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We arrive on this the Fourth Sunday of Easter with the stories of Jesus' resurrection ringing in our ears. For the first three Sundays of Easter, we have seen Jesus encounter his grief stricken and troubled disciples, speaking their names and meeting them in their place of need. Jesus healed sorrow for Mary, doubt for Thomas, spoke words of forgiveness for Peter.
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We might expect this Sunday to hear another resurrection story, but we find ourselves, instead, in the Tenth Chapter of John's Gospel, where Jesus helps us ponder our own relationship with the risen Christ. How will Jesus meet us? How will he tend to our struggles, our frailties, our sins? Jesus appeals to our imaginations, giving us the image of a shepherd. 'I am the Good Shepherd,' he says. This shepherd knows our names, knows our identities, knows our deepest needs. And Jesus, exploring this image further, speaks of us. This shepherd’s sheep hear his voice.
We might wonder about this Jesus who knows us so well. We might wonder how we might learn to hear his voice, through the scriptures, through the beautiful music of our organ and choir, through prayers, through the sacrament of the Eucharist, perhaps even through silence.
May we hear Jesus our Shepherd speaking our names as we gather for worship this Sunday.
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"Do not let your hearts be troubled..."
If you have 20 minutes, go to St Peter's Cathedral Facebook page and listen to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, discussing John 14:1-6 with Professor David Ford in an online Bible Study. This famous passage contains Jesus' final words to his disciples on the eve of his death: "Do not let your hearts be troubled..." They are words of comfort. In this troubled world, they are words we need to hear again.
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Links to online Pew Sheets
Saturday 7 May 2022
7.30pm Taizé service
Sunday 8 May 2022, The Third Sunday of Easter
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South Australia's History Festival has begun! Tomorrow we've an organ recital given by Marco Callisto, followed by a tour of the Cathedral led by Pauline Brooks. Here's our full schedule.
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Tomorrow night
Led by The Rev'd Joan Claring-Bould
Praying for Ukraine
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Next week!
You won't want to miss this spectacular concert hosted by St Peter's Cathedral Music Foundation
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Erratum: reintroducing Diana Grave, who has stepped into Kate's shoes. There was a spelling error for her surname in last week's e-news. She is grateful to all those who have made her feel welcome.
If you haven't met Diana yet, do come in to the office and say hello!
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CATHEDRAL SHOP NEWS
To celebrate History Month, the Cathedral Shop will be selling delightful packs of 8 historic cards for $2. The designs were taken from 8 watercolours of Adelaide in the 1890s, presented to Lady Victoria Buxton by the Mothers' Union on her departure from Adelaide in 1899.
Available from the Shop, or contact Julie Doherty and Elaine Arnold, Co Convenors
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
Sunday 15th May we will be supporting Bush Church Aid. The sermon at 8am and 10.30am will be given by The Rev’d John Warner & The Rev’d Neville Naden.
Friends of St Peter's Cathedral - Jolly Jaunt #3. Saturday June 4, a jaunt by car to visit the Anglican churches at Enfield, Gawler and Prospect. Leaving the Cathedral at 9,.30 am. Lunch at the Gawler Arms Hotel. $25 each, plus the cost of lunch. Please register with Pam Saint 0419 031 871or with Zena Chapman 0400 862 155.
Morning tea next after the 10.30am service on Sunday, 15 May; and Sunday 5 June for the 8am community.
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Collecting bread tags
Further to last week's notice, The Friends Of St Peter's Cathedral project of collecting plastic bread-bag tags gets under way today. There is a receptacle on the back table of the cathedral for plastic bread tags and also a glass jar is on the front counter in the Cathedral Office for plastic bread tags. This is a 12-month project. Recently the charity presented the 61st wheelchair to a patient in South Africa. Let's all combine to make this project a success, and make good use of recycled plastic bread tags. On Facebook search "aussie bread tags for wheelchairs," also "Transmutation Robe."
For your diary:
Patronal Festival – Sunday 3rd July
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Sunday Night with Lynn Arnold 7pm on 1079Life. This Sunday Lynn's guest is is The Rev’d David Thornton-Wakeford, poet and Chaplain to the Order of St Lazarus, who will hold their annual Service of Investiture in the Cathedral at 6.30pm next Saturday, 14 May.
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