Archives for May 2024

I often wonder what visitors to St Mary’s think as they open the door, step inside and take a few steps into the church. Do they stop for a few seconds, to let the eyes adjust to the darkness; or walk down the aisle towards the glowing colours of the great east window? Do they listen for the small creaks and movements of the building, do they breathe in the smell? Do they look up to the ceiling, … [Read more...]

This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, an end and a beginning. It marks the end of ’seasonal time’ - that half of the church’s year where we re-tell and re-live the story of salvation. That half of the year begins with Advent Sunday and moves through Christmas and Epiphany, through the testing of Lent and the journey to the Cross, the great joy of Easter, the Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit. … [Read more...]

We are nearly at the end of Eastertide. Yesterday was Ascension Day, when we celebrate Jesus leaving the disciples to return to the Father. He tells them to return to Jerusalem from the hill he’s taken them to, and to wait there. They return - rejoicing in the task he’s given them — and wait. We’ll mark the end of their waiting on Sunday 19th, at Pentecost, when we celebrate the gift of the Holy … [Read more...]