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Anglican Franciscan friar, cat dad, music lover, Londoner, Essex Boy by birth, Derry Boy by adoption. 🏳️🌈
Cardinals gather in the vast and impressive surroundings of the Sistine Chapel, 7th May 2025
The Cardinals have processed into the Sistine Chapel. It's fascinating to watch their body language - many of them are staring up at their surroundings, taking it all in. The sense of anticipation is enormous and suddenly they all seem very human. x
#christian #catholic #papalelection #pope
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
14th Station: Pentecost. (Acts 2. 1-4)
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Image: Cancer survivor Katherine Murrell cares for a patient as she trains for a role with the London Ambulance Service, April 2025.
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
13th Station: Mary and the Disciples Wait in Prayer.
(Acts 1. 12-14)
Image: George and Randa Sabat pray at home with their children during the Covid lockdown. Bethlehem, West Bank, 2020.
#christian #catholic #anglican
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
12th Station: The Ascension of Jesus. (Acts 1. 6-11)
Image: a child is rescued by army helicopter from severe flooding after Hurricane Harvey. Port Arthur, Texas, September 2017.
#christian #anglican #catholic
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
11th Station: Jesus Commissions the Disciples on the Mountain. (Matthew 28. 16-20)
Image: a woman holds lights as part of a “flash mob of illumination” during the Covid lockdown. Rome, 2020.
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Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
10th Station: Jesus Forgives Peter. (John 21. 15-17)
Image: Richard Moore sits with Charles Innes, the former British soldier who shot and blinded him as a boy. They have established a deep friendship. Derry, 2007.
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering fourteen #StationsofTheResurrection
The Ninth Station: Jesus Appears by the Sea of Tiberias.
(John 21.9-12)
Image: a mother and her daughter enjoy a cup of tea prepared on a zero-emissions solar cooker. Chad, March 2012.
#christian #anglican #catholic
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering fourteen #stationsoftheresurrection
The 8th Station: Jesus Strengthens the Faith of Thomas.
Image: Dr Ji Zhengyong, an amputee since the age of 14, attends to a patient. Jianxin, China, December 2015.
#christian #anglican #catholic
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
7th Station: Jesus Commissions the Disciples.
Image: Members of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission at their first hearing. East London, South Africa, April 1996.
#christian #anglican #catholic
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #StationsofTheResurrection
6th Station: Jesus Appears to the Disciples in Jerusalem.
Image: Former hostage Daniel Larribe greeted by his joyful family after being held by al-Qaida in Mali for 3 years. France, Oct 2013.
#anglican #christian #catholic
Easter is a season of hope & I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
5th Station: Jesus is Known in the Breaking of Bread.
Image: 4-month-old Georgina Addison squeals with delight as her hearing aids are switched on & she hears her mother’s voice. UK, Dec 2019.
#anglican #catholic #christian
Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
The 4th Station: Jesus Appears On The Road To Emmaus.
Image: nurse Yang Liu colours in a Peppa Pig drawing with a child infected with Covid-19. Wuhan Children’s Hospital, China, Feb 2020.
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Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering 14 #stationsoftheresurrection
The 3rd Station: Mary Magdalene Meets The Risen Jesus.
Image: South Korean Lee Soon-kyu (85) is reunited with her North Korean husband Oh Se In (83) after 60 years, Oct 2015.
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Easter is a season of hope, and I’m offering fourteen #stationsoftheresurrection
The Second Station: The Finding of the Empty Tomb.
Image: women joyfully celebrate the liberation of the Syrian city of Manjib after two years of Daesh rule, August 2016. #christian #anglican #catholic
Easter is a season of hope, and we need hope more than ever. I’m offering fourteen #StationsofTheResurrection
1st Station: Jesus Is Raised From The Dead.
Image: a baby girl who was rescued from under rubble 130 hours after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6th, 2023.
Sending solidarity to my many friends at Westminster Quaker Meeting. I was nurtured and supported by them in the early days of my faith and I owe them much gratitude. Why on Earth were they raided? Truly shocking. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...?
