WINTER A.D.

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7 King of Kings
11 Happy New Year
16 Thy Kingdom Come
18 When Was Jesus Born?
21 St. Joseph
24 At Midnight
25 Star Light
29 Candlemas
32 Our Gloriana
42 Old Fashioned Turkey Soup
43 Book Review: Witness to Dignity
47 Dawn
48 Society of King Charles the Martyr
51 Robert Turner Walker
57 C. S. Lewis on Trinitarian Prayer
58 A Tale of Two Responses
61 Necrology
63 In A Greater Light

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A Letter from the Editor

Dear Readers of TAD,
We welcome Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachusetts, as our
newest parish partner! Church of the Advent was founded as an An-
glo Catholic Parish in 1844, just 11 years after the start of the Oxford
Movement. A parish whose name is recognized throughout the world
as an icon of Anglo-Catholicism in America, it’s liturgy and music
exemplify the very best in that tradition. Recent studies have shown
that many young people today are drawn to more traditional forms of
worship, and the Advent is a good example of that trend. It has one of
the youngest congregations in the diocese.
The communicants of Church of the Advent come from all around
the Boston area, sometimes traveling great distances to get there.
While the beautiful liturgy brings them there, they also enjoy a robust
program of Christian education and formation, as well as a strong
outreach program. Leading this unique parish are the Rector, the
Rev’d Douglas Anderson, and Assisting Rector, the Rev’d Jay James.
The covers of this issue are artwork by Robert Turner Walker, a
long time devoted member of the Advent until his death in 1931. A
biography of Walker, found beginning on page 51, was written by the
Rev’d Daphne Noyes and Thomas Sopko, also faithful communicants
of that parish.
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KING OF KINGS lehem, he whom the Magi

called the King of the Jews—
From The Canticle,
The Voice of the Community of the little Lord Jesus, “whose
St. Francis, Province of coming was revealed in the
The Americas, December 2021 nations not among men of
power but on a woman’s lap”
It is very Franciscan to use the
(Janet Morley).
metaphor of Christ the King.
Francis called himself the

Herald of the Great King— the

Christ who is the “firstborn of
all creation, in whom were
created all things in heaven
and on earth” (Col.1:14), and
who is also the Word Made Our Advent and Christmas
Flesh in the birth, life, and hymnody is full of King lan-
death of Jesus. guage: “Joy to the world! The
Lord is come; let earth receive
When we consider Jesus’ life her King.” (The Hymnal, 100)
in terms of the concept of
Christ the King, three events The second time in Jesus’ life
of his life come to mind. First, that the king imagery is front
the little babe born in a sta- and center is the triumphal
ble and placed in a manger, a entry into Jerusalem, when
cow’s feeding trough, in Beth- Jesus is hailed as the long-

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awaited Messiah, the anoint- into your kingdom.” There at

ed one, the successor to King the crucifixion we see Jesus
David who will free the na- reigning as King, crowned
tion from Roman rule and re- with thorns, and enthroned
establish the kingdom of Isra- on the cross.
el. However, Jesus arrived on
a donkey, the Hebrew scrip- Clearly, Christ as King is not
ture metaphor for the King of like an earthly monarch who
Peace, to the cries of “Hosan- generally strives for his or her
na to the son of David!” own power and glory. Born in
a stable—entering Jerusalem
as a humble peacemaker rid-
ing on a donkey—murdered
on a cross. What kind of king
is that? Certainly Jesus, as
a Jew, would have believed
that God sits on his heavenly
throne and governs all things.
And finally, at the end of his However, I don’t see Jesus as
earthly life, at the trial before focusing on the title of king
Pilate, we hear Jesus speaking for himself or even for God.
of his kingdom being not of Jesus calls himself the Son,
this world. Then at the cru- and God he calls Father. It is
cifixion that followed, Pilate about relationship, kinship,
had the cynical sign placed on rather than kingship. In Jesus’
Jesus’ cross: “This is the king parables he teaches about the
of the Jews.” The people mock kingdom of God. “The king-
Jesus, “If you are the King of dom of God is like…” are the
the Jews, save yourself.” And opening words to so many of
the good thief requests, “Re- his stories. And what do these
member me when you come stories tell us about that King-

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dom? They don’t speak much the King as our ultimate al-
about rules and regulations, legiance. Above being an
or power and glory, but rath- American, an Episcopalian,
er about righteousness, peace, or any other group identifier;
reconciliation, joy, mercy, and if Jesus is Lord, then nothing,
forgiveness. This is the good and no one else, can be.
news about God’s Kingdom
of love that Jesus brings to San Bernardino of Siena, a
the world. The Bishop of Cal- Franciscan saint from the
ifornia, the Rt. Rev’d Marc 15th century, lived in an Italy
Andrus, has suggested a bet- made up of small contentious
ter translation for “kingdom” city-states which were torn
would be “beloved communi- by rival factions, each with
ty.” its own party emblem. Look-
ing for a way to invite them
to move beyond these fac-
tions, Bernardino preached
on the Holy Name of Jesus,
the name before which “ev-
ery knee must bend and ev-
ery tongue proclaim to the
Allegiance to temporal au- glory of God the Father: Jesus
thorities has gotten us hu- Christ is Lord.” (Phil. 2:10-
mans into trouble over and 11) Bernardino had banners
over again. We are divided. made with the emblem YHS
We fight and even kill each on them, the abbreviation of
other over these allegiances. the Greek word for Jesus. Ber-
It is important, in this time nardino organized proces-
of divisiveness in our coun- sions behind these banners to
try and in our world, to point symbolize the surpassing of
to the allegiance to Christ old allegiances.

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end. And we believe that the

mystery of God’s love for us
is present with us now, every
moment. Meanwhile we live
somewhere between the here
and now, the already, and the
not-quite-yet.

Music has the power to say

it all so meaningfully, so my
reflection will end with this
quote from Revelation as set
to music by George Frederick
Handel in his profound orato-
San Bernardino de Siena rio “Messiah.” “The Kingdom
1452 - 1466 of this world, has become the
Artist, Lorentino D’arezzo Kingdom of our God and of
his Christ, and of his Christ.
As Christians we believe that And he shall reign forever and
God’s love for the world has ever. King of kings and Lord
already been revealed, that of lords. Forever and ever. Al-
salvation has been completed leluia, Alleluia.”
in Jesus’ incarnation, cruci- vvv
fixion, and resurrection. We
believe that God’s kingdom When I stand before God at
is already here among us. the end of my life, I would
And yet we are still in a state hope that I would not have
of waiting; we are waiting a single bit of talent left, but
for Christ to return, for the could say, “I used every bit
completion of the world, for that you gave me.”
all suffering and injustice to — Erma Bombeck

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“HAPPY NEW YEAR!” sus. The word and its deriv-

atives appear in the Hebrew
The Rev’d Russell J. Levenson, Jr. Scriptures and our own New
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
Houston, Texas
Testament about 160 times.
When the Apostle Paul lists
the three most enduring qual-
ities of a godly life, hope lands
in the middle, the other two
being faith and love. I Corin-
thians 13:13.

The Rev’d Dr. Russell J.

Levenson, Jr.

