Miracles are not contrary to nature,
but only contrary to what we know about nature.
St Augustine of Hippo
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10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 25th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations
Sunset…
…Last night my father passed away and now he is at rest.
When I left the hospital after visiting time there was the beginnings of a beautiful sunset. As I drove home the sunset turned into something quite spectacular and special, I was able to see it in my rear view mirror as I travelled [...]
26 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2010
From the guidebook:
In the customary Cistersian layout, we might expect there to have been a partition separating the two bays. If this was the case, the west bay served as the book room, or armarium, where some at least of the abbey’s fine collection of volumes could be stored for use in the cloister. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
Buildwas Abbey – Chapter House
The architecture of chapter house at Buildwas Abbey is Gothic in style and quite beautiful. It was from here that I was treated to that lovely musical surprise.
It is here where the monks would assemble every morning with the abbot presiding over the meeting:
This began with the reading of a lesson and a chapter from [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2010
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Buildwas Abbey
The ruins of Buildwas Abbey are situated in beautiful woodland just above the south bank of the River Severn.
The guidebook gives a brief summary of it’s origins:
In the summer of 1135, Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Chester, brought a small colony of monks to England from the Norman abbey of Savigny. He settled the [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
Spring Flower Hunt
I was determined to take advantage of the sunny weather and hopefully get some pictures of spring flowers. I did manage to track down some flowers in one of the local parks but it was rather crowded and the wind was a little chilly. I took a few photos and beat a hasty retreat. I [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 11th 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Chapel of Thomas Becket
There are two chapels within the great tower of Dover. This is a view of the upper chapel which is dedicated to Thomas Becket, you can see the light playing through the window into the the room next to it in this previous post. A picture of the lower chapel can be found here.
The [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2010
