Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust… wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.
The Bhagavad Gita
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14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 19th 2017
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The Crypt – Winchester Cathedral
The original Norman east end of the Cathedral was built upon a crypt, which remains virtually unchanged. It contains a well, underneath the High Altar, which my pre-date the present Cathedral.*
This superb low-vaulted stone crypt, which floods in rainy months, dates from the 11th century, the earliest phase of building the Cathedral. Here you’ll find Antony [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 17th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The Chapel of St John the Evangelist and the Fisherman Apostles
On my first visit to Winchester Cathedral one of the south transept chapels, The Chapel of St John the Evangelist and the Fisherman Apostles, drew me in. Within this chapel can be found the grave of Izaak Walton, who became famous as the author of ‘The Complete Angler’.
The modern altar by Peter Eugine Ball [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Mar 14th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Love’s mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
John Donne
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2017
Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry… Live simply and share time, energy, and material resources with those who need.
Thich Nhat Hanh
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 5th 2017
Let us be who we are and be that well, in order to bring honour to the master craftsman whose handiwork we are.
St. Francis de Sales
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 19th 2017