Happy New Year! We nor-

mally say these words at the
beginning of a new calendar
year, but we can also say them
as we begin a new Church
Year on the First Sunday of
Advent. Starting a new year
beckons us to look ahead with
“hope.”

Hope is an essential charac-

teristic of the followers of Je-

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That said, when the Bible

speaks of hope, it is not usu-
ally the hope we have in day-
to-day life. You know like, “I
hope that was the last email
of the day,” or “I hope I get a
good night’s rest,’ or “I hope
my cholesterol numbers are
better this year at my annual
doctor’s visit!” Carlo Carretto (1910-1988),
Italian writer, mystic, and
No, hope as the Bible speaks member of the Little Brothers
of Jesus, modeled himself
of it has much deeper rami- upon desert contemplative
fications. The late Carlo Car- Charles De Foucauld.
retto, (d. 1988), an Italian
spiritual author, reminds us, means there is a potential con-
“Optimism means faith in nection to this kind of hope
men (and women), in their in virtually everything we do.
human potential; hope means Hope–let’s call it “gift of the
faith in God and in His om- Spirit-hope,”–is that intan-
nipotence.” What might that gible quality that can see the
look like? Well, anytime I get children of God through any-
on a jet, I pray for my pilot, thing. Christian hope would
and I hope she or he has the even look at COVID 19 and
skill to get me where I want its variants and say, “In some
to go. (That is hope in the ways, we are better for it.” As
human.) But if the pilot fails Paul wrote to the Romans,
me, I have a deeper hope that “… we rejoice in the hope of
if the plane goes down, my the glory of God. Not only
soul goes up. (That is the way so, but we also rejoice in our
Christians hope. But, that also sufferings, because we know

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that suffering produces perse- yond today’s 24 hours.

verance; perseverance, char-
acter; and character….” Wait I do think it fair to say that
for it now… what does char- some things challenge our
acter produce…? … “HOPE!” hope. However, not to be coy,
let me invite you to “Keep on
You and I know “hopeless” hoping for hope.” Yes, there
people. They believe the child are things that will weaken
who has gone astray is des- hope’s influence in our dai-
tined to fail for the rest of his ly lives, and yet hope rises
life; that the marriage that above those things. That great
ends in divorce dooms one to author of Moby Dick, Her-
a life without love; that job loss man Melville (d. 1891), once
means there is nothing prom- wrote, “Hope is the struggle
ising around the corner, and of the soul, breaking loose
that–sadly, death... well death from what is perishable, and
is the end. The hope that God attesting her eternity.” That is
births within His children another way of saying that to
gives way to none of those some degree, we have to hope
things. In his poem, “Essay on in hope.
Man,” (1732), Alexander Pope
handed us a compass with the You may recall a story the late
words, “Hope springs eternal President George H.W. Bush
in every human breast.” He used to tell. During his days
reminds us, again, that hope as Vice President, he repre-
is something beyond what sented the United States at
connects us not only with the the funeral of former Soviet
promise of a better day in this leader Leonid Brezhnev, and
world, but also the promise of he was deeply moved by what
a better life that is connected can only be described as a
to things that reach far be- kind of silent protest carried

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was best represented by Jesus

who died on the cross, and
that the same Jesus might yet
have mercy on her husband’s
soul.1
Let me say one more thing
about hope. You can actu-
Leonid Brezhnev lying in state,
ally “catch it,” and the pow-
November 1982
er of this gift can strengthen
out by Brezhnev’s widow. She and grow in your life. How?
stood motionless by the cof- By spending more and more
fin until seconds before it was time with God. I mentioned
closed. Then, just as the sol- Herman Melville earlier. You
diers touched the lid, she per- may not know that his great-
formed a great act of courage great-great nephew is Richard
and hope, a visible action that Melville Hall, a modern-day
must surely rank as one of the cultural icon and musician
most profound acts of civil who goes by the name “Moby”
disobedience ever committed. (for obvious reasons). He is
She reached down and made known for many things, but
the sign of the cross on her among them is his platinum
husband’s chest. record, “Play,” that according
to Rolling Stone magazine is
At that time, the former So-
“one of the 200 essential rock
viet Union was the citadel of
recordings.”
secular, atheistic power, and
yet, in that moment, the wife A few years ago he confessed,
of the man who had run it all “One of my favorite quotes
hoped that her husband was is, ‘Those who are sick are
wrong. She hoped that there in need of a doctor.’ And the
was another life, and that life sad thing is we’re all sick. It’s

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part and parcel of the human that on your own, but one way
condition, and it is especial- is to show up, more and more,
ly part and parcel of living to Church.
in the United States in the
in the 21st century. Indeed, I really hope
We’re all sick. We’re that all of God’s
all deeply unhappy, children will make
disconnected, unwell way for a deeper,
people. We need each more powerful hope
other, and we need that testifies to the
God. And if God truth that God made
made the universe us and God redeems
and if God made us us in His Son Jesus
and if God made the Christ. I hope that
world, it just makes more and more peop-
sense to invite God le will choose to fol-
into our lives and low Christ, and that
ask him, ‘You made hope lifts those Christ
me–what should I followers beyond the
be doing?’” despair that is so
prevalent in this
Moby actually for- world to a hope that,
gets a key step in the indeed, springs etern-
strength of a disciple’s al. That’s something
practice of faith, of for which to hope–
love–of hope–hang- and toward that end,
ing out with God. let me state it again…
Praying to God… talking with Happy New Year!
God… worshipping God…
studying God… How best to 1 Gary Thomas, in Christiani-
do that? Well, you can sure do ty Today. 3 October 1994.

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THY KINGDOM COME death and resurrection. If it

has to do with the kingdom
The Rt. Rev’d Gregory O. Brewer
Diocese of Central Florida of God, we can clearly trace it
to the word and work of Jesus:
Emmanuel, God with us (Mt.
1:23).

Kingdom Longing
In Advent, we remember
God’s work in and through
Christ Jesus: his birth, his
life, and his imminent re-
turn, of which we are the
grateful recipients. And yet
The Rt. Rev’d Gregory Brewer Scripture says what we ex-
perience now is incomplete.
The coming season of Advent Even the Hebrews 11 “Hall
fills our hearts with images of of Faith” heroes experienced
light piercing the darkness – a God’s real presence in their
perfect picture of the king- lives but knew there was far
dom of God. more to come. The Holy Spir-
it produces within us a deep
But what is the kindom? longing for what
Whenever Jesus used that we have yet
term, he described it as an ex- to realize (see
tension of himself. His own Rom. 8:26).
life is a manifestation of the
kingdom, whether through Many of us ex-
proclamation, healing mir- perience this
acles, service to the poor, or longing for
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“kingdom come” most deeply Kingdom Witness

at Advent. We know Christ’s
presence now, but when we This truth and this longing
compare it to everything also give us permission to
the Bible promises, we real- speak with others in an au-
ize the gap between the two thentic way. “There’s more
must one day be filled. A new to the story than ‘Joy to the
heaven and earth are coming. world, the Lord is come.’ It’s
also, ‘We’re in sorrow, because
The pan- he’s not completely here yet.’”
demic has
given us new That speaks to us in the midst
room to rec- of this very unusual season.
ognize what No matter what lies ahead, we
we may have understand that God has not
missed be- finished with the world. The
fore: the longing we have for coming year will likely have
God. Our longing for king- all of the same kinds of diffi-
dom fulfillment can motivate culties we’ve just faced, and
us to find creative ways to perhaps more.
serve others, to bless others,
to nurture others.

