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Issue Number 413 March 2015
Lord, to whom shall we go?
OUR MISSION
A community seeking to live well with God,
gathered around Jesus Christ in prayer and fellowship,
and committed to welcome, worship and witness.
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SUNDAY
0800
0915
Holy Communion
Liquid Family Worship
1030
Sung Eucharist
1830
Evening Prayer (said)
Summer months
1630
Evening Prayer (said)
Winter months
First Sunday of month
WEDNESDAY
1000
Holy Communion
1845
Choir Practice
All regular services are according to the Book of Common Prayer (BCP),
except for the Family service, an informal service for young and old.
WEDDINGS and BAPTISMS: By arrangement via the Church Office
On the Sunday before Lent we sang a final ‘Alleluia’ at the Parish Eucharist, mindful that the next time we would use the word in church
would be as a great shout of Easter joy, praising God as we greeted
and celebrated the risen Christ.
We left church to another sound altogether: the sirens of emergency
vehicles. Our awareness grew that something terrible had happened
close at hand. So it was that we learned of the death of a cyclist, Craig
Armitage from Otley, on a stretch of road just beyond the church. Two
others cycling with him had serious injuries. As members of the congregation brought whatever help and comfort they could to some of
those caught up in the aftermath of the accident, the unfolding tragedy evoked the inevitable and uncomfortable feelings about a God
whose purposes sometimes seem at best hidden, at worst completely
arbitrary. It was as though the Alleluia on our lips had turned to the
ashes that would remind us of our mortality a few days later.
It is difficult even to frame, far less answer, the questions raised by the
apparently random nature of tragedies such as Craig Armitage’s death.
We need to use our faith wisely and maturely, to proceed from a place
that excludes the glib or the instant response, and to have the courage
to proclaim a God who is as much the question as the answer, the
journey as the destination. May God, whose Son wept at the grave of
Lazarus his friend, be with Craig’s family in their weeping, their questioning, and their journeying through this dark time.
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER
RECTOR’S NOTES
BUILDING BOLTON: THE 2015 ST CUTHBERT LECTURE
There is a great sense of anticipation as we look forward to the second annual St Cuthbert Lecture on Sunday 22 March at 15.00.
‘Building Bolton’ is the title that Professor Richard Morris has given
his lecture, in which he will set Bolton in the context of other medieval religious houses in and around the Yorkshire Dales and examine
the contemporary ideas that brought them into being. Invitations to
local history societies have brought an especially warm response from
their members, so we are looking forward to a full church.
LENT GROUPS
It’s still not too late to join a Lent Group. Full details were in the February magazine and are on our website. In brief, groups will be
meeting as follows:
Thursday evenings: 05, 26 March, 25 Victoria Avenue, Ilkley
LS29 9BW at 19.30
12 March, 1 Woodlands Close, Ilkley
LS29 9BY at 19.30
19 March 2, The Haywain, Ben Rhydding
LS29 8SL at 19.30
` Friday afternoons: The Rectory. Remaining meetings on 06, 13,
and 20 March at 13.45
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER
I commend to you the programme of services for Holy Week and
Easter, published in this magazine. I hope the spread and timing of
services will allow as many of us as possible to share the journey to
the cross before our Easter celebrations on 05 April.
VISITING PREACHER
On Sunday 22 March (not 22 February, as incorrectly stated last
month) our preacher will be the Rt Revd Tim Ellis, recently retired
Bishop of Grantham and now an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Dioceses of Lincoln and Sheffield.
