Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
John 12:12-13 (KJV)
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…would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
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Hemming Robeson was the Vicar of Tewkesbury 1877-92. During his incumbency the great restoration of the Abbey started in 1875, was completed, and the Abbey House, the Gateway and a number of adjoining buildings were bought back for the Church. He was a founder of the Tewkesbury High School for Girls, the building now occupied by the Abbey School.
He moved to Bristol in 1892 and became Archdeacon of Bristol and North Wilts. Dying in 1912, he was buried in Bristol.*
*From an information board
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Saint Edmund (841 – 69) was brought up as a Christian, and became King of the East Angles in about AD 865.
In 869 – 70. The Great Army of Vikings, under Ingwar, invaded East Anglia. Edmund led his army against them, but was defeated and captured. He refused to deny his Christian faith or rule as Ingwar’s vassal. He was killed, being shot with arrows, and beheaded, as a roof boss in this chapel depicts.*
Within the chapel is a triptych depicting Jesus Christ, Jerusalem and Tewkesbury. The three-part painting features images associated with the town, such as mustard flowers and horseradish plants.
*From an information board next to the chapel
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Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
Desiderius Erasmus
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This statue, by Anthony Robinson, speaks of Mary in her sorrow and triumph. Mary, who stood at the foot of the cross, knew the depth of sorrow. Mary, whose son Jesus Christ rose from the dead, can today teach us of grief transformed to joy – of light after darkness.
The statue faces the site of the pre-reformation Lady Chapel, destroyed in 1540.
Who is he that stands perceiving
All the Holy Mother’s grieving,
And does not his shame express?
Who could yet, her sadness sharing,
Seeing Mary so despairing
Fail to join in her distress.
(from the Latin Hymn Stabat Mater)
Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven, alleluia!
He whom thou wast meet to bear, alleluia!
As he promised, hath arisen, alleluia!
Pour for us to him they prayer, alleluia!
(from the Latin Hymn Regina Caeli)
*Information and quotes from the information board next to the statue of Mary
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