Yes, COVID is still with us,

but more important than that,
Emmanuel is still with us.
And God’s presence and pow-
er in our lives change every-
thing.

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So, “kingdom come” includes WHEN WAS

a call to patience. We must JESUS BORN?
take care to enhance our
own faith in ways that will The Rev’d Richard R. Losch
St. James’ Episcopal Church
help us endure the present Livingston, Alabama
time. We must draw near to
the one who holds us close.

The Rev’d Richard Losch

When was Jesus Really Born?

And so, God’s kingdom re- The question has been asked
quires creative thinking and for centuries and is still very
praying: “Lord, in the midst of much alive. Luke ties his
this, what would you have me birth to Caesar Augustus and
do?” When we ask that, when Quirinius. Matthew ties it to
we listen and obey what God King Herod the Great, who
says, we experience the reality according to his account was
of kingdom come – not only still alive after Jesus’ birth. It
at Advent but in all the days has long been accepted that
ahead. Herod died in 4 BC. His en-
counter with the Magi and

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the massacre of the infants in error of about four years, thus

Bethlehem could have taken making Jesus’ birth sometime
up to as much as two years, so between 6 and 4 B.C. One ex-
it had generally been believed planation of the error was that
that Jesus was born sometime he had neglected to count the
between 6 and 4 B.C. four years that Octavian ruled
as the Roman Emperor before
Yes, B.C. means Before Christ, being given the title Augustus
so how could Christ be born by the Senate (31–27 B.C.).
before Christ? The terms B.C. This is, however, a weak ar-
and A.D. (Anno Domini, in gument. Dionysius was a very
the Year of the Lord) did not able historian, and certainly
come into use until relative- would have been aware of that
ly modern times, except in period. The primary reason
official Church use. In A.D. for the discrepancy, which is
525, a scholarly monk named
Dionysius Exiguus (Dennis
the Little) scoured the Bible
for dating references of ev-
ery kind, and calculated the
date of Christ’s birth. At the
time, he determined the year
to be 525 years after Jesus’
birth. Not long afterward, the
Church started using dates
based on that, and our current
system of dating things before
and after Jesus’ birth came
into use. In more recent times,
historians came to believe
that Dionysius had made an Dionysius Exiguus

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still accepted by most histo- late at night and was a minor

rians today, is that Herod the partial eclipse. The reason this
Great died in 4 B.C. Howev- eclipse is selected is that else-
er, according to the Bible he where Josephus mentions the
was still alive at the time of length of Herod’s reign as 37
Jesus’ birth. This is all based years, which would also tie
on a statement by the Jewish it to the 4 B.C. date. On the
historian Flavius Josephus other hand, several other ref-
that there was a lunar eclipse erences by Josephus contra-
shortly before Herod’s death dict this, casting doubt on the
(Antiquities 17.6.4). A lunar actual length of Herod’s reign.
eclipse was visible in Jerusa- Many such inconsistencies
lem on March 13, 4 B.C., and lead scholars to question his
it is on this event that the dat- dates.
ing of Herod’s death has hung
for almost 2 centuries.

The problem with all this is

two-fold. First, Josephus has
been shown to have been very
inaccurate in many of his de-
tails throughout his writings.
While the overall picture of
what he tells has proven re-
liable, he is also frequently
careless with details, and he
is often very self-serving. The
second problem is much more Flavius Josephus
important. While the eclipse
of 4 B.C. was the first in many After the eclipse in 4 B.C.,
years, in Jerusalem it was very there were no more lunar

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eclipses for four years. In 1 ST. JOSEPH

B.C. there were two. The sec-
ond took place on Decem- Isabella Horsky
ber 29, just two days before
the change in eras as we now I feel so sorry for Saint
count them. It was early, near- Joseph
ly total, and clearly visible, and
At this moment no one
was mentioned in several con- knows if
temporary sources. In those He were troubled or confused
days people took note of any By how the Lord Almighty
unusual celestial phenomena, used
because they believed them toHim in His plan for our
be divine omens or warnings. salvation.
If that was the one referred Now in my imagination
to by Josephus, that would I can see him way back then
place Jesus’ birth and Herod’s
In Nazareth, with local men
death in the year A.D. 1. Dr.Who giggle, thinking it a
John Cramer, a physics pro- joke
fessor at Atlanta’s Oglethor-That secretly some unknown
pe University, has argued for bloke
this date, and has brought Had gotten lustfully his way
many scholars to agree with With Joseph’s cute young
him. As he said, “Perhaps fiancé.
the much-maligned monk So Joseph then could have
who calculated the change disowned
of eras was not quite so far His sweetheart, and she could
off as has been supposed.” be stoned.
The law with thus be satisfied
From The Epistle, St. James’ And he would then retain his
Episcopal Church, Living- pride
ston, Alabama, February 2022 Among the local population.

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But to Joseph’s consternation But then Saint Joseph

He had a peculiar dream, dreamed again,
Revealing God’s dramatic And now he did not argue
scheme when
To use him and his sullied The angel said, “Leave now!
girl Don’t wait!
To bring salvation to the For Egypt is a safer state.
world. Go now, at once! Don’t wait
He could have said, “Who, until
me?? No way!! King Herod’s goons get there
Since she goofed up, she and kill
ought to pay. The newborn.” Joe obediently
The guys won’t point at me Prepares his wife and child
and mock. to flee
I won’t be a laughing stock!” Into the night to land un-
But Joseph listened and known—
obeyed Now refugees, afraid, alone.
The angel’s message, though Through endless dusty desert
dismayed miles
No doubt by local loss of Saint Joseph leads his own
face. exiles:
But buoyed by some heavenly Poor Mary’s too tired to
grace. converse.
He met the challenges and The baby, crying, needs to
dangers, nurse.
Ending up in some old The doggie plods on
stranger’s doggedly
Barn where Mary brought to They’re all done in by
birth drudgery.
The Christ, God’s promise to But leading them without
His earth. complaint

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Is Joseph, the unnoticed He prays in Egypt there will

saint, be A job for him in carpen-
Who wearily must try to try.
cope, So he can properly take care
Equipped with only dreams Of them as long as they are
and hope. there.
It’s hard for us to understand
Being guided by some unseen
hand.
But Joseph’s story shows that
these
Dream-like impossibilities
Can be the Lord’s peculiar
way
To guide us through each
common day—
To show us what His will
may be
For us, for all humanity.
For all we know, God’s epic
plan
May have more episodes.
We can
But wait and listen carefully
To learn what our small part
may be.
If you have Joseph’s listening
Joseph’s Dream, 1620 soul
Daniele Crespi You’ll get a good supporting
Kunsthistorisches Museum, role.
Vienna.

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AT MIDNIGHT
Barry Bradshaw
Lancashire, England

Ere Midnight’s stroke clocks’ chimes ring out Christ’s birth,

To joy the folk of dearth in Christmas hope,
While snowflakes star rhyme glitter gropes this earth,
And winds in spoke now blow in soft light’s cope.
Here carols soar to ancient melodies,
Amid this merry’s yuletide white and crisp,
Where the Holly crowns in sight’s reveries,
An evergreen delight in Winter’s wisp.
Yet in this season’s bleak and hoar frost strown,
Upon the Tannenbaum rests glow-an’ light,
That conjures dreams in trope of feelings sown,
And beacon’s herald to this festive night,
Thus ne’er did Christmas changes peel aloud,
More than when loving tidings Noel crowd!