29 March
Palm Sunday
08.00
Holy Communion
10.30
Procession of Palms and Sung Eucharist
with reading of the Passion
16.30
‘The city weepeth sore in the night’
A sequence of words and music for Palm Sunday
with Cantores Salicium
30 March
Monday of Holy Week
19.00
Holy Communion
31 March
Tuesday of Holy Week
19.00
Holy Communion
01 April
Wednesday of Holy Week
10.00
Holy Communion
02 April
19.00
Maundy Thursday
Eucharist of the Last Supper with Footwashing and Watch
before the Blessed Sacrament until 21.00
03 April
10.00
12.00
Good Friday
Children’s Service and Hot Cross Buns
The Three Hour Devotion with the Liturgy of
Good Friday led by the Rector
‘The tall Cross’ A sequence of words and music for
Good Friday with the Priory Choir
19.00
04 April
19.00
Holy Saturday
Easter Eve Ceremonies with Lighting of the
Easter Candle
05 April
08.00
09.15
10.30
18.30
Easter Day
Holy Communion
Liquid Family Worship
Sung Festal Eucharist
Evening Prayer
KING RICHARD RETURNS TO THE DUST OF THE EARTH
King Richard III died at the hands of his enemies on 22 August, 1485.
This month, almost 530 years later, the last of the Plantagenet sovereigns will be interred in Leicester Cathedral.
It was at the Battle of Bosworth Field, to the east of Leicester, that
Richard’s Yorkist army met the forces of Henry Tudor, gathered on a
journey from France via Milford Haven in west Wales. Despite being
outnumbered, Henry’s forces won and Richard, cut down in battle,
was killed. The War of the Roses was effectively over; the victor was
crowned Henry VII; and the Tudor Period of English history began.
After the battle, Richard’s broken body was taken to and displayed in
Leicester, as proof that the king was dead. The body was then buried
in haste, in an unmarked grave, in the church of the Grey Friars Friary in Leicester. In 1538, however, the church was demolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
The exact location of Richard’s grave remained uncertain until 12
September, 2012, when a team of archaeologists led by the University of Leicester uncovered a skeleton under a car park in the city.
The curved spine and injuries on the remains led to DNA testing and,
on 4 February, 2013, the University confirmed the remains to be
those of Richard III.
On Sunday 22nd March, Richard’s remains leave the University for
the last time and begin the journey to their final resting place in
Leicester Cathedral, where his memorial has been since 1980. After
a short ceremony at the Battlefield Heritage Centre, the route continues through Market Bosworth and other associated sites, before
entering the city.
Received into the Cathedral at a service attended by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, the
coffin is on public view for three days. During the interment service
on Thursday, 26 March, attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Justin Welby, King Richard’s coffin will be sealed in its new tomb.
The tomb will be revealed to the public at a special ceremony on Friday, 27 March.
Bosworth and the death of Richard III is said to mark the end of the
Middle Ages in England. The Middle Ages will finally be laid to rest,
no longer beneath a car park but under an honourable tomb.
MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
100 YEARS AGO – MARCH 2015
Organ Recital Mr Moore, the Abbey Organist, proposes to give an organ recital at
the Abbey on Easter Day after the evening
service. The Germans have destroyed very
many churches and cathedrals in Belgium
and Northern France. Belgium has been
famous for its carillons, some of the
churches having as many as 65 bells, others 40 and 44. Many of those destroyed
can never be replaced. Mr Moore proposes to play one piece which gives an idea of
how a ‘carillon’ sounds when it is played
on the bells. Belgium was certainly the
home of the carillon. All their cities prided
themselves on their carillons – Antwerp
Cathedral, 65 bells; Mechlin, 44; Bruges,
41; Ghent, 39; Tournay, 40 and Louvain, 40. It is sad to think that
most of these towers have been so ruthlessly destroyed during this
great war; wealth that can never be replaced.
The magazine archives at this time refer to the Priory as ‘the Abbey’.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
Paul Middleton wrote an article in the January edition of the magazine about a potential new lighting scheme for the Priory. I am
pleased to say that, as part of the progressing of this scheme, our
Lighting Consultant, Bruce Kirk, will be at the Priory on Tuesday 03
March to undertake a mock-up. This is an important part of the design process and will enable Bruce to draw up a final proposal, with
estimated costings, for PCC and DAC (Diocesan Advisory Committee)
approval. Bruce has agreed to a twenty minute open question and
answer session for the congregation on 03 March at 15.00 in the Priory, and I warmly invite anyone interested to come along.
