM, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, AND ON THE CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE.
7 P.M. MAUNDY THURSDAY LITURGY Celebrant: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder Preacher: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Cathedral Singers
Good FRIDAY
APRIL 10, 2020 · Good Friday, Year A
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 · Psalm 22 · Hebrews 10:16-25 · John 18:1-19:42
EACH OF THESE SERVICES WILL BE LIVESTREAMED AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/STREAM, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, AND ON THE CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE.
NOON GOOD FRIDAY LITURGY Celebrant: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Preacher: The Very Rev. Sam Candler Cathedral Singers
7 P.M. GOOD FRIDAY LITURGY Celebrant: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Preacher: The Very Rev. Sam Candler Cathedral Singers
ADULT Education These classes meet at 10 a.m. on Sunday via video conference. Contact the organizer for information on where to connect online.
OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL Experiencing the Presence of God This term, we are continuing our study of the Bible and Christian contemplative spirituality. The course is built on the foundation laid by the Rev. Vincent Pizzuto, Episcopal priest and college professor, in his book titled Contemplating Christ: The Gospels and the Interior Life (Liturgical Press, 2018), which is, of course, available in the Cathedral Book Store. Canon George Maxwell leads this class.
PARENTING UNSCRIPTED Scott Russell, Kathy Loomis, Jeff Cunningham, and Michelle Perkins will be leading throughout the semester. Contact the Rev. Nate Huddleston for more information.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK MIDDAY MEDITATION On Cathedral Facebook page, offered by a member of the clergy Monday-Friday, 12:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY PARISH NOTICES with Dean Sam Candler Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., via Zoom
Other Bible Studies and small groups are also meeting! Contact your group leader or visit cathedralATL.org/calendar for more. cathedralatl
HOLY WEEK with th From the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care In this season of Lent and this season of “social distancing,” as we miss our usual way of worshipping together, we are remembering other ways of being in community and in common prayer. Our tradition is grounded in Christ, who is present to us in both sacrament and word; and many of our practices actually originated in family worship and home churches. The church is not a building, but a community—the body of Christ, gathered in prayer and service! During Holy Week, the Cathedral will continue to offer creative and authentic liturgies online. These liturgies will include practices that you can do at home, with your family or alone. They will be an opportunity to worship together with Christians across time and across the world, wherever you find yourself. With God’s help, and some intention on our part, the COVID-19 pandemic can draw us more deeply into the mystery of Christ’s passion and resurrection. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, also called Passion Sunday. This dual name mirrors the dual nature of the holy day: it begins with a joyful and triumphant procession into the church, with the people waving palms and shouting jubilantly, “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest!” However, the procession makes a dramatic shift, as it turns from the liturgy of the palms to the passion of Christ, and we pray for the grace to “walk in the way of Christ’s suffering, and also share in his resurrection.” For our virtual Palm Sunday procession this year, please send a picture and/or a short video of you or your family waving any kind of branch that is native to where you are! (Post to cathedralATL.org/upload by noon on Friday, April 3.) The high holy days of the Christian church are called the Triduum, a singular liturgy that stretches over three days: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. On Maundy Thursday, Jesus gives his disciples and us the Mandatum, to share in the Eucharistic feast and to serve one another, as he does by washing his disciples’ feet. To help us prepare this liturgy, we would love to have pictures of footwashings wherever you are. There is another important procession in the Easter Vigil, when we process with the Paschal candle and our own candles, lit from the light of Christ, into the church. We will still make that procession this year, too, in our homes and virtually into the church. So send also a picture of you or your family holding a candle! (Post to cathedralATL.org/upload by noon on Thursday, April 9.) For the three-day Triduum liturgy, we encourage you to establish a sacred space in your home, a kind of altar or table. If you have children, they will enjoy helping you! Find a space, like a small table, shelf, or top of a cabinet. Ideally, it will be something that you can gather around for the liturgies and leave assembled for the week. Then, you can furnish it with anything that brings you close to God. You may want to include the following: •
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A cloth: a scarf, table runner or placemat, piece of clothing, special blanket, or piece of fabric. You might use something red for Holy Week, and something white for the Easter Vigil; but any color will do! A cross: You can even make your own! Candle(s) A Bible or Book of Common Prayer, or any favorite scripture or prayer.
he Cathedral of St. Philip EACH OF THESE SERVICES WILL BE BROADCAST AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/STREAM, THE CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE, AND THE CATHEDRAL APP. In addition to the items listed on the previous page, please note the items in purple to prepare have on hand during each liturgy.
