Spiritus Gladius The Weekly News Letter of the Collegiate Church of Saint Paul the Apostle, Savannah

The Weekday Kalendar The Fourth Sunday in LENT Monday Lenten Feria MP 9:00 am HE 12:15 pm March 14 , 2021 EP 5:30 pm

Via Livestream on Facebook https:// Tuesday Lenten Feria facebook.com/stpaultheapostlesavannah/ MP 9:00 am EP 5:30 pm 9:45 a.m. Morning Prayer HE 6:00 pm 10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass

12:15 p.m. Misa en Español (online) Wednesday Patrick 5:30 p.m. Evening Prayer/Mass Bishop/Missionary (On the Church Lawn) Lauds 6:45 am th HE 7:00 am Benediction (4 Sunday) MP 9:00 am EP 5:30 pm **************

There is a 3 pm Mass at St. Bartholomew’s, Thursday Cyril Chevis Road at Wild Heron Road on the Bishop of Jerusalem, 386 4th Sunday of the Month MP 9:00 am ************** HE 10:00 am EP 5:30pm The Propers Numbers 21:4-9

Friday St. Joseph Ephesians 2:1-10 Lauds 6:45am John 3:14-21 HE 7:00am MP 9:00 am Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 EP 5:30 pm

Parish Office is open for phone calls Monday Through MP - Morning Prayer HS - Healing Service Thursday, 10am-12:00pm HE - Holy Eucharist EP - Evening Prayer No in-person visits are allowed at this time. Reflections Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

We all have a duty as Disciples of Christ to attend to OUR ongoing Christian formation. This duty knows no age, condition of life or level of responsibility in the life of the Church. The very dynamism of our Baptism’s calls every one of us to pursue God’s Mission in a broken world. To have something to contribute to the needs and issues of our present society we must train ourselves to grow day by day toward the fullness of mature humanity in Christ or Lord.

If our goal, as it should be, is to convey the love of Christ and the Body of Christ’s natural tenderness for all people we must remember that we maybe and often are the only means of contact which another creature of God’s own making may have of that Love. Our human, spiritual and intellectual maturity in the art of loving kindness is key to the evangelization of our own day and culture. More than the accu- mulation of knowledge our formation in the Christian life involves allowing our persons to be shaped by the gifts of grace which God sends our way. It also involves the cultivation of patterns which com- pel us to grow in sensitivity to others. Learning to listen, to create an atmosphere of welcome and a warm dialogue of invitation into a mutual place of exploration as it attends to the mysteries of God is never an easy task. On the other hand, it must be part and parcel of how we convey the Church’s solici- tude and compassion.

The goal of the Church in every generation is to encourage and enable her Children to be authentic and transparent. Joy and sorrow are part of the daily life of all. What often is missing in both crisis and tri- umph is perspective founded on a healthy sense of realism which is informed by serenity and freedom rooted in a spirit of continual conversion to the mind and heart of Christ Jesus. Ultimately ours is a call to holiness. Our formation therefore needs to bear in mind this universal call always; so that the world may know the incarnate and authentic spirit of holiness through the pastoral activity of all members of the Church.

Formation founded on Christ Jesus invites us to become conscious of our common responsibility to corporate and individual conversion. The more we can direct our gaze toward a deeper contemplation of the face and person of Jesus with the aim of a true communion with the Good Shepherd the richer our life of conciliation in the world will be. It is in Christ Jesus that we are formed, and it should be the goal of all to be conformed to our Lord’s likeness in all things - especially in meekness, poverty of spirit and passion for justice. By contemplation and imitation of the mercy and compassion of the Fa- ther through the face of Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit, we can convey fortitude and true joy. In this way we can bring to life compassion for the afflicted, patience in the midst of chaos, and wisdom embedded in Love.