Simon
SERMON SERIES: No 2: DRESSING FOR THE OCCASION
Trinity 17, 12 October 2014,
Readings: Philippians 4.1-9; Matthew 22. 1-14
Twenty years ago the Spice Girls passed fleetingly across my cultural horizon
during a period when our two daughters, like most little girls at the time,
became ardent fans of girl power. It was doubtless this brief – and I have to
say vicarious – acquaintance with Posh, Scary, Sporty and the rest that drew
my attention a few months ago to a memorable headline in the newspaper:
‘hosiery horror’. Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) had apparently been photographed wearing the same pair of sensible grey winter tights two days running. Whatever next, I thought. Men wearing belts with double-breasted
suits? It reminded me of the fuss there was a few years ago at a royal wedding when David Beckham was spotted with his OBE decoration pinned, incorrectly, to his right lapel.
I don’t suppose that Geri Halliwell or David Beckham have suffered any
lasting damage from their fashion faux pas – nothing worse than mild embarrassment. How different from the fate of the wedding guest at the end
of the parable in today’s Gospel reading. A king has had to gather up an impromptu set of guests for his son’s wedding because the intended guests
have declined their formal invitation. The king notices that one of the replacement guests is not wearing a wedding garment. His reaction, excessive
we might think, is to have the man bound hand and foot and thrown into
outer darkness. Matthew has already told us that the guests whom the
slaves gathered up from the streets were a mixture of good and bad. Clearly the guest without a garment is one of the bad ones. More of him later.
In Matthew’s Gospel the parable of the royal wedding feast is told by Jesus
during the final week of his life. The parable is framed by the developing
conflict with the chief priests and Pharisees: immediately before and after
they are portrayed as attempting to devise a way to entrap and arrest Jesus.
His teachings about the priority of prostitutes and tax collectors over religious types, and his stories of the brutality of over comfortable vineyard
tenants and favoured weddings guests, all these are so obviously directed at
the religious establishment that one writer has remarked that this section
of Jesus’ teaching might as well be subtitled ‘how to get yourself killed’. As
we know, Jesus will soon suffer like the prophets before him for his increasingly fierce words and behaviour.
But like all parables, the story of the royal wedding feast has messages for
the Church, for us, as well. I want to suggest three in particular. Firstly there
is a message for the Church about invitation. After the original guests have
met their fate for not accepting the invitation, the king’s slaves go into the
streets and issue invitations quite indiscriminately. All are invited. This tells
us all we need to know about the generous and open invitation that God
offers to all people. The Church is being challenged to mirror this openness
and generosity in our own mission, to be radically, indiscriminately inclusive
in our invitation. Secondly, there is a message for the Church
about faithfulness to God in Christ. The parable of the royal wedding feast
clearly identifies Jesus as the son for whom the king – God the Father – is
giving the feast. In accepting – or rejecting – the invitation, we are demonstrating the measure of our faithfulness to Christ and our obedience to
God’s call on our lives. Finally there is a message for the Church which
is deeply sacramental. The banquet to which the guests are invited is the
king’s banquet for his son. The language is profoundly suggestive of the Eucharist, the sacred meal that we share today and at which we pray that God
will gather us in his loving arms and bring us to feast at the table of his heavenly banquet. Invitation; faithfulness; sacrament: what the Church is called
to do; what the Church is called to be; and what the Church is called to proclaim.
I promised to come back to the guest who is found not to be wearing a wedding robe. I wonder if his fate is also a message for the Church. God’s invitation is an unfailingly open and generous one, but it is not an invitation to
remain unchanged. In the early Church it was the custom for baptismal candidates to be clothed in fresh white robes after they had emerged from the
waters of baptism. Those who were baptised were no longer the same, and
the fresh robe was a sign of this change, a sign of being clothed in the righteousness of Christ. The guest whom the king notices, it seems, has not
changed, either literally or figuratively, in response to the invitation. That
guest’s fate reminds all of us that although God invites us knowing who and
what we are, we can only honour the invitation by accepting the need to
change in response to the graciousness of God’s invitation. The inclusiveness of the Kingdom of God is not the same as an easy and easy-going tolerance. Anything does not go.
