Life’s picture is constantly undergoing change. The spirit beholds a new world at every moment.
Rumi
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20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 2nd 2017
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The Chantry Chapel – Worcester Cathedral
Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born in 1486 and baptized by the Bishop of Worcester. With his father and mother, and grandmother. the Lady Margaret, he visited Worcester in his boyhood. At the age of 15 he was married to Catherine of Aragon; the young pair [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2017
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The Quire – Worcester Cathedral
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 27th 2017
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The Tomb of King John
The tomb of King John rests on the pavement within the Quire at Worcester Cathedral.
In his will, made a few days before his death and preserved in the cathedral library, he asked to be buried in the ‘church of St Mary and St Wulfstan at Worcester’. In his lifetime, John had often visited Worcester and [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 26th 2017
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Luke 22:19 (KJV)
16 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2017
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The High Altar – Worcester Cathedral
For 1300 years people have gathered around and altar here to break bread together in the Holy Eucharist. Still we come to hear the teaching of Jesus, to pray, to share the bread of life and the cup of salvation as did Worcester’s two great saints, Oswald (925-992) and Wulstan (c. 1008-1095), whose remains were [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2017
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Cherie’s Place – Belated Thought for the Week
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2017
