Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
…John Gerard, Catholic Priest, 1597
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John Gerard (1564–1637) was an English Jesuit priest, operating covertly in England during the Elizabethan period in which the Catholic Church was subject to persecution.
John is noted not only for successfully hiding from the English authorities for eight years before his capture, but for enduring extensive torture, escaping from the Tower of London and, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 3rd 2015
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Mark 11:24
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2015
Stop Learning.
Start Knowing.
The rose opens
And opens
And when it falls
Falls outward
Rumi
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2015
What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scripture, I learnt in woods and fields. I have had no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
St Bernard of Clairvaux (1091 – 1153), France
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 18th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The church of ALL SAINTS has suffered from ‘restoration’ more severely than many of its neighbours, (fn. 14) but is still of great interest as preserving its pre-Conquest plan and a few details of that date. It has a chancel 15 ft. 8 in. wide by 21 ft. long, and a nave 21 ft. 10 in. wide [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 5th 2015
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The tomb of Bishop Wilberforce is situated in the South Transept of Winchester Cathedral and dates to 1878. It is the work of H.H. Armstead (sculptor, 1828-1905) and Sir George Scott (architect 1811-1878).
From The Victorian Web:
The third son of the famous abolitionist, Bishop Wilberforce had served as Archdeacon of Surrey and Dean of Westminster before becoming [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 20th 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The chapel takes its name from the beautiful heads of angels which decorate the vault. They were painted in around 1240 by Master William, the King’s Painter, and restored 1959-60.
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2014
