The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · June 14, 2020
SAINT COLUMBA AND STORMS AND CHRIST-BEARERS By the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral Today, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, I can see gray clouds gathering overhead. No doubt, they are bringing rain. With a lot of imagination, though – a lot of it! – I can smell where the rain is coming from. With a lot of imagination, I smell salt air in the wind today, as if these clouds overhead are sent from the ocean, to blow salt air and water our way. Yeah, I know. That takes a lot of imagination. But it’s partly true. Our wind and rain this week are effects from the tropical depression that came ashore several days ago, down south. They have named the storm, Cristobal. These tropical depressions, and hurricanes, are normal this time of year, and –when they are mild!—they perform the necessary function of bringing water our way. Our dry earth and thirsty soil need these kinds of storms – as long as they are not fierce! We always need fresh water and wind. Today, June 9, is also the feast day of a special saint in the church, Saint Columba. Saint Columba was a man who knew the sea, and storms, too. Born in Ireland, in 521, he became a fine scholar and monk. With other monks, however, he found himself tossed and driven, and moved about by trouble; in 544 it was the notorious pestilence of Ireland that moved him. In new places, however, he simply founded new monasteries. Columba enjoyed preaching, and was said to have had a loud, melodious voice, maybe like that of a dove. Evangelizing the druids, who were dying out, he declared, “Christ is my druid.” He became a priest in 555. Then, according to legend, on one of his missionary journeys, his boat fell into the strong winds and fury of a sea storm. The boat washed ashore on the island we now know as Iona. On Iona, where he came ashore, Columba founded the tremendous monastery that would be responsible for converting the Picts, in Northern Britain. That land, of course, would become Scotland. The name, Columba, means “dove,” and it is uncertain how Columba got that name. But the name, “Jonah,” in the Hebrew Scriptures, also means “dove.” Jonah, of course, is the one who was also thrown about in a storm, and even sank into the belly of a great fish, before being resurrected to new life. Columba the dove, like Jonah the dove, was able to preach after having nearly lost his life. We, too, have been tossed about by some storms lately, haven’t we? The coronavirus storm, the racism storm, the economic recession storm. These storms have thrown us into some new places, cast us upon new shores. We are in new emotional lands and new spiritual territories, maybe where we have never been before. Following blessed Columba, and with the sign of Jonah, maybe we can learn to be spiritual in a new way, too. We are tossed and driven On this restless sea of time. Somber skies and howling tempests oft succeed a bright sunshine. In that land of perfect day, When the mists have rolled away, We will understand it better by and by. It’s a great old spiritual. Contrary to what is declares, though, I don’t know if we will ever really understand continued on back page...
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JUNE 14, 2020 · The Second Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 6, Year A Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 · Psalm 116:1, 10-17 · Romans 5:1-8 · Matthew 9:35-10:23
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PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: IMMEDIATE NEEDS Margarito Barragan • Edith Oliveros • Clark Shelton
LONG TERM PRAYERS R. Huntley Allen • T. Mayo and Pat Atkins • Edgar and Judith Beach • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler •
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FAMILY AND FRIENDS Eileen Abeyesundere • Bill Aycock • Karyn Bacon • Bettina Bass • Tom Bingham • David Bond • Lynn
Chandler • Andrew Clark • Leonard A. Cobb • Marie Corrigan • Sally Davis • Carleton Fuller • Tom Ingegneri • Stephen Jones • Bernard A. Kan • Susan Kuzia • Pete Livezey • Pat Martin • Michelle Maxwell • Bonnie Shields
McCormack • Bob McGill • David Mickle • Malcolm A. Moore • Steven Norman • Sally Taylor Rogers • Frank Roth • James Sands • Patricia Schooley • Milton Shiver • James Marion Smith • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate •
Pierson Thames • Jeffrey Thomas • Janiece Townshend • Roger Traylor • Ron M. Wallace • Whit A. Wright • Patricia Young • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Craig Gillikan
This letter is part of a series of fictional letters by Canon George Maxwell intended for Episcopalians young and old who wonder what it means to be faithful in the world today. Dear Anna, Do you remember the last words of Jesus? The Gospels record seven phrases, traditionally called words, that were uttered by Jesus during his crucifixion. I recently heard a powerful new musical composition by a young composer named Joel Thompson. It’s titled The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed. Thompson published it while he was the Upper School Chorus Director at Holy Innocents Episcopal School in Atlanta. Thompson uses the last words of seven unarmed black men who have recently been killed by police or other authorities. For example, the traditional third word of Jesus is, “Mother, this is your son. Son, this is your mother.” Thompson builds the third movement around the last words of Amadou Diallo, a young African immigrant who in 1999 was shot 41 times by NYC police officers who mistook him for a serial rapist. He had just phoned his mother to tell her that he was going to college.
Thompson said that he was trying to create space for empathy. He does that by connecting us to a struggle that we might not feel is our own. Trayvon Martin asked the neighborhood watch volunteer who ultimately killed him, “What are you following me for?” I couldn’t listen to those words without getting a sense of what it feels like to be followed. But, to be clear, Thompson’s work goes beyond politics. There is anger in it, but it’s not about anger. You don’t have to agree with any particular view of who is to blame for what happened to these men to feel the pain of their deaths. You just have to let the music speak to you about how their lives mattered. Just listening to the music feels like a spiritual practice. You might think of it as practicing “ubuntu” – an African term meaning humanity that is often translated as “I am because we are.” As one student who performed the piece in Boston said, “We listened to each other, and we grew together though song.” Restoring dignity lost starts with listening, I think. Your affectionate uncle, Ames
ADULT EDUCATION / 10:10 AM VIA ZOOM This Sunday in Old Fashioned Sunday School, Canon George Maxwell will continue the discussion, "The Atlanta Protests: Where Do We Go From Here?". // Scott Russell, Kathy Loomis, Jeff Cunningham, and Michelle Perkins lead Parenting Unscripted. Contact the Rev. Nate Huddleston for more information.
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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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it by and by. We are, all of us, tossed and driven, and understanding is still a long way off. But, like Columba, we build where we have landed. Maybe some of us will construct new enterprises, like the Iona monastery, which can change the world.
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But all of us, no matter where we have landed, can be bearers of Christ. All of us, no matter where we have landed, can be bringers of good news, peace and justice, wherever we are. We can all be bearers of Christ, even in a storm; that is what the name, “Cristobal,” means, “Christ-bearer.”
The Very Rev. Sam Candler Dean of the Cathedral
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