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Medieval illustration of the Virgin Mary punching the devil
Happy International Women's Day! Here's the Mother of God practicing her right hook on the devil. Let's work for a world where all oppressive structures - political, cultural and religious - are challenged and transformed. Equal pay, equal employment opportunities. Solidarity! X #anglican #christian
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Monochrome image of man with crossed ashes on his forehead
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky. #ashwednesday #anglican
05.03.2025 09:50 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Franciscan friar in a medieval room.
Greetings from deepest Northamptonshire! We have gathered for our Franciscan General Chapter at Highgate House, bits of which are Jacobean. It's all gone a bit Harry Potter.
17.02.2025 16:59 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A black and white photograph of an African bishop. He is smiling.
A statue of Archbishop Janani Luwum. He is wearing a mitre and holding an open bible in his hands.
Today the #Anglican Communion commemorates Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda and #martyr. An outspoken critic of the Idi Amin regime, he was arrested and murdered on February 16th 1977.
The Archbishop's statue is one of the 20th Century Martyrs on the west front of Westminster Abbey.
Franciscan friar standing under curved roof of King's Cross station in London.
A-roaming once again! A very brief trip to Alnmouth friary in Northumberland for the First Profession of dear Brother Simeon. Back again tomorrow. #franciscan #anglican
07.02.2025 16:16 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
God bless you, Bishop Mariann Budde. x religionnews.com/2025/01/21/i...
21.01.2025 17:54 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A fuller description of the re-emergence of the Religious Life and Franciscan tradition in Anglicanism
An old black and white photograph of a tall London house, with people and a cart in the foreground.
On this day, 131 years ago, three men made religious vows at Pusey House in Oxford. Later that day they travelled to East London to serve the marginalised and poor. It was the beginning of a re-emergence of the #Franciscan tradition within Anglicanism. We continue their work to this day. #anglican
20.01.2025 08:39 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Clay tablet depicting simple drawing of a young man surrounded by sheep and trees and birds.
Tonight’s obsession: this 4th Century depiction of Christ the Good Shepherd, kept at the National Roman Museum in Italy. I can’t stop looking at it! Seventeen hundred years old. Adorable. #Christian #ChristianArt
16.01.2025 18:04 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It’s the feast of Christ's Baptism. Jesus asserts his humanity by insisting that John baptises him, whilst his divinity is confirmed by the Father through the Spirit. In a short passage of scripture we get all the Christological and Trinitarian testimony we need. youtu.be/d1wd2jWZkk8?...
12.01.2025 12:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A wide-eyed young man wearing a simple cloth garment is standing in front of a concrete wall, his hands tied behind his back. Rocks are shown being hurled towards him, caught in mid-air like asteroids.
Saint Stephen's Day. For all who have the courage to speak truth to power.
This stunning contemporary portrayal of Stephen is by Peter Webb.
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear" - George Orwell.
#christian #saint #catholic #anglican
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19.12.2024 08:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Statues of Mary and Joseph kneeling by an empty crib full of straw. An angel, two cows, two sheep and a kangaroo are with them.
Our Christmas crib attendees await the coming of the Christ child, including Skippy. He has hopped a long way for this moment. #Franciscan #London #friary #Christmas #Anglican
19.12.2024 08:04 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Dali painting of Christ on the cross, as seen from above. Christ is looking down upon creation, portrayed as a calm sea surrounded by mountains.
It's the feast of #Saint John of the Cross, 16th Century Spanish priest, #Carmelite friar and one of the 36 Doctors of the Church. His sketch of the crucifixion - portrayed from above - was the inspiration for Dali's extraordinary 1951 painting, which I’ve added here. #christian #catholic #anglican
14.12.2024 07:45 — 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 1
The high altar of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, London. Beautiful Victorian gothic architecture including mosaics of the Annunciation and the Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven.
Always a joy to be at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street - definitely one of London's finest churches. This evening I've attended the #Jesuit #Refugee Service #Advent carols. Hugely joyful to hear the JRS UK Music Group in full flow - we were all up on our feet and dancing!
06.12.2024 20:46 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
