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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"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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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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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Devin McLachlan
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
The Leper Chapel's Touch
I suppose that many reading this have, like me, found themselves sitting in a queue of traffic on the Newmarket Road, and gazed wistfully...
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Devin McLachlan
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
Healing in his wings
I hope you’ve booked your seat, or bookmarked the livestream link, for one of our many carol services this year. Even though we are...
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Devin McLachlan
- Nov 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Meaning is in the waiting
Psalm 40 expresses the longing of the heart for the coming of the God. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and...
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Devin McLachlan
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
Blessed Cecilia
This coming Sunday, November 22nd, is many things. It is the feast of Christ the King; it is Stir-Up Sunday (from the Prayer Book Collect...
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Devin McLachlan
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Father Forgive
80 years ago this coming Saturday, November 14th 1940, Operation Moonlight Sonata took place in the skies over Coventry. The town boomed...
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Devin McLachlan
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
The Endless Poetry
It’s widely acknowledged amongst fans of the TV comedy Blackadder that the 4th series, Blackadder Goes Forth, was the most brilliant. My...
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