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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
Apr 19, 20222 min read
From the Associate Vicar
During the first lockdown, I went on a lot of journeys. All of them, however, were via Google Earth. I’d engage the ‘street view’...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Apr 7, 20222 min read
From Rev'd Shirley
Every moment is an opportunity for encountering God, if we look with the eyes of the heart, for there is a spiritual seeing through and...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Mar 31, 20222 min read
From Rev'd Jon
In Hebrew folklore there is a story about a shepherd in the desert, who at the close of each day sets out a bowl of his ewe’s best milk...
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Rev Devin
Mar 24, 20222 min read
Two big projects
There’ve been two big projects on my plate this week that I’m quite excited about: The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations the first...
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Rev Devin
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Responding with Love
Many members of the Great St Mary’s community have been in touch, asking about how we can respond to the war in Ukraine. Let me begin by...
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Rev Devin
Mar 10, 20221 min read
Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
Yesterday was our first ‘Faith and the Fitz’ lunchtime talk at Michaelhouse Café, as David Bagnall introduced us to Stanley Spencer’s...
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Rev Devin
Mar 3, 20222 min read
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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Rev Devin
Feb 25, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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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