We might understand Matthew’s account of the parable of the royal wedding feast as an exploration of two great New Testament themes that are
often held to be in opposition: on the one hand the undeserved grace of
God towards human beings, grace that was St Paul’s key to unlocking his
own sense of unworthiness; on the other, the need to change in response to
that grace by heeding words we find in the letter of James: faith by itself, if
it has no works, is dead. The wedding guest who was not wearing the right
clothing had assumed that the invitation from the king was all he needed,
but such complacency was his undoing. And a reminder to us of the parable’s central message: any of us who wish to enter fully into God’s Kingdom
must be willing to respond to God’s grace with repentance, amendment of
life, and the fruit of good works.
Revd Simon Cowling
FOOD BANK REQUEST
PICTURE QUIZ MARCH
There is currently an urgent need for SOAP and
UHT milk
Pasta and cereal are not needed for now and the Foodbank will no
longer provide sugar or squash.
Please consult the website at skiptonfoodbank.org where there is a list
of regularly needed items and one of urgent items, which is updated
weekly.
JANUARY FIGURES
The average weekly attendance at all Sunday services
in January was 116. There were 39 attendees at the
January monthly Liquid Service. The average receipts to
the Priory from all Sunday services in January were
£1204 excluding gift aid.
APRIL MAGAZINE DEADLINE
Please may we have any copy for the April magazine by
14 March sent either to the Editor or to the Church Office?
Thank you to Malcolm Parsons for allowing us to use his photographs.
ILKLEY AND OTLEY CHORAL SOCIETIES
MOZART REQUIEM
ANSWERS TO THIS MONTH’S PICTURE QUIZ CAN BE FOUND NEAR
THE END OF THE MAGAZINE.
PICTURE QUIZ ANSWERS FEBRUARY
An effigy on the south side of the central pillar of the
arcade, said to be of Henry III during whose reign
(1216-1272) the nave was built. Henry was the father
-in-law of Aveline, daughter of the last of the Albemarle patrons, whose tomb is on the north side of the
sanctuary of Westminster Abbey, which Henry rebuilt.
The remains of the day stairs which ran from a small
enclosure in the south east corner of the cloister to
the dorter on the first floor.
Mozart
Mozart
Haydn
Ave verum corpus
Exsultate jubilate
Te Deum
St Margaret’s, Ilkley
7:00 pm Saturday 28 March 2015
Directed by Alan Horsey
This is Alan Horsey's last concert in Ilkley as
Musical Director of the two societies. He has
been their conductor since 1992.
Tickets £12.00 are available from ‘Grove Music' or at the door
MARCH
1 SUNDAY
09.15
3 Tuesday
4 Wednesday
5 Thursday
6 Friday
7 Saturday
8 SUNDAY
12 Thursday
13 Friday
14 Saturday
15 SUNDAY
19 Thursday
20 Friday
21 Saturday
15.00
19.30
19.30
19.30
13.45
08.30
19.30
13.45
14.00
10.00
12.00
19.30
13.45
13.00
22 SUNDAY
24 Tuesday
25 Wednesday
26 Thursday
27 Friday
28 Saturday
15.00
10.00
19.30
14.00
09.00
13.00
LENT 2
Liquid Family Service
Church closed for lighting mock up
Church open for questions on lighting
The Wednesday Nighters
Lent Meeting
Bolton Abbey Village Hall AGM
Lent Meeting, Rectory
Big Spring Clean
LENT 3
Lent Meeting
Lent Meeting, Rectory
Mothering Sunday posies made
Guides Annual Meeting
Marriage of Ryan Heppell and
Lauren Brown
MOTHERING SUNDAY
Lent Meeting
Lent Meeting, Rectory
Marriage of Stuart Graham and
Leigh-Ann Payne
LENT 5
St Cuthbert Lecture
Palm Crosses to be made
The Annunciation of our Lord to
the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lent Meeting
Marriage of Daniel Wood and
Clare Turner
Group meeting for those wishing to
be married at the Priory
Marriage of James Slavin and
Krystle Broadbent
29 SUNDAY
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
10.30
16.30
11.00
19.00
19.00
PALM SUNDAY
