• Mary Magdalene – Pray for Us

    Am terribly saddened to hear news just in from the Bishop of California that two of the icons of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco have been destroyed.

    One was of John Donne and this one was of Mary Magdalene.
    Mary Mag

    I saw her every day when I spend three weeks living at Grace Cathedral last year. She always seemed to me to be particulary striking, serene and somehow unsettling. She was a bearer of the divine, in other words.

    There are images which some people cannot bear. This proved to be one one such.

    Mary Magdalene and John Donne – pray with us for a world free from violence, free from attack, free from fears within and fears without.

    Amen.

8 responses to “Baptism!”

  1. annie t Avatar
    annie t

    Great photos Gordon/Kelvin. Thank you. I love the extravagance of the pouring water speaking of ‘God’s reckless generosity’, and the way ‘baby’s’ eyes are fixed on the Light.

  2. Hermano David | Brother Dah•veed Avatar
    Hermano David | Brother Dah•veed

    Such a cute little baby. Black socks, is it a little boy? Handsome parents he has.

    1. kelvin Avatar

      Yes, baby boy.

  3. kelvin Avatar

    Oh, and a handsome priest too. No?

  4. Zebadee Avatar
    Zebadee

    A handsome priest most certainly he takes after his father

  5. Steven Avatar
    Steven

    Hey Kelvin – I’m back blogging – please check out the link below and invite your friends!

    Things have changed. Things have stayed the same!

    http://compassionatechristianity.wordpress.com/

  6. Ritualist Robert Avatar
    Ritualist Robert

    Nice to see the world’s newest Christian … love how he seems transfixed by his baptismal candle.

  7. Kay Avatar
    Kay

    love feet in the font! but of course in a pisky way!!!

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