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STAR LIGHT We make a wish, and do as

dreamers do,
The Rev’d Jon Roberts And all our wishes
Rector, Calvary Church Will come true.”
Indian Rocks Beach, Florida

The Rev’d Jon Roberts

Star light, star bright,

The first star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.1 All of us have wished upon a
star hoping that the answers
That’s Richard Girling’s to our questions will come
rhyme, but if you prefer Walt true; but often what we do not
Disney’s version, you simply see is right in front of us. Sher-
add,… lock Holmes and Dr. Watson
decide to go on a camping
“I wish I may, I wish I might, trip. After dinner and a lovely
Have the wish I wish tonight. bottle of wine, they lie down
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for the night, and go to sleep. close and from afar. We are
Some hours later, Holmes like three kings who journey
awakes and nudges his faith- afar, over “field and fountain,
ful friend. “Watson, look up at moor and mountain, follow-
the sky and tell me what you ing yonder star.”2
see.” Watson replies, “I see
The Epiphany means, tech-
millions of stars.” “What does
nically, theologically, liturgi-
that tell you?” Watson pon-
cally that moment that fol-
ders for a minute. “Astronom-
lows right after Christmas.
ically, it tells me that there
Baby Jesus remains close, and
are millions of galaxies and
there is still the scent of halls
potentially billions of planets.
decked with boughs of hol-
Astrologically, I observe that
ly. It is a wonderful sight to
Saturn is in Leo. Horologi-
see the wise men who finally
cally, I deduce that the time is
approximately a quarter past arrive, a tradition observed
with the physical movement
three. Theologically, I can see
of their statuary to the creche.
that God is all powerful and
We rejoice in knowing they
that we are small and insignif-
found him. They found Jesus
icant. Meteorologically, I sus-
and they came bearing gifts.
pect that we will have a beauti-
A little late, but at least they
ful day tomorrow.” What does
made it.
it tell you, Holmes? Holmes
is silent for a minute, then These men have been hon-
speaks: “Watson, you idiot. ored by the Church for years
Someone has stolen our tent!” and they mark the Epiphany
as an event when God does
The moment of the Epiphany miraculous things. Some say
is a remarkable and amaz- the miracle is that they actu-
ing event because it is a time ally located Jesus in the man-
where light reveals glory, up ger by following a star that

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was light years away. How Why would God use these ad-
could that be accurate? A fun- visors of a ruthless king? The
ny comment heard was that if plot thickens when Herod
men, such as these, were truly gives them the mission to dis-
wise they would have stopped cover and report where the
and asked for directions! In child was.3 Is it possible the
some respects, the miracle is miracle happened when they
being found after being lost. saw Jesus, bowed down, and
The magi were not actual worshiped him? Is that also
kings; in all probability the what we feel on Christmas?
magi were Zoroastrian priests Never returning to Herod,
who practiced the astrological vowing not to return to sin,
reading of the stars. there is a new gift to share
with others. We wonder what
is wished for, after that mo-
ment when light shines from
the true star above Jesus.

We are like the wise men on

a journey to find answers.
Perhap you do not see what
is right in front of you. Ev-
erything must add up for
your wishes to come true. You
take into account all things
through astronomical, astro-
logical ways; theological, and
even meterological ones. Are
The three wise men entering you on a quest to determine
Bethlehem by Welsh artist how the mystery is revealed?
Rhys Jenkins, early 20th C. Whatever the mission is to

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which you are called, be guid- and glory of God’s work, real-
ed by the star light that has ly present, all around. What a
the power to transform. wondrous event.

You may be asking, if I come

to Church, how can I be wise
and know where to go from
here? How do I offer my
prayers? Maybe, your prayer
can go like this…

Star light, star bright,

The first star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Whether you travel to the Have the wish I wish tonight.
church near you, or drive a I will make a wish as
great distance, this is where dreamers do,
more than earthly wishes And pray dear Jesus,
come true. It is through the To be with you.5
Church that the miracle con-
tinues and as St. Paul said, it is 1
R. Gerlings, Hey, Diddle,
where, “we bring the bound- Diddle and Other Best-Loved
less riches of Christ” and it is Rhymes (Windmill Books,
where, “the wisdom of Christ 2009), p. 32.
in its rich variety might now 2
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
be known.”4 This becomes the “We Three Kings,” 1857.
place where we slowly make 3
Matthew 2:1-12
our way back to what has al- 4
Ephesians 3:1-12
ways been right in front of us. 5
The Rev’d Jon Roberts
The simplicity of a baby in a
manger is revealed by the light

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CANDLEMAS days and nights are the same

lengths.
The Very Rev’d Sam Candler
Dean, The Cathedral of
St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia The 2nd of February brings
us another calendar phe-
nomenon, one of the four so-
called “cross-quarter” days.
Many ancient civilizations
and cultures also observed
not just the solstices and
equinoxes, but also the four
midpoints between them, the
cross-quarter days. They are
not always exact, and they go
by different names, but their
observance can assist us.

One of them you’ve certainly

heard of: Halloween, which
Very Rev’d Sam Candler

Maybe you’ve heard of the

Winter Solstice, when the
days in the northern hemi-
sphere are at their shortest,
and the nights are the longest.
Maybe you’ve heard of the
Summer Solstice, when the
days are at their longest. May-
be you’ve heard of the Spring
and Fall Equinoxes, when our

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always seems to feature rec-

ognition of the dead. Hor-
rors! Because the midpoint
between the Fall Equinox and
the Winter Solstice is a recog-
nition of things passing—the
middle of the Fall.

Well, the 2nd of February is

another such cross-quarter
day: the midpoint between
the Winter Solstice and the
Spring Equinox. The week
in which it falls is often rec-
ognized as the very depth of
winter. Winter, after all, only
began around the 21st of De- Presentation of Jesus
cember; it was still relatively in the Temple
warm then. This week recog-
nizes the middle of winter— 25th of December, we cele-
it’s depth. brate his being presented in
the Temple 40 days later, the
Christians incorporate this 2nd of February.
physical phenomenon, wheth-
er we realize it or not, when Over time, that feast has in-
we keep the Feast of the Pre- corporated candles, so that
sentation on February 2nd, 40 its other name is Candle-
days after Christmas, when mas. Whether we realize it
the child Jesus is presented in is a cross-quarter day or not,
the Temple. Just as we cele- Christians yearn for light on
brate Jesus being born on the February 2nd; we have light-
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ed candles on that winter dition will always long for,

feast for hundreds of years. and lean for, light. We yearn
for its energy, especially
Our own American culture when we miss it the most—
has another name for the in the bleak midwinter.
2nd of February, don’t we?
It’s Groundhog Day! It’s a We pray for light. Let us pray:
different name, and rather
a silly looking event, but its O God of Light and of Dark,
features are the same as the we pray to you from the depth
cross-quarter features of oth- of winter. We have had some
er cultures. On Groundhog cold days and some dark
Day, we wonder about light, days. We have had some cer-
tain days and some uncertain
days. Our season has been all
the more erratic as we have
worried about health and
pandemic.