Procession of Palms and Sung Eucharist
Words and Music for Palm Sunday
Summer Guiding starts
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
APRIL
1 Wednesday
19.00
19.30
2 Thursday
11.00
19.00
3 Friday
10.00
12.00
19.00
4 Saturday
19.00
5 SUNDAY
09.15
10.30
18.30
12 SUNDAY
17 Friday
19 SUNDAY
19.30
Holy Communion
The Wednesday Nighters
Maundy Thursday
Blessing of the Oils in Ripon
Eucharist of the Last Supper with
Foot Washing
GOOD FRIDAY
Children’s Service
Three Hour Devotion
Words and Music for Good Friday
The Church to be decorated for Easter
Lighting of the Easter candle
EASTER DAY
Liquid Family Service
Sung Festal Eucharist
Evening Prayer
EASTER 1
Priory AGM
The first Priory Concert
EASTER 2
MOTHERING SUNDAY POSIES
Posies are being made on Friday 13 March at 2 pm
in the Boyle Room. If you would like to help please
come along. We would appreciate greenery and
heather. Please bring your secateurs if possible.
A VERY UNUSUAL WEDDING INVITATION
Booking forms available in church and tickets from the Church Office
Friday 17th April 7.30 pm
AIREBOROUGH GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY
Friday 29th May 7.30pm
LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Saturday 27th June 7.30pm
MANCHESTER CHORALE
Friday 31st July 7.30 pm
EMMANUEL [MANNY] VASS, CONCERT PIANIST
Kirbys Solicitors of Harrogate are pleased
to be able to sponsor the Priory Concert
Series again in 2015. They have been conducting legal business across Yorkshire for
250 years, with decades of dedication to
perfecting the art of law.
CHORAL EVENSONG
Thank you to Anne Lloyd for allowing us to publish this unique wedding invitation which she received recently from her grandson. We
await her method of reply with great anticipation.
Choral Evensong sung by the Priory Choir
will be held in the Priory on the following Sundays at 16.30.
Sunday 10 May
Sunday 21 June
Sunday 13 September
Sunday 4 October
Sunday 1 November
FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS
MARRIAGE SERVICE
6 December
13 December
15 December
Sam Moss and Rachael Crouch
John Norris and Laura Cook
Adam Glover and Louise Gentry
BOLTON ABBEY CRICKET CLUB : FEBRUARY 2015
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Thanks to the Sport England grant of £9,900, we have confirmed the
order for a new heavy roller and roll-on wicket covers, which will
both arrive in the next few weeks. This funding follows on grants
from Ilkley Round Table for sight-screens and Skipton Craven Rotary
for a Paceman bowling machine, so we start the new season in April
well equipped!
Pre-season indoor nets start at 3pm on Sunday 1 March at
Sandylands Sports Centre in Skipton, and will last for one hour. Anyone who thinks they might like to play for the club is very welcome to
attend. As previously mentioned in this newsletter, the club has introduced a ‘Pay-as-you-play’ membership, which might be of interest if
you cannot commit to play cricket on a regular basis.
We are considering starting a free weekly Sunday morning coaching
session for youngsters throughout the season, which will teach the
basics and will include a fast and furious Quick Cricket game. We
hope this will be a fun way for boys and girls to learn the game with
Mums and Dads welcome to join the fun!
Finally, thanks to our sponsors, led by Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream and
Billy Bob’s Parlour near Skipton. Their significant financial support is
very much appreciated by all involved with the club.
PALM CROSSES
If you would like to help make palm crosses, please come
along to the Boyle Room on Tuesday, 24 March at 10am.
This task usually takes just over an hour.
Betty Nelmes
PRIORY SUMMER GUIDING
This will restart on Monday 30 March. If you would like to join the
guiding team please have a word with Liz Higgins 01943 607525.
