On a journey
I have never been good at sitting still. But I do love to travel; I've been a teacher in Hungary and Mauritius, driven through all 50...
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"From the Vicar"
Regular reflections from the Great St Mary's clergy team. You can also read these reflections by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, the eMag:
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Rev Devin
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
Fat Thursday
This week's reflection is from the Associate Vicar This week I received a promotional email from a local donut company, advertising 'Fat...
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Rev Devin
- Feb 17, 2022
- 2 min
Praying for Peace
This week's reflection is from the Associate Vicar The last few weeks have seen a bellicose buildup of troops along the borders of...
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Rev Devin
- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min
Abiding Love
I have a daughter who is evidently allergic to Valentine’s Day. Also to paper hearts (her desire to be a cardiologist notwithstanding),...
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amd215
- Feb 3, 2022
- 2 min
Flying the Flag
On Tuesday, Great St Mary’s flew a rainbow flag from the top of our iconic tower to mark the beginning of LGBT+ History Month. We will do...
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amd215
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
Merry Christmas
All together now: ‘On the 34th day of Christmas my true love sent to me …’ Yes, today is the 34th day of Christmas. Good, isn’t it? For...
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amd215
- Jan 21, 2022
- 3 min
Being Brim-full
Cana of Galilee was not quite what I’d expected – then again, I’m not quite sure what I had expected. A few palm trees dotted around,...
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amd215
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
The Defenestration of Norbert
When do you take down your Christmas tree? Are you like me (5th January, Twelfth Night), or do you push into the 6th (Epiphany) – or...
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amd215
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
It was, you may say, satisfactory
A friend of mine and I were talking about Köln – Cologne if you prefer. I was perplexed, as he said he didn’t think very much of it. It...
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amd215
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
I smile wryly at the dry humour on display in the face of the spread of the omicron variant. First lines of Christmas carols seem to lend...
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amd215
- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
The Omicron Variant: A Pastoral Letter from the Vicar
Dear friends, Together with the Director of Operations, Richard Summers, I have been giving very careful thought to how Great Saint...
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amd215
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
The Shining
Jerusalem at dawn (Pixelchrome) The epistle we shall hear on Sunday morning invites us to ‘Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say,...
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amd215
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
Back to our Roots
Advent is the season of the vocative. Last Sunday night reminded us of this, a liturgy shaped around the great O antiphons of Advent, and...
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amd215
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
When you're near
I don’t much like the celebration of New Year, with its mixture of late night, enforced jollity, and a certain nervousness about what is...
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amd215
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Every inch a King
www.papalencyclicals.net may not be one of your regular online haunts, but, believe you me, it’s fascinating. Here is the place to find...
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amd215
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Devotion and Discipline
Today, as well as being Armistice Day, is St Martin’s Day. Martin was born in 316 AD in what we now know as Hungary. He was soldier who,...
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amd215
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
The Month of the Dead
As descriptions of November go, it’s a pretty stark one. Perhaps more so when you know where I first heard it. Aged 19, with some fellow...
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amd215
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
If not you, who?
For the last few weeks, you will have seen a picture of your beloved Vicar in this publication, grinning from ear to ear next to this...
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amd215
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
Read Mark and Learn
The story goes that, aged 31, Augustine of Hippo was in a personal crisis. A distinguished young professor of rhetoric in Milan, he was...
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amd215
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
Jesus bids us shine
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle by God’s grace in England as shall never be...
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