In our season of worry, and

in our season of distress, we
have yearned for light: the
light of medical assistance,
and the light of good sense,
and the light of good faith for
the common good.

We think we can see, perhaps,

and shadow, and how much the arrival of spring, and
longer winter will be! Some- maybe the arrival of release
thing in our human con- from disease. Maybe it is

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only light come quickly. Our Gloriana

O Lord, provide light for us. The Rt. Rev’d Anthony J. Burton
Give us direction and confi-
dence. Give us good health “She is past-mistress of noth-
and the light of strong and ingness… a convenient-
wise civilization. ly empty vessel into which
Helen Mirren can imagine
In your name we pray, AMEN. any amount of knowingness
and intelligence.” So Guard-
vvv ian journalist Polly Toynbee
once described the Queen. If
only we “put an end to this
royal infantilizing of a na-
tion,” she added, the “sunlight
of reform” would come out
and Britain could take its
place among the world’s re-
publics.

I won’t bother to defend con-

stitutional monarchy, if only
because it’s looking pretty
good these days, compared
with the alternatives. Who
wants to live in a tyrannous
monarchy like, say, Sweden
or Denmark or Norway when
you can enjoy the delights of
republics like Venezuela or
Cameroon or North Korea?
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that over the years the Queen

has shaken hands with about
750,000 people. Is that noth-
ing?

My parents were English

immigrants to Canada who
gathered their boys every year
around a black and white TV
to listen to the Queen’s Christ-
mas broadcasts. It was a habit
I never kicked. I still impose it
on my long-suffering children
and mystified American din-
ner guests.

These broadcasts typically

But Ms. Toynbee put her fin- made two points. They made
ger on something. clear that her whole life was
animated by her faith, and,
“Nothingness.” as she put it in 2016, “Christ’s
example helps me see the val-
All that ribbon-cutting and ue of doing small things with
unveiling of plaques; all those great love.”
visits to homes for the dis-
abled; all those short appre- It “helps me see,” she said,
ciative speeches on small- bringing to mind C.S. Lewis’s
town factory floors; all that famous dictum: “I believe in
banter with excited crowds Christianity as I believe that
standing in the rain. Seventy the sun has risen: not only be-
years of it. It’s been estimated cause I see it, but because by it

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I see everything else.” pects of the ceremony—par-

ticularly the part which took
Her messages were simple place, off camera, and out of
but behind them was a cos- sight of the congregation,
mic, sacramental vision, and underneath a golden canopy
one woman’s example of how held up by four Knights of the
to make the supernatural love Garter. Giles Fraser describes
of God a reality in the lives what took place this way:
of others. After all, the mes-
sage of Christmas is that God “the Queen was disrobed of
became a tiny baby to a poor her crimson cloak and her
family in an obscure place to jewelry removed. Here she sat
save us. “Small” she was say- in a simple white dress on a
ing, is not “next to nothing.” wooden throne to be anointed
Small is next to everything. by the Archbishop of Canter-
Small is where you find God. bury with holy oil, a mixture
of ambergris, civet, orange
Perhaps it was because she flowers, roses, jasmine, cin-
saw so many political leaders namon, musk and benzoin,
come and go, and an empire ladled from a 12th century
slip gradually away from un- spoon. This is when the choir
der her, that she understood sings ‘Zadok the Priest’, its
the vanity of big things. “God words extracted from the first
sent into the world,” she said, Book of Kings.”
“neither a philosopher or a
general but a savior with the Kings and Queens are not
power to forgive.” elected. They don’t apply for
the job. Their lives are sacred,
At her coronation in 1953 it chosen by God.
was remarked how awestruck
she was by the religious as- Her Christmas messages re-

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minded us that our lives are with an ashtray. She was alone
just as sacred, and just as cho- with him for some time before
sen. They are to be spent in she was rescued. You would
the service of him “whose ser- have thought she might have
vice is perfect freedom.” taken the day off. But no, later
that morning she turned up at
Ms. Toynbee called her an her 11 a.m. investiture. People
“empty vessel.” True enough. had come with their proud
It’s an ancient vision of the families to receive their hon-
Hebrew Bible. God is the pot- ors and to meet her, and she
ter; we are the clay. We are didn’t want to ruin their day.
called to get our egos under
control and make space for Already a tiny person, she
God in our lives. shrank in the last year as age
took its toll. But even as she
Ms. Toynbee objected to the diminished, and grew weak,
fact that people projected on she somehow increased in
to her since she was so reti- moral stature; if anything she
cent about her political opin- grew more a symbol of uni-
ions. But again her silence was ty, more authentic, more be-
not “nothing” but something loved.
which created a space for oth-
ers to speak. How better to Two days before she died, she
embody a nation and to be a dragged herself up out of bed,
force of unity? dressed for the occasion and,
propped up with a cane, re-
The Queen hated to disap- ceived her last Prime Minis-
point. Her biographer recalls ter with a broad, welcoming
how in 1982, a disturbed man smile. She didn’t want to dis-
appeared in her bedroom appoint.
threatening to slit his wrists

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 The second Elizabeth, our
Elizabeth, slipped away
peacefully, without fanfare, in
the reasonable, religious, and
holy hope of the resurrection
to eternal life. She was the
Queen of small things done
with great love, a Gloriana for
the ages.
The first Queen Elizabeth,
so vaunted in history for her May she rest in peace.
greatness, was terrified of
death, and when she was dy- vvvv
ing crouched on the floor,
afraid to go to bed one last
time, for fear of meeting her “He who
maker.
created you
without your help,
will not
save you
without your
cooperation.”
– St. Augustine of Hippo

vvvv

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 BOOK REVIEW Bar (as he frequently refers to
Witness to Dignity them in the book) were at that
time, or anything else about
By the Rev’d Dr. Russell
Levenson them that the average citizen
didn’t know, but it wasn’t long
Review by the Rev’d Dr. before he got to know them,
Fredrick Robinson
first as their priest, and soon
It’s not every parish church thereafter also as their friend.
that has a president and first
lady of the United States as
active parishioners. George
H. W. and Barbara Bush were
members of St. Martin’s Epis-
copal Church almost from
its beginning (It was found-
ed in 1952) in Houston and
remained active members in
that parish for the rest of their
lives until their deaths in 2018.
When the Rev’d Dr. Russell
Levenson became Rector of
St. Martin’s in 2007, one of
the first persons who called
to welcome him and his fam-
ily was President Bush, who An Episcopal priest for over
in retirement had returned three decades, and now Rec-
to Houston and was, with his tor for over 15 years of the
wife Barbara, an every Sunday largest Episcopal parish in the
communicant. Of course, Fr. world, Levenson writes from a
Levenson didn’t know how perspective that is unique. In
faithful in worship 41 and Witness to Dignity, Levenson
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gives “a birds-eye view of the states that one of his father’s fa-
regular lives of two remarkable vorite quotes, attributed to St.
people who just happened to Francis of Assisi, was, “Preach
be the 41st president and first Christ at all times; if neces-
lady of our United States” (Pg. sary, use words.” Levenson
15). The reader can tell from shows throughout the book
how he describes the former that while George and Bar-
president and first lady that he bara Bush didn’t “wear their
truly was their priest, pastor, religion on their sleeve,” their
and friend, and that his wife, faith was at the very founda-
Laura, was very much a part of tion of their lives. “George
that relationship and ministry. and Barbara Bush were, in
While he does not divulge any fact, two of the most godly
confidences, he gives us a pic- people I have ever met,” writes
ture of the way they lived their Levenson. “They were so, not
lives, their character, and their because they were trying to
values. Because he knew them prove a point, gain attention,
so well, there are elements of strengthen their reputations,
this biography that are found bolster their biographies. They
nowhere else. Frequently were so, because they knew
guests in their home in Hous- God, loved God, and were
ton as well as their home in strengthened by that love—so
Kennebunkport, Russ and that the service they rendered
Laura also got to know many was a natural outgrowing of
of the extended family. All of that umbilical cord-like con-
the family were supportive of nection they had to the Source
his writing this book and Jeb of all Love” (Pg 99).
Bush actually wrote the Fore-
word. We live in an age of cynicism,
in which self interest is as-
In his Foreword, Jeb Bush sumed to be the motivating