Please do contact me.
Robert Mayo 07808 771264
Chairman, Bolton Abbey Cricket Club
www.boltonabbeycc.co.uk
DON’T INTERRUPT!
Sir Winston Churchill rehearsed his speeches at
every opportunity. A true story about him relates how one morning, when Sir Winston was in
his tub, his valet heard his voice above the
splashing. Opening the door, he asked; ‘Were
you speaking to me, sir?’
‘Not at all,’ Churchill replied, annoyed at the interruption. ‘I was addressing the House of Commons’.
EVENING PRAYER
Will revert to the summer timing of 18.30 on Sunday 5 April.
BOLTON ABBEY VILLAGE HALL 2015 AGM
Thursday 5 March
This year’s AGM and first quarter Management Committee Meeting
will be held in the Village Hall on the above date at 7.30 pm. Please
come along and support the Village Hall.
THE WEDNESDAY NIGHTERS
Bolton Abbey Village Hall, Wednesdays 7.30 pm
At the February meeting John Sheard captivated us with a myriad of
interesting facts about Bolton Abbey; the hour flew by. We told him
that he definitely needs to write another book!!
At the 4 March meeting Diana Parsons will give an illustrated presentation entitled ‘The History and Development of the Washburn Valley.
Before the Reservoirs’. This will have many of her own memories of
staying in the area.
On 1 April Julian Kaye of The Wright Wine Company in Skipton will
speak. The title of his presentation is ‘A Yorkshire Vintner’s Tale’. I
wonder if there will be any samples?
Everyone is very welcome to come along. Entrance is free, we hold a
raffle to cover our costs. If you would like to help with tea and cake
after the meeting please have a word with Margaret Cody 01756
710587.
BOLTON ABBEY SHOW
9 May, 2015
The organ recitals will be held in the Priory on the
following Sundays at 15.30
Sunday 3 May,
Kevin Bowyer
Glasgow University
Sunday 7 June,
Alexander Woodrow,
Bradford Cathedral
Sunday 12 July,
Jason Löwe,
Giggleswick School
Sunday 2 August,
Neil Taylor,
Sheffield Cathedral
Sunday 6 September,
JonathanEyre,
Bradford Cathedral
BOLTON ABBEY VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS
If you have already booked the Village Hall, as a
group or as an individual booking, can you please
reconfirm the dates and times for 2015 as soon as
possible to: Margaret and Barry Cody at
[email protected]
Or by post to River View Cottage, Bolton Road,
Addingham LS29 0RQ. Bookings can also be taken
for 2016. Thank you.
The Schedule will be included in the April edition of the magazine.
Adults can get busy preparing their submissions for the various classes which in 2015 include:
An Original Painting or Drawing
An Item of Tapestry
An Item Made From Material
A Knitted Item
A Jar of Home Made Marmalade
A Jar of Home Made Chutney
A Bottle of Home Made Alcohol
A Gift Wrapped Present
Handwriting, An Addressed Envelope
In the photography section the categories are:
‘Grandparents’, ‘Lambs’, and ‘With Caption’.
Children's classes will include: Decorating a Box, A Painting or Photograph of an Animal, Making a Colourful Crown and How Many Items,
Beginning with A ,can be fitted into a Swan Vesta Matchbox, a list
must be included.
EASTER FLORAL CREATIONS
Join Vanessa Wellock, NAFAS area demonstrator and florist, at Bolton
Abbey for an Easter workshop on Wednesday 25 March. Choose a
morning or afternoon session, booking is essential.
The £30 price includes Simnel Cake, drinks and admission to the Bolton Abbey grounds for the day. Please
contact Ginny Wenmoth at Bolton Abbey Estate
Office Tel: 01756 718000 to book your place.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA 1515 -1582
Martin Wray, who is leading one of our Lent Groups this year, spent
ten years as a member of staff at Tabor, the Carmelite Retreat House
in Preston. Martin writes below about a saint who is especially associated with the reform of the Carmelite Order in the sixteenth century,
St Teresa of Avila.
