Earthly Powers
Tomorrow is the beginning of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay in Cornwall. The UK Government's stated aim is to 'use the UK’s G7 Presidency to...
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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
Jun 2, 20212 min read
Get me to the church on time
This week's reflection is from the Associate Vicar My family was notoriously late for church. All the time. Notoriously, because my...
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Devin McLachlan
May 20, 20212 min read
... also the Holy Ghost, The Comforter
Scripture seems to assert that the Spirit is fire - 'flame of incandescent terror' if T. S. Eliot is to be believed. Moses and his...
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Devin McLachlan
May 13, 20212 min read
Zoom
Join me, if you would, in my liturgical TARDIS. The clock is set for exactly 500 years ago today. It’s Ascension Day 1521, and we find...
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Devin McLachlan
May 6, 20212 min read
Being Nuts
Human beings are a work-in-progress. There is no point at which we are ‘sorted’, finally formed and fully fledged. Physically,...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Apr 1, 20212 min read
Three Holy Days
We enter the Paschal Triduum this evening — those holy three days from the Last Supper to the Day of Resurrection. How Thursday through...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Feast of the Notices
It's Lady Day today, the Feast of the Annunciation. When you're next inside Great St Mary's take a moment with the illustration of the...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Mar 18, 20212 min read
Sure and His Was a Wonderful Life
This week's reflection is from our curate Revd Shirley Holder Yesterday was St Patrick’s Day, so what can I tell you about ‘my’ patron...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Mar 11, 20212 min read
Love, Joy, Peace.
This week's reflection is from the Rev'd Shirley Holder, one of our curates Today, 11th March, would have been a dear friend’s 90th...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Mar 4, 20212 min read
Digging Out in Lent
This week's reflection is from Revd Devin, Associate Vicar At the back of our garden stands a pile of sewage-soaked clay and soil a meter...
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Rev Devin
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
I'm writing this at what I hope is the tail end of a six hour argument between my twins, who have learned a new coding language and are...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Restore. Reflect. Refresh.
Today';s reflection is from our Associate Vicar, the Rev'd Devin McLachlan You might, like me, be someone fond of cold days — or like my...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Feb 11, 20212 min read
Grow and Flourish
This week's eMag reflection comes from our curate David Bagnall Lent begins this week, and I wonder if I’m alone in thinking that I...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Feb 4, 20212 min read
Keep Watch, dear Lord
This week's reflection is from Revd Devin McLachlan, our Associate Vicar The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have invited the nation...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jan 28, 20212 min read
This little light of mine...
This week's reflection comes from Rev'd Devin McLachlan, our Associate Vicar Candlemas is just around the corner; we’ll be marking this...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jan 23, 20212 min read
Holocaust Memorial Day
Today's reflection is from our curate, Rev'd Andrew Day I grew up with four grandmothers, and for that matter with four grandfathers, two...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jan 14, 20212 min read
Abide in my love
This week's 'From the Vicar' comes from the Rev'd Devin McLachlan, Associate Vicar Tuesday's sonic boom was the last straw after a week...
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Devin McLachlan
Jan 7, 20212 min read
The Orchestra of Christ
There was no audience in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. But this year's New Year's Day concert, broadcast live from Vienna, was one...
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Devin McLachlan
Dec 31, 20202 min read
Home is where the heart is
I called an elderly member of this church the other day to see what he would be doing for Christmas. ‘Are you in a support bubble?’ I...
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Devin McLachlan
Dec 23, 20202 min read
The Present is a Gift
This poem by Mary Oliver is called The Gift. It is a masterpiece. Here are seventy-one words which reward slow, considered reading: Be...
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