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factor in the lives of people in Russell Levenson also speaks

positions of leadership. There about his large and ever-ex-
is a strong belief that “power panding parish in Witness to
corrupts and absolute power Dignity. “I have often been
corrupts absolutely.” The polit- asked what the ‘secret sauce’
ical divide in the United States is that fosters such organ-
threatens our unity and makes ic growth and ministry, says
progress as a nation on any Levenson. My answer would
worthy cause difficult at best. be to say something about this
The way to overcome what at ‘way,’ which is reallyquite sim-
times seems to be these in- ple: to faithfully proclaim the
surmountable obstacles is to Gospel of Jesus Christ and to
raise up leaders like the Bush- live into the two great laws of
es, who are grounded in faith; our Judeo-Christian history—
believe strongly in living a to love God and to love our
life that is virtuous and god- neighbor. In other words, the
ly, even when the going gets St. Martin’s Way takes serious-
tough; and believe in working ly the Christian faith, but it is
for the common good. Speak- a faith lived out not only with
ing of both George and Bar- one’s lips, but in one’s life.” (Pg
bara Bush, Levenson asserts, 43) This book should inspire
“Things like character, integ- in every reader the desire to
rity, honesty, kindness, loyalty, follow their example, to “go
faith—and love—still matter, and do likewise.”
still have value, still give life
its greatest meaning and pur- Finally, for those in the or-
pose.” (Pg 15) dained ministry of the
Church, Witness to Dignity is
Because St. Martin’s was so full of examples of how a par-
important in the lives of the ticular priest ministered to
41st president and first lady, members of his parish. While

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Fr. Levenson probably did not DAWN

intend it for this purpose, he
gave us an excellent textbook Chris Roe
on effective pastoral ministry. A gift,
This writer believes it should An empty space
be a part of every seminary’s To retreat,
curriculum! To rethink, respond,
To recall, understand.
Twenty five glowing endorse-
ments for the book include Stand still and listen,
those by Jenna Bush Hager; The wind,
the Honorable Dan Quayle; The voice of the trees,
the Honorable James A. Bak- Words of love
er, III; Max Lucado; Jon Mea- You should have spoken,
cham; the Most Rev’d Michael Pathways still to follow.
Curry, Presiding Bishop of the
Episcopal Church; the Most Stand still and listen again,
Rev’d and Right Honorable To the silence
Dr. George L. Carey, 103rd You have yet to hear,
Archbishop of Canterbury; The song,
Sam Waterston; Gary Sinise; The blackbird,
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SOCIETY OF
KING CHARLES
THE MARTYR (SKCM)
The Rt. Rev’d Daniel Hayden
Martins

The Rt. Rev’d Daniel Martins

Charles I was born in 1600
and reigned over the United
vvv Kingdom from 1625 until his
death in 1649. He was of the
Stuart dynasty, succeeding his
father James I (who had been
THE ORDER OF ST. ANDREW James VI of Scotland, and
whose accession then created
Men and Women, married or single,
not living in community. Being in the United Kingdom of En-
the world, but not of it. Entrusting gland, Scotland, and Ireland)
ourselves to the hands of the
eternal potter, and being molded
after Queen Elizabeth I died
daily through religious life. with no heirs in the Tudor
Are You Called? line. Charles got on increas-
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strongly in the essential Cath- political entity, such as Par-

olic character of the Church liament. Some who may not
of England, especially in the have been opposed to him on
absolute necessity that it be religious grounds found his
led by bishops who are in the secular politics to be objec-
historic line of episcopal suc- tionable, creating a “perfect
cession. Those of a more re- storm” that resulted in a long
formed persuasion, some of Civil War. Eventually, forces
whom “tolerated” bishops, but led by Oliver Cromwell, who
didn’t think they were essen- was religiously Puritan and
tial, and some of whom were politically Republican (i.e.,
outright opposed to having anti-monarchist), triumphed
bishops, chafed under his rule. militarily and imprisoned the
in the divine right of kings, king. In January 1649 he was
which meant that he believed indicted by Parliament (under
himself accountable to God a law never assented to by the
alone, and not to any human king, per constitutional tra-
dition) for treason, tried, and
convicted. On 30 January, at
2 PM, Charles Stuart was be-
headed on a scaffold erected
outside of Whitehall Palace.
For the next 11 years, both the
monarchy and the Church of
England were abolished, and
the realm was effectively a
dictatorship under Cromwell.
After Cromwell’s death, pop-
ular sentiment guaranteed the
restoration of both the mon-
King Charles I archy and the Church, and the

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martyr’s son, Charles II, was

crowned king.

Soon after the restoration,

King Charles I became the
only person ever to be canon-
ized a saint by the Church of
England in the post-reforma-
tion era. An American may
wish to quarrel with his belief
in the divine right of kings,
but no one may challenge his
humble tenacity in contend-
Oliver Cromwell ing for his convictions. There

SOCIETY OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR

XL ANNUAL SOLEMN MASS OF S. CHARLES, K.M.
11 a.m., Saturday, 28 January 2023
St. Barnabas’ Pro-Cathedral (APA),
Dunwoody GA (near Atlanta)
The Most Rev Chandler (Chad) Holder Jones SSC,
Celebrant & Preacher
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is surviving correspondence ROBERT TURNER

between Charles and his chil- WALKER
dren in the days leading up
to his execution that give ev- The Rev’d Daphne Noyes
idence of the holiness of spirit and Thomas Sopko
Church of the Advent
that is manifested in tremen- Boston, Massachusetts
dous courage. He insisted on
wearing an extra shirt to the The cover illustration is a wa-
scaffold, since it was a cold tercolor miniature painted in
day and he would not have 1912 by Robert Turner Walk-
anyone think that he shiv- er (1867-1931). Turner was a
ered out of fear. It is said that Boston architect and devout
Charles could have saved his Episcopalian whose taste in
life if only he would renounce architecture was strongly
episcopacy as essential to the Gothic Revival, and whose
Church, but he embraced a churchmanship was “high”
martyr’s death rather than be- Anglo-Catholic. Between ap-
tray his Catholic convictions. proximately 1910 and 1926
he crafted a series of exquisite
The SKCM, both in England watercolor miniatures, mea-
and in the United States, ex- suring only about 4 inches by
ists to perpetuate the memory 6 inches, many of them given
of Charles Stuart, King and as Christmas gifts to fellow
Martyr, and to uphold the parishioners Philip K. Pear-
Catholic principles for which son, Sr. and his wife, Barbara
he died. I. Potter Pearson. Approxi-
mately a dozen works survive
The Rt. Rev’d Daniel Hayden Martins,
the eleventh Bishop of Springfield, in the archives of Boston’s
now retired. He is a member of the Church of the Advent, where
SKCM-AR Board of Trustees. Walker served as Master of
Ceremonies and Warden of
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below —“O Saving Victim,”

