Advent: 25 December
Merry Christmas! Our final window in this year’s Advent Calendar opens on to a Madonna and Child, one of many beautiful icons and paintings in churches and galleries around the world. This lovely example is from the…
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Advent: 24 December
Good morning… …on Christmas Eve. This is the day and evening in many cultures for the family to gather around food, music and gifts. And in the University we mark it with three services of Carols by Candlelight at St…
Advent: 23 December
Greetings, Yesterday was the last working day of the University this year. Today is the first day of the holidays! Rarely has our community felt more in need of rest, recuperation and refreshment – perhaps that is…
Advent: 22 December 2023
Good morning… … on the shortest day of 2023, the winter solstice. Over recent years, the Chaplaincy and in particular our honorary Pagan Chaplain, Kitty Macintyre, has organised a labyrinth of light in the Spanish…
Advent: 21 December
Greetings, We stay with Matthew’s Gospel for one last window on his infancy narratives. We’ve seen his depiction of the Magi, Herod’s attempted deception of them and the flight into Egypt. We now turn to the…
Advent: 20 December
Greetings, Behind today’s window an image and haiku about the flight into Egypt, when the newborn Jesus was taken hurriedly by Mary and Joseph to a place of greater safety, away from the murderous campaign against…
Advent: 19 December
Good morning, In today’s Ding dong merrily on haiku, we stay with the Magi and in particular their encounter with Herod. He was fearful of losing his power, and tried to manipulate the Magi into serving his ends. We…
Advent: 18 December
Good morning, A week from Christmas, our Advent Calendar encounters the Magi, people who studied the stars for portents as to life on earth. The picture is of the Magi on rather fine horses, following the star in the…
Advent: 17 December
Good morning… on the third Sunday of Advent. Today we have a second haiku and image reflecting on the Presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple, this time focussing on words of Simeon to Mary: “and a sword will…
Advent: 16 December
Good morning, Over the weekend, our Advent Calendar will open a couple of windows on to the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. According to Luke, Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem when he was…