PALM SUNDAY Sunday, April 5
bring any kind of branch that is native to where you are, including palm and dogwood branches. we will be blessing all kinds of branches! and, because our holy week liturgies are a community affair, please send a short video or picture of you or your family waving palm branches, or any kind of branch. post to cathedralatl.org/upload by friday, april 3. 8:45 a.m. Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist 11:15 a.m. Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist 4 p.m. A Meditation on the Passion of Christ, with Carols
MAUNDY THURSDAY Thursday, April 9
prepare a bowl of water and a towel for footwashing, and bread and wine (or your drink of choice) for a sacred meal. 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday Liturgy
GOOD FRIDAY Friday, April 10 bring a cross.
Noon Good Friday Liturgy 7 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy
EASTER DAY Sunday, April 12
bring candles, a bowl of water, and dogwood branches. you may also want fresh flowers or an image of flowers. and, send a picture of you or your family holding a candle. post to cathedralatl.org/upload by thursday, april 9 6 a.m. The Great Easter Vigil and Holy Eucharist 8:45 a.m. The Great Easter Vigil and Holy Eucharist 11:15 a.m. The Great Easter Vigil and Holy Eucharist As we worship together in this holiest of seasons, and in social distance for the common good, remember that God is here, with us, and that we are joined together in the mystical body of Christ. And remember that this church loves you.
Cathedral FARMERS MARKET THE MARKET IS REOPENING THIS SATURDAY! We have some good news! This Saturday, April 4, the Peachtree Road Farmers Market will reopen with our normal hours, 8:30Noon, with some modifications that will help us maintain social distancing for the common good. We really need your help to keep the market open -- and safe for vendors and shoppers. Why are we reopening? The City of Atlanta has deemed farmers markets to be an "essential business" because farmers markets offer an efficient way for residents to obtain a diversity of healthy food options in an outdoor setting. Shopping at farmers markets gives you a way to acquire groceries while supporting your local economy, which is especially critical in this time of uncertainty. What can you do to help create a safe market environment? We encourage our customers to shop with a purpose and not linger. Despite all the work done in the past to create a vibrant, fun social gathering spot, the COVID-19 crisis has forced us to move to a no-frills experience. There will be no music, chef demo, communal eating areas, children's area, special events, or arts and crafts vendors. Until the crisis has passed, it may be helpful to view your farmers market visits as nothing more than an outdoor local grocery run. If possible, only one person from each household should attend the market. It would also be best to leave pets at home. Please do not congregate or socialize at the market and please keep a respectful distance from others. To expedite your shopping, consider making a grocery list and/or make preorders with vendors. Additional social distancing protocols To keep our farmers, producers, and shoppers safe, here are some of the steps we are taking: • Wash your hands for 20 seconds upon arrival at the market and frequently as you move throughout the market. We will have a couple of handwashing stations and all vendors are being asked to provide hand sanitizer at their booth. • We are allowing more space between each vendor's booth. These are not walk ways, but distancing measures, so please avoid walking between the booths. • The Cathedral buildings will remain closed. Customers will not have access to the playgrounds or restrooms. • There will be no onsite food consumption. All prepared foods will be packaged to-go with the expectation that the food will be consumed offsite.
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Vendors may not provide product samples. No exceptions. Look for chalk lines to maintain 6' or more distance between you and other customers while you wait in line. Please be patient. Vendors will help only one customer at a time. Please do not touch any items on vendors' tables. Describe what you want and point to it. Vendors will bag your items. Payment options: For credit cards payments, vendors will not allow signatures on the POS machines. Virtual payment options such as Cash app, PayPal or Venmo may be be available and are encouraged. Do not hand vendors payments directly. Place cash and credit cards on the table for vendors to pick up. Avoid cash transactions.
Please do not attend if you are sick or at risk. If you are sick -- even if it's just a mild cold or are experiencing symptoms such as fever or dry cough, stay home to take care of yourself and protect others if you are sick. When in doubt, err on the side of caution. Consider asking a friend or family member to pick up your market items for you. Any customer who is at higher risk, including individuals over 65 and those with underlying health conditions, should try to stay home. We encourage you to prioritize your own health and minimize your exposure to people. Consider asking a friend or family member to pick up your market items for you. Easter Weekend Market Our next market will be Saturday, April 11 - a change from our typical Holy Week schedule. We will continue to hold markets on Saturdays unless circumstances demand otherwise.
