• Congratulations

  24/08/2013

  

  Congratulations to Craig and Calum, two members of St Mary’s congregation whose Nuptial Mass I conducted yesterday afternoon.

  Very often, the struggle towards equality seems to some people to take on the air of a pitched battle with people shouting their positions over the heads of others. The truth is, it really is an unbottling exercise – opening up a situation to let God’s Spirit make merry with those around.

  Yesterday’s celebrations were like that. People from Anglican, Roman Catholic and Conservative Evangelical (and no doubt other) backgrounds gathered around a fine young couple because they love them and together we saw them make promises to one another that have at their essence all that is holy and all that it is true.

  It was a genuinely joyful day and a wonderful privilege to share it with them.

  joy, LGBT, Same Sex Marriage

Previous Posts

• Ordinations

  30/09/2006

  Three ordinations this morning in the Cathedral. Lots of goodwill and love for the candidates, Judy, Eamon and Paul. An incident with a prominent member of the clergy and a staple nearly resulted in blood sacrifice at the altar, but this was averted by some nifty serving. A plaster was obtained from the first aid…

• Paperwork Mountain

  29/09/2006

  Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

• Veterinarian Bulletin

  28/09/2006

  “Just give her these pills twice a day, oh and could you bring in a urine sample too…OK?” We’ve been here before.

• The Monastery

  28/09/2006

  The Monastery, the TV reality programme that put members of the public in, well, a monastery is going to be redone in the US. I hope we get to see it here.