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28 March is the 500 anniversary of the birth of St Teresa of Avila,
the great Spanish saint and mystic. Carmelite communities all over
the world will be celebrating this special year and hopefully new generations of Christians will hear of her work and perhaps be encouraged to explore her writings.
Teresa was known for her insightful teaching about the spiritual life,
based on her own learning and personal experience. But she was also
a determined reformer of the Carmelite order to which she belonged. She felt that the order had departed from its original Rule
and principles, had become lax and complacent, so she set out, with
her friend and companion John of the Cross, to establish new houses
which would adhere more closely to the Carmelite spirit of holiness,
contemplative prayer and poverty. In the course of time members of
this reformed order became known as the ‘Discalced Carmelites’ –
discalced meaning ‘unshod’, a sign of poverty.
clearly visible, shows the energy and determination (a favourite Teresan word!) of the person.
Pope Francis has recently spoken about ‘Teresan realism’ – which is
about works not emotions, love instead of dreams, humble love in
place of harsh asceticism.
In the midst of her reforming work and her travels she left us several
major treatises on the spiritual life, an autobiography and an account of her new foundations – of which there were 17 throughout
Spain by the time of her death in 1582 at the age of 67.
She was canonized in 1622 and declared a ‘Doctor of the Church’ by
Pope Paul VI in 1970 – the first woman to receive this title. Maybe
she still has something to say about the place and value of women
in the church.
Perhaps we could remember the Carmelite communities in our
prayers in this special year, and on Teresa’s Feast Day – 15 October.
Maybe we could use Teresa’s own prayer:
Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing frighten you.
All things pass away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Those who have God
Find they lack nothing;
God alone suffices
There are many representations of Teresa in art, but very few dating
from her own time. They often depict a rather dreamy, other-worldly
figure and have little appeal to our modern sensibilities. These are
most misleading, because Teresa was very far from other-worldly. In
reality she was a strong, determined, even feisty woman who travelled the length and breadth of sixteenth century Spain in all weathers and conditions to persuade, cajole and encourage the formation
of her new houses. She met strong opposition, from the order, the
church hierarchy, local worthies and, ultimately, the Inquisition. All
this at a time when womens’ spirituality was closely controlled and
even viewed with suspicion.
Martin Wray
Ironically, it is thanks to the Inquisition that we still have the autograph copies of her main works and multitudes of her many letters.
She was an indefatigable writer – she once said she wished she could
write with both hands, so much had she to say! Her handwriting, still
Sir Thomas More
Give me, good Lord, a humble, lowly, quiet, peaceable, patient, charitable, kind, tender and pitiful mind; with all my works and all my
words and all my thoughts to have a taste of the holy blessed spirit.
THE QUEEN BRINGS MAUNDY MONEY TO
SOUTH YORKSHIRE FOR FIRST TIME IN 900 YEARS
The Queen will distribute the Royal Maundy money at Sheffield Cathedral in April. This is the first time in over 900 years that this State
Occasion has taken place in South Yorkshire.
She will be welcomed to the city’s Church of England cathedral by a
congregation of over 1,000 representatives from churches in South
Yorkshire and organisations
from the whole County. The
Queen will then personally
distribute a gift of Maundy
Money to 178 individuals
over the age of 70, to recognise
their service to the
church and the community.
According to ancient tradition, the number of recipients
and the amount of money are directly related to the Sovereign’s age.
Therefore, as Her Majesty is 89 years old, 89 men and 89 women will
receive 89 pence in specially minted Maundy Money, together with a
further gift, in two specially made leather purses. The money is specially struck by the Royal Mint for this service, and includes 3 pence
pieces which apparently are legal tender!
PICTURE QUIZ ANSWERS MARCH
The owl. The craftsman’s mark on the foot of the paschal candlestick which was made by Richard Gill, a member of the congregation, in memory of his son.
The head. One of a number of heads on
the east side of the wooden screen at the
west end of the church. It stood at the foot of the present chancel steps at the end of the 18th century and
was moved to its present position in about 1870.
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