THE CATHEDRAL AT KANUGA MAY 22-24 As of now, we are still planning to go on our parish retreat at Kanuga! This year, David Zahl, founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries, will be leading the adult programming. Contact Lisa McNamara, lmcnamara@cathedralATL.org, for more.
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PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: IMMEDIATE NEEDS Suzette Brading • Ethan Childers • Camilla Grayson • Charles Jacobs • Rose Leon • Will McGuffin • Alan McKnight • Joann Lewis Pobst • Kathleen Ravenscraft • Ryan Webb • Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr.
LONG TERM PRAYERS R. Huntley Allen • Patricia Anderson • Dr. T. Mayo and Pat Atkins • Edgar and Judith Beach • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler • Heather Clark • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Kitty Dukehart • Deborah Ellington •
Randy Farmer • Rita Fink • Robert Fox • William Ham • Katie Hughey • Louise Kan • John Kelleher • Lisa
Krysiak • Elaine Lyon • Carol McDonald • Glenn Miller • Ashley Minear • Cecil Miner • Royce Mitchell • Susan Myers • Charlie Neal • Marion Palmore • Garry Pryor • Rowland Radford • Tommy Ripley • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Peter Sanders • Louis “Skip” Schueddig • Jackie Stewart • Julie Thompson • Tommy Truesdale • Cindy West • Faye Van Winkle • Karen Young
FAMILY AND FRIENDS Eileen Abeyesundere • Karyn Bacon • Bettina Bass • Tom Bingham • David Bond • Lynn Chandler • Andrew Clark • Robert Coatney • Myron Danielson • Robert Discavage • Maureen Fernandez • Carleton Fuller •
Bruce Gillies • Tom Ingegneri • Stephen Jones • Bernard A. Kan • Pete Livezey • Joyce Lyford • Pat Martin • Michelle Maxwell • Willard McBurney • Bonnie Shields McCormack • Dawna Dunn Newton • Steven
Norman • Sally Taylor Rogers • Frank Roth • James Sands • Lillian Sandoval • Patricia Schooley • Jim and Becky Settle • Steve and Colleen Settle • Milton Shiver • Tina Susco • Tom Talley • Yvonne Tate • Pierson
Thames • Jeffrey Thomas • Janiece Townshend • Roger Traylor • Ron M. Wallace • Katherine Welden • Whit A. Wright • Patricia Young • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Mary Reed Simpson Daugette • Bennie King, Sr. • Frances Bunn Plummer • Larry Peters • Rosie Kungl
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so this bell calls us all; but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness. … No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. This week, on March 31, 2020, we know again the same thing that John Donne knew: no person is an island. We are connected. Sorrow and joy affect us all. Love affects us all. In all those conditions, God, our holy and passionate God, ravishes us wherever we are, in prison or in illness or in joy or in love. Batter my heart, threeperson’d God! AMEN.
The Very Rev. Sam Candler Dean of the Cathedral
HOLY WEEK April 5-12
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OUTREACH From the Rev. Canon Lauren Holder Canon for Community and Education We are in touch with our various community partners to stay up-todate about what they need to care for our neighbors in need, which changes regularly. The quickest way to provide assistance while sheltering in place is to give funds—and I ask you to be generous in giving to the Cathedral’s Discretionary Fund for the Needy. The loose offering the first Sunday of every month normally supports the Discretionary Fund for the Needy… so now is a great time to give! This account gives us the flexibility to respond to partners quickly and strategically, being mindful of the current need and the needs to come.
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Worship at Home details on pages 4-5
Cathedral Towers is limiting visitors, but can accept donations of grocery cards (they prefer Kroger and Walmart cards). Cards can be sent to the attention of Janel Green, executive director, at 2820 Peachtree Road NW. You can also contact parishioner Andrea Block to be included on an email blast for volunteers willing to pick up items from the grocery store if/when you are already shopping. Church of the Common Ground has ceased worship, but continues providing meals. We will provide 100 lunches on Palm Sunday, thanks to Chef Lauren Raymond! Church of the Common Ground says that when the pandemic is over, they will be in desperate need of hygiene kits and large white tube socks. Families can make hygiene kits now to give to CCG later—a great stay-at-home activity! Kits should include travel sizes of: two lotions, shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, and a small washcloth.