“Veni, Veni, Emmanuel,” and
the Te Deum, “We praise thee,
O God,” respectively. This last
image would immediately
transport a viewer who was
familiar with the parish to a
particular time and place. The
setting, the vestments, the
positions and postures of the
sacred ministers, servers, and
choristers, and the plumes
Robert Turner Walker of smoke coming out of the
Photo: Church of the Advent Archives two perfectly synchronized
thuribles would be instant-
St. Vincent’s Guild for servers, ly recognizable as a Te Deum
and was a member of the Ves- at the Church of the Advent
try for twenty years. Three of to anyone who had ever wit-
his early watercolors portray nessed one, whether in 1912
solemn liturgical occasions— or today.
the elevation of the conse-
crated Host at a High Mass It is noteworthy that while the
(1910), an Advent proces- paintings were given as Christ-
sion (1911), and a Solemn Te mas gifts, only a few explicitly
Deum (1912). They have elab- depict seasonal themes, and
orate Gothic revival borders none are traditional pastoral
and depict the architecture, scenes of Bethlehem. Some of
furnishings, and liturgical the later works are more alle-
practices of the Church of the gorical and theological in na-
Advent in painstaking detail. ture. One example from 1926
Suitable texts are displayed proclaims “Adeste Fideles.” A
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small image of Mary and the in rural Greenfield, MA,

Holy Child in a rondel at the Walker graduated from Phil-
bottom is placed in front of lips Exeter Academy in 1886,
a larger representation of a then enrolled in Massachu-
priest in a white chasuble ele- setts Institute of Technology’s
vating the consecrated Host at School of Industrial Science,
Mass. The Host is surrounded from which he graduated in
by a starburst of supernatural 1890 with a degree in Archi-
light, with the altar crucifix tecture. For his thesis, Walker
rising above it. The Virgin and
Child are attended by angels;
the priest is attended by aco-
lytes lifting their processional
torches. And the five-pointed
Star of Bethlehem that ra-
diates out from the Nativity
scene is echoed in the rays ex-
tending from the candles. The
Faithful are called to come and
adore Christ the Lord both in
his Mother’s arms, and fully
present in the Eucharist.
Thurible, boat, and spoon de-
The meticulous accuracy signed by Robert Turner Walker
of the liturgical paintings Photo: Church of the Advent Archives
conveys not only Walker’s
detailed knowledge of the created “A Design for a Cathe-
church’s interior and ceremo- dral and Clergy House, with
nial, but also reflects his train- Approaches,” revealing his
ing and career as an architect. affinity for Gothic Revival ar-
Born in Lyme, NH, and raised chitecture. The first sentence
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of his abstract is telling: “This In the three decades he was

cathedral is intended for the associated with the parish,
use of an Episcopal service he used his design skills for
with High Church tenden- a long list of projects. He de-
cies.” When or how Walker signed the parish seal, con-
first learned of the Church fessionals, the ornate lettering
of the Advent is not known, for a brass plaque commemo-
but since 1883 the parish has rating organist and choirmas-
worshiped in a Gothic Re- ter Samuel Brenton Whitney,
vival building at the foot of and illustrated a copy of the
Beacon Hill, just a few blocks Constitution of the Order of
from MIT’s original location St. Vincent. In 1915, Walker
in Boston’s Back Bay. The par- and noted church architect
ish would become the focus of Charles C. Coveney estab-
Walker’s devoted service for lished the Ecclesiological So-
the rest of his life. ciety of the Parish of the Ad-

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vent, a group of men with an were included in a 1914 dis-

interest in liturgical arts. He play of ecclesiastical art spon-
recruited and trained boys sored by Boston’s Society of
and young men of the parish Arts and Crafts, side by side
to become acolytes and su- with works by the most re-
pervised their work. This led nowned ecclesiastical artisans
to organization of the parish’s of the time.
St. Vincent’s Guild, which be-
came the Alpha Chapter of Despite these accomplish-
the national Order of St. Vin- ments and his many abilities,
cent for acolytes, servers, and Walker never distinguished
other lay ministers. Walker’s himself as an architect. His
dedication to this ministry entry into The Brickbuilder
extended to their fund-raising magazine’s 1905 competition
efforts; at an “Entertainment for “A Village Church” did
and Minstrel Show” put on by not receive even honorable
the servers, he played the role mention. He was awarded the
of Interlocutor. prestigious Rotch Traveling
Scholarship in 1915 to enable
One member of the Guild students or young architects
was Cecil Moreton Barlow, to “pursue studies in foreign
a 22-year-old electric meter countries,” but there is no re-
reader, who was tragically cord of his travels. He worked
electrocuted at work in 1912. as a draftsman for the noted
As a memorial, Walker de- architect A. W. Longfellow,
signed a thurible, boat, and but only one design of his
spoon, crafted in sterling sil- own was ever actually execut-
ver by George J. Hunt. The ed: a house in Belmont, MA,
thurible and its accessories, as for fellow parishioner and
well as cushions for the cler- vestryman Walter Gaskill.
gy stalls designed by Walker, Construction began in 1928,

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when Walker was 61 years

old.

Robert Turner Walker died

on December 24, 1931, at age
64. The Boston Evening Tran-
script reported that the sol-
emn requiem Mass with full
choir at the Church of the Ad-
vent was attended by “a large
number of friends, includ-
ing several clergymen and a
number of former acolytes”
who had served under him. A
few weeks later his death was
noted in the national Episco-
pal weekly, The Witness. The
obituary said in part, “He was
not brought up in the Church
but in later years became
more and more interested in
Catholicism as the true back-
ground of all Christian art, to
which he dedicated his life in
his profession as an architect.
His real work, however, was In 1912, Walker was crucifer at
always at the church and in the consecration of St. Paul’s
Cathedral, Boston, Diocese of
the church, and it is said that Massachusetts. This was the first
innumerable boys were won occasion on which a cross was
to religion by his gentle and carried in that church.
persuasive influence.” In 1934, Credit: Church of the Advent Archives

