I saw this painting recently in London. It purports to be St Monica being handed her newly born son who was to become Augustine of Hippo.
It seems to me that this painting explains much.
8 responses to “Passion Sunday Sermon”
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Thank you for this excellent sermon.
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Thanks for this sermon Kelvin. I now know more about spikenard than I did (which was nothing much!). And I also like the Gandhi reference.
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Very thoughtful.. Love the Quote on the smell of justice.. Love etc. thank you!
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According to my sources spikenard is a sharp smell, somewhere between mint and ginseng. Now you see, I had it more myrrh like, more heady. But I can see that mint and ginseng would be better at covering up rotting body smells.
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Our associate priest (Bryan Owen) managed to get a spikenard candle for his sermon on Sunday
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AND WHAT DID IT SMELL OF, FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE?
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As it’s the same family as Valerian, it may smell strongly of smelly feet – and (like Valerian) send cats into a state of frenzy…..
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