Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2016
St Swithun is the Saxon patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. Before the reformation his bones were displayed in a reliquary within the Benedictine Monastery. The reliquary and shrine to St Swithun was destroyed in 1538 by the commissioners of King Henry VIII.
The life of St Swithun, an Anglo-Saxon bishop, is rich in legend. A century [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 22nd 2016
Love is not a thing to understand.
Love is not a thing to feel.
Love is not a thing to give and receive.
Love is a thing only to become
And eternally be.
Sri Chinmoy
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2016
When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world – no matter how imperfect – becomes rich and beautiful, for it consists solely of opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Winchester 2016
The portable communion set seen [above] was used by Reverend Lumley Green-Wilkinson to administer communion to the members of the 7th and 8th battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps and the 7th and 8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, when he was Chaplain to the 41st Infantry Brigade in the 14th (Light) Division whilst serving in [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2016
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Rabindranath Tagore
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2016
The stained glass in the Chapel at The Vyne is the finest in the National Trust’s care and considered to be among the most beautiful 16th-century glass in Europe. It features King Henry VIII, who visited The Vyne several times, as well as his sister Margaret and first wife Catherine of Aragon, together with their [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 31st 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2016
I am still working my way through my holiday photos and thoughts. For now I hope you enjoy my ‘Twilight View’ of the cathedral
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2016