At St. Paul’s we have many opportunities to enter a path of formation; the daily offices and the week- day Masses, bible study on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s, Adult Catechesis and Inquirers Class at dif- ferent times of the year just to name a few. During Lent we have the added prospect of the 40-day jour- ney with the Society of St. John the Evangelist and the Stations of the Cross. Join me in intentional for- mation - WWIII Parish News and Events

ST. PAUL’S CONNECTS HOLY CROSS ~ HOLY LIFE Day Time Connect A L E N T E N S E R I E S Sunday 10am& Mass ON T H E W A Y OF 5:30 https://facebook.com/stpaultheapostlesavannah/ T H E C R O S S

Sunday 5:30 Evening Prayer & Discussion Wednesdays on Zoom from 6:00 – 7:00 with Bishop Frank Griswold former Presiding Bishop of the pm Episcopal Church. For Zoom link, email: [email protected] In-Person Inside Weekly Varies “Come, Pray” with the Community of Church Attendance Reinstated St. John the Evangelist In accordance with the latest COVID-19 case To sign up, email: SSJE.org/subscribe and select counts and inpatient bed capacity in Savannah, "Monastic Wisdom for everyday the Diocese has revised the guidelines for in- living." person worship. THIS SUNDAY, ST. PAUL’S WILL HAVE IN-PERSON WORSHIP AT M-F 9am Morning Prayer THE 10AM MASS and OUTSIDE EVENING Log on to St. Paul’s Facebook page and PRAYER/MASS AT 5:30pm. Those wishing click “follow” 5:30pm Evening Prayer to attend in person are asked to make a reserva- https://facebook.com/stpaultheapostlesavannah/ tion via Realm or to call the church office. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS NOON Wed 6:00pm Way of the Cross/Lenten Series FRIDAY. For those of you who wish to read the For Zoom link, email Mother Lauren at [email protected] new guidelines, please copy and paste this link or 912-398-9847 in your browser: https://gaepiscopal.org/wp-content/ Thurs 11:00am Bible Study uploads/2021/02/COVID-19Guidance- For Zoom link, email Kate Zeh at [email protected] Winter2021Revision.pdf

Fri 6:00pm Stations of the Cross https://facebook.com/stpaultheapostlesavannah/

Vestry Fish and Chips Takeaway To make a reservation for the 10am Sun- St. Paul’s vestry members will be hosting a fish & chips take away lunch on Saturday, March day Mass or the 5:30pm Sunday Mass, 20th from noon until 1:30 or until we run click on the link listed below: (If you do not out. All are welcome and bring a friend and choose to use the online reservations system, you neighbor. Cost is in kind donations. Register on may call the church office at (912) 232-0274.) Realm! Make a Reservation on Realm Easter Lilies Donation Donations or Easter lilies in memory or in honor of someone may be made for our Easter Masses. Daylight Savings Time This Weekend Lilies are $16.00 per plant. Donation information SPRING FORWARD will be received March 15 until Easter. Spiritus Gladius is published weekly at the Collegiate Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 1802 Abercorn Street. Street, Savannah, GA 31401 . March 14, 2021

St Paul’s Collegiate Church and Shrine Flowers This Week at St. Paul’s 1802 Abercorn Street - Savannah, GA 31401 Lent is a penitential season and 34th & Abercorn Streets flowers are usually associated with Sunday Lay Minister 1.912.232.0274 rejoicing. For this reason, the

Jim Weathers are bare, and we use none of the The Episcopate usual symbols of Sunday Lector The Right Reverend Frank S. Logue Marsha Tobert rejoicing Bishop of Georgia Mass Schedule The Most Rev’d Michael B. Curry D.D. Primate, Episcopal Church, USA High Altar As of this writing, we are opening the church to limited in-person wor- No donation was received for the High Archbishop of Canterbury Altar Lamp for this Sunday ship (phase one of the Diocesan plan). You may join us daily for Livestreaming on our Facebook Honorary Assistant Clergy Our Lady Queen of Peace Page Canon J. Robert Carter. PhD Altar Lamp https://facebook.com/ Fr. George B Salley, Jr No donation was received for the Queen stpaultheapostlesavannah/ The Rev. John G Anderson of Peace Altar Lamp for this Sunday Holy Communion is available at Lutheran Pastor in Residence

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