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Showing posts with label Lent 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lent 2015. Show all posts
04 April 2015

Through Lent with Vaughan Williams (46):
‘Dona nobis pacem’ 6 ‘Dona nobis pacem’

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A prayer for the healing of the nations at Westminster Abbey (Photograph: Patrick Comerford) Patrick Comerford For my reflections and ...
03 April 2015

Seven Last Words (7): ‘Father, into
your hands I commend my spirit’

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‘Father, into your hands I commend my spirit’ … candles light up the chapter and choir stalls in Lichfield Cathedral (Photograph: Patrick Co...

Seven Last Words (6):
‘It is finished’

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‘It is finished’ … the Cross on a sandbank between the sea and the church in Laytown, Co Meath (Photograph: Patrick Comerford) 6, John ...

Seven Last Words (5):
‘I am thirsty’

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‘Give me a drink’ … an icon of the Samaritan Woman at the Well, in the Church of Aghios Nikolaos in Vathy on the Greek island of Samos (Pho...

Seven Last Words (4): ‘My God, my
God, why have you forsaken me?’

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Morris Kestelman, Lama Sabachthani (Why have you forsaken me?), 1943, oil, Imperial War Museum, London 4, Matthew 27: 46; Mark 15: 34. ...

Seven Last Words (3): ‘Woman, here
is your son ... here is your mother’

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‘Woman, here is your son ... Here is your mother’ ... Mary and the Beloved Disciple in a crucifixion window in Christ Church Cathedral, Dub...

Seven Last Words (2): ‘Truly I tell you,
today you will be with me in Paradise’

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A glimpse of Paradise ... or clever marketing by a holiday agency? 2, Luke 23: 43 Patrick Comerford Reading: Luke 23: 39-43. The ...

Seven Last Words (1): ‘Father, forgive them;
for they do not know what they are doing’

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‘Father Forgive”’ ... The Cross of Nails on the altar in the ruins at Coventry symbolises the Ministry of Reconciliation at Coventry Cathed...

Good Friday
The promise of
hope and peace

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The Irish Times carries the following full-length editorial on p. 15 today [3 April 2015]: Good Friday The promise of hope and peace ...

Through Lent with Vaughan Williams (45):
‘Dona nobis pacem’ 5, ‘The Angel of Death’

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The Falling Angel, Marc Chagal (1947) Patrick Comerford For my reflections and devotions each day during Lent this year, I am reflecti...