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COI Archbishop urges people to stand against racism Dublin's Church of Ireland Archbishop has urged people to stand firmly against racism and to stand with the people who are impacted by it.

Dublin's Church of Ireland Archbishop has urged people to stand firmly against racism and to stand with the people who are impacted by it.

Which ties in rather well with the Psalm this evening: 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢.

"...Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree...

...Now the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. In the pass by which Jonathan tried to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on one side and a rocky crag..."

#EP #TheFirstLesson

The key, I suspect, is the rest of the pulpit.

Which incidentally contains my favourite image of Saint Paul - seated on an upturned classical temple.

Handling Leopard bites (medieval advice)

If you are bitten by a leopard then you need to stay alert because swarms of mice will try to urinate in the wound, so the best thing to do is to take refuge on a boat where they can't follow. Even then you need to be careful ...

How to survive #IarnródÉireann ...

#LessonOne

Find a good organist and sing the hymnody. 😂

The crown definitely feels Númenórean. 😂

Our pulpit lectern rests upon a dragon taking flight...

⚓️📕 #wat

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That is correct Fr, I also thought it was the heraldic device of King Elessar.

Indeed, I was tempted to pinch his Saint Michael.

I love Burges's angelic interpretation.

When I was visiting a Brother SCP Priest in Edinburgh, I was delighted to discover a Burges reredos in the Lady Chapel.

It would not look out of place in Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral.

I think so, in the singular yes.

You need to pay more attention. Mr. Deacon.😂

Above the cathedra.

Tremendous history there.

An Altar, I think from the Holy Land during the Crusades.

Next to that, we have the set featuring Zechariah.

Besides Elijah, we have the set featuring Jonah

The lights above the organ pit.

The bottom light:

The healing of the son of the widow of Zarephath.

The light above:

The contest of the sacrifices between the Prophets of Baal and Elijah.

The light above:

Naboth's Vineyard.

The top light:

Elijah ascends to heaven.

Although it does feature quite prominently on the banners of The Royal Black Institution - or as it is officially known, The Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth.

A fine lesson.

We do not have a window depicting "Arise and eat", however, we do have Elijah remonstrating with their majesties over a certain vineyard.

In the RCL cycle, that is the Second Lesson at Evening Prayer.

This morning, the option for the First Lesson was

Ecclesiasticus 48: 1-10
or 1 Kings 19: 1-16

Second Lesson;

1 John 3: 1-3

I plonked for Sirach...

YouTube video by Newcastle Cathedral Choir - Topic St. Bartholomew "O Vision Blest of Heavenly Light"

The Venerable George Boorne Timms, [1910-1997] has left us a rather fabulous office hymn for The Transfiguration of our Lord.

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youtu.be/SXxvLsuOd4U?...

"...And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king."

1 Samuel 10: 17-27

#EP #FirstLesson

"...and they will be prophesying, and a spirit of the Lord will spring upon you, and you will prophesy along with them and be turned into another man."

1 Samuel 10: 1-16

#FirstLesson #EP

The Seventh Sunday after Trinity [Proper 13] was just lovely.

We had a visiting choir called The New Gloriana from South London.

They sang beautifully.

@spiller2.bsky.social Hope you had a good day.

Seeing the Auld Yardmen standing outside the Bookies with a beaten docket their hand...

Sent up till "Richies Chippie", running up the Entry, arriving, forgetting the order 😍