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members of the parish chap- CS LEWIS DESCRIBES

ter of the Order of St. Vincent TRINITARIAN
placed a Madonna statue in PRAYER
the Lady Chapel “To the glory
of God and in loving memo- An ordinary simple Chris-
ry of Robert Turner Walker, tian kneels down to say his
faithful communicant, Ves- prayers. He is trying to get
tryman of this parish, devot- into touch with God. But if
ed server and Master of Cer- he is a Christian he knows
emonies, and Founder of the that what is prompting him
Order of St Vincent.” to pray is also God: God, so to
speak, inside him. But he also
vvv knows that all his real knowl-
edge of God comes through
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pray, praying for him. You see A TALE OF

what is happening. God is the TWO RESPONSES
thing to which he is praying –
the goal he is trying to reach. Ed Weber
God is also the thing inside
him which is pushing him on
– the motive power. God is
also the road or bridge along
which he is being pushed to
that goal. So that the whole
threefold life of the three-per-
sonal Being is actually going
on in that ordinary little bed-
room where an ordinary man
is saying his prayers. The man
is being caught up into the
higher kinds of life . . . spiritu-
al life: he is being pulled into Ed Weber
God, by God, while still re- 1. Years ago I was driving with
maining himself. (Mere Chris- a real estate broker who was
tianity, Book Four, chapter 2.) involved professsionally with
the same project in Southwest
Submitted by Florida for which I was doing
The Rev’d Michael Rowe legal work. My companion
had become my friend during
our acquaintance. He had in-
troduced me to his wife and
entertained my wife and me
several times. I was aware of
several difficulties he had en-
countered in his life, as well as
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some with which he was still rience, or words to that effect.

contending.
In the car traveling home,
During our journey he asked however, my friend’s face sim-
my opinion of a person whom ply registered shock. I quick-
we both knew, and I respond- ly realized that he, contending
ed in a decidedly negative with several difficult issues in
manner. Not only was my re- his life and fairly new to our
ply negative, but also the lan- parish, had placed me, in my
guage I used was intemperate vestments and public position
and nasty. As I was speaking, I in the liturgy, as a leader—an
notice that my friend had be- example of what we should
come completely silent, and be for each other. And I had
when I looked at him I saw failed completely.
a shocked expression on his
face. There was little I could do ex-
cept to apologize for the ve-
At the time, I had for several hemence of my reply to his
years been serving as a lay eu- question and the complete
charistic minister in the par- unsuitability of my language.
ish we both attended. When,
as a vested subdeacon it was The incident is more than
my privilege to read a lesson, I thirty years in the past. I have
tried to be quite familiar with no idea where my friend now
the text and to render the lives or whether he is even
best reading I could in order still alive. I have not forgotten
to contribute to the service. the harm which I did to him
On most Sundays after the by a momentary action, and
mass ended one or two peo- how badly I failed our Lord.
ple would thank me for the Parents are aware, or should
reading and say that it had be, that what they say or do
added to their worship expe- may at any time be observed

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by children with impressions practices, and procedures of

made. We who profess Christ the acquired institution. It was
must also be aware that if we not an easy transition and, for
claim him, then we represent whatever reason, my friend
him. A negative or thought- found herself subject to many
less act or comment can last. demands, counter-demands,
Mine lives with me. and requirements, some of
which could be carried out
2. Some years ago a major and some of which were im-
financial institution in our practical or impossible or
city was acquired by another counter-productive. In the
institution. A friend of mine, case of the latter, she had to
who is an exceptionally able explain the difficulties to the
person, held a responsible new boss while not offending
managerial position with the his ego or engaging his temper
acquired institution. In due or appearing to be disloyal.
course, she found herself re-
porting to a new superior Following a meeting at church
whose background was with one evening, my friend re-
the acquiring institution. It’s counted to several of us the
possible that the new boss difficulties she was encoun-
was a capable individual—I tering during this transitional
have little basis for an opin- period. This has been many
ion. It would be remarkable, years ago, and I don’t recall
however, if he were as able a the specifics, except that the
manager as my friend, who difficulties were substantial
was now his subordinate. In and there were a number of
any event, as part of the com- unpleasantries. After listening
bining of the two institutions, until she finished, I remarked,
my friend had to educate the “My gosh, you must think,
newcomer on the clients, ‘Why me?’” My friend looked

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at me and said, “No. I think,

why not me? I am strong, and NECROLOGY
I can handle this. It might
break someone else. So I’m Queen Elizabeth the Sec-
glad that I’m called to do this ond, 21 April 1926 - 8 Septem-
and that someone else does ber 2022, 96, by the Grace of
not have to.” God, of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and North-
We are still friends and fel- ern Ireland and of Her other
low parishioners. I recall the Realms and Territories
event, and the serenity with Queen, Head of the Com-
which my friend replied as if it mowealth, Defender of the
were a few weeks ago. Would Faith.
that I had had her grace.

vvv
Whose Portrait’s
on Your Wall?
Toward the end of his life,
Albert Einstein removed the
portraits of two scientists –
Newton and Maxwell – from
his wall and replaced them
Elizabeth II was Queen of the
with portraits of Gandhi and
United Kingdom from 6 Feb-
Schweitzer. He explained it
ruary 1952 until her death.
was time to replace the image
Her reign of 70 years and 214
of success with the image of
days was the longest of any
service.
British monarch and the sec-
Whose portraits hang on your ond longest recorded of any
wall? monarch of a sovereign coun-
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try. At the time of her death, The Rev’d John Aubrey

Elizabeth was Queen of 14 Chrisman, Jr., 89, on 23 June
other Commonwealth realms 2022 in Sarasota, FL.
in addition to the UK.
The Rev’d Edward Allen
The Rev’d John Thomas Coffee, 75, on 9 June 2022 in
Rollinson, 83, on 21 February Mechanicsville, VA.
2022 in Clovis, NM, served
parishes in CA; Houston, TX; The Rev’d Dr. William
and Clovis. Nicholas Beachy, 99, on 22
July 2022, in Kansas City,
The Rev’d Floyd William MO, served as Vicar of St.
Finch, 92, on 2 March 2022 in Stephen’s, Monett, MO, be-
Charleston, SC, served par- fore becoming a longtime
ishes in the Dioceses of NC, Chaplain at St. Luke’s Hospi-
Western NC, Atlanta, and SC. tal, Kansas City, where he re-
mained until retirement. He
The Rev’d Jane Leon also served as North Ameri-
Kempster, 85, on 12 March can Warden for the Order of
2022, in Mitchellville, MD. St. Luke from 1984-1989.

The Rev’d Violet Marie

Haberkorn, 67, on 22 March
2022 in Peoria, IL, served par-
ishes in OH and IN.

The Rev’d James Cooper

Simmons Slack, 85, on 26
March 2022 in Niles, MI,
served parishes in MN, OH,
MO, TX, and MI.
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IN A GREATER LIGHT
Susan Skelton
Church of the Redeemer
Sarasota, Florida

In joyful thanksgiving for the life of

Queen Elizabeth II of England
“... let us remember before God
... all those who rejoice with us,
but upon another shore and in a
greater light, that multitude which
no one can number…”

Born royal princess, crowned a youthful Queen,

She served unswervingly. At duty’s call,
With innate dignity and brow serene,
Undaunted, she set forth to face it all.

Her reign of threescore ten years blessed her land

And countless lives in times of turbulence.
By wisdom, love, and courage - not command
She won her people’s hearts and confidence.
In sure and certain hope, our mortal dust
Must one day meet our Maker. So may she,
Who goes to God in whom she put her trust,
Be welcomed and embraced most joyously,

Invited, now, all pomp of state laid down,

To change an earthly for a heavenly crown.

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 Peace in our Time
Robert Turner Walker, 1918.