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Beloved Members of St. Martin's,
Our beloved and long-time parishioner Russ Sternberg died late Sunday evening after a long battle with cancer, fortified with the sacraments of the Church. He was comforted by the attendance of his family, his clergy, and so many friends from St. Martin's who reached out to him and visited him in his last several weeks.
The arrangements for the service of Burial and celebration of Russ's life are as follows:
Funeral service at St. Martin's Episcopal Church
Friday, March 28 at 3 pm
15764 Clayton Road
Ellisville, MO 63011
Interment in St. Martin's Chapel Columbarium
Reception in Park Hall following the conclusion of the service.
Please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to serve as an usher, greeter, reader, or Eucharistic minister.
Into your hands, O merciful Savior,
we commend your servant, Russell.
Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you,
a sheep of your own fold,
a lamb of your own flock,
a sinner of your own redeeming.
Receive him into the arms of your mercy,
into the blessed rest of everlasting peace,
and into the glorious company of the saints in light.
May his soul and the souls of all the departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
This is the fourteenth in a series of daily Lenten devotionals put together by Mother Leslie for this season of Lent, 2025. We hope this proves to be uplifting to you through your Lenten journey.
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Day 14: Tuesday after the 2nd Sunday in Lent
Today’s Theme: Gratitude to God
Poem: Once Blessed
So that I stopped
there
and looked
into the waters
seeing not only
my reflected face
but the great sky
that framed
my lonely figure
and after a moment
I lifted my hands
and then my eyes
and I allowed myself
to be astonished
by the great
everywhere
calling to me
like an old
and unspoken
invitation,
made new
by the sun
and the spring,
and the cloud
and the light,
like something
both
calling to me
and radiating
from where I stood,
as if I could
understand
everything
I had been given
and everything ever
taken from me,
as if I could be
everything I have ever
learned
and everything
I could ever know,
as if I knew
both the way I had come
and, secretly,
the way
underneath
I was still
promised to go,
brought together,
like this, with the
unyielding ground
and the symmetry
of the moving sky,
caught in still waters.
Someone I have been,
and someone
I am just,
about to become,
something I am
and will be forever,
the sheer generosity
of being loved
through loving:
the miracle reflection
of a twice blessed life.
----------- David Whyte (1955- ), Anglo Irish poet and philosopher, from The Bell and the Blackbird, 2019.
Proverb:
“It is good to praise the LORD
to sing praises to your name, O Most High,
the declare your steadfast love in the morning
and your faithfulness by night,
to the music of jthe lute and jthe harp,
to the melody of jthe lyre.
For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;
at lthe works of your hands I sing for joy.
-----------Psalm 92:1-4
Painting: Healthcare Hero, Austin Fowler, Denver 2020
Prayer: Prayer of St. Boniface
Eternal God, the refuge and help of all your children,
we praise you for all you have given us,
for all you have done for us,
for all that you are to us.
In our weakness, you are strength,
in our darkness, you are light,
in our sorrow, you are comfort and peace.
We cannot number your blessings,
we cannot declare your love:
For all your blessings we bless you.
May we live as in your presence,
and love the things that you love,
and serve you in our daily lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
---------St. Boniface (ca. 672-754)