Previous Reflections
EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS AT THE DAWN EUCHARIST ON EASTER DAY BY THE REV. PROFESSOR FRANCES YOUNG.
The Walking Madonna (Tuesday 13th May 2003)
In the Cathedral Close is the most potent symbol of resurrection – Elizabeth Frink’s Walking Madonna, striding forth to bring Christ into the world – not as the teenage Virgin, pregnant with the new humanity, but an older Mary, stripped down, thin and ascetic, stomach hollow, face pinched and haggard with suffering – one who has been through the experience of the Pieta and held the dead body of her son across her knee, but now is determined and invigorated with resurrection life – “walking with purposeful compassion as a member of the community of the Risen Christ, to bring love where love is absent.”
May we tread in her steps, filled with light and love and joy, for the Dayspring from on high has visited us, and Christ is risen – Alleluia. Amen.
OTHER REFLECTIONS
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- ART IN THE CATHEDRAL (01/09/10)
- AN OUTSTANDING PLACE TO LEARN (01/07/10)
- CREATIVITY - A PRECIOUS GIFT (01/06/10)
- POLITICS AND THE CHURCH (01/05/10)
- UNITY IN DIVERSITY (01/04/10)
- THE COMMON STREAM (01/03/10)
- THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (01/02/10)
- JANUARY THEMES (04/01/10)
- SALUS MUNDI (THE HEALTH OF THE WORLD) (01/12/09)
- REMEMBERING, RECONCILIATION AND HEALING (01/11/09)
- THE SAINTS IN PRAYER AND ACTION (01/10/09)
- NEW YEAR? (01/09/09)
- HOLIDAYS (01/08/09)
- PROVIDING THE RIGHT WELCOME (01/07/09)
- IT WILL REALLY BE HAPPENING (01/06/09)
- GOOD NEWS (01/05/09)
- THE DARKNESS LIGHTENS (01/04/09)
- THE GLORY OF GOD IS A HUMAN BEING FULLY ALIVE (01/03/09)
- GETTING BACK TO NORMAL (01/02/09)
- BRINGING INNOVATION (01/01/09)
- CHRISTMAS IS COMING (01/12/08)
- NOVEMBER COMMEMORATION (01/11/08)
- HEALING MINISTRY (01/10/08)
- CELEBRATING AND GIVING THANKS (01/09/08)
- LAMBETH WALK (01/08/08)
- A SIGNIFICANT MONTH (01/07/08)
- THE MONTH OF JUNE (01/06/08)
- A TIME TO ALLOW THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO BLOSSOM (01/05/08)
- KEY MOMENTS (01/04/08)
- REFLECTIONS (01/03/08)
- A NEW YEAR DIG .. (01/01/08)
- DARKNESS TO LIGHT (01/12/07)
- PATTERNS OF PRAYER (01/11/07)
- THEOLOGY - ALIVE AND KICKING! (01/10/07)
- A BALANCING ACT (01/08/07)
- THE RHYTHM OF LIFE (01/07/07)
- REGINALD FULLER – A THEOLOGIAN OF STATURE (23/06/07)
- MY FAVOURITE MONTH (01/05/07)
- BY TURNING WE COME ROUND RIGHT (01/03/07)
- LYDIA (26/01/07)
- WHY IS THE CRIB STILL THERE? (03/01/07)
- SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY (01/12/06)
- IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE (01/11/06)
- THINKING THROUGH THANKSGIVING (01/10/06)
- FAITH IN THE FUTURE (01/09/06)
- BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN WELCOMED (01/07/06)
- PAST AND PRESENT (01/06/06)
- OUR LADY'S MONTH (02/05/06)
- RESURRECTION HOPE (04/04/06)
- STEADFAST IN FAITH (01/03/06)
- THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS (25/01/06)
- MISSION STATEMENT (16/12/05)
- GETTING READY (01/12/05)
- WELL DONE, WELCOME AND GOD SPEED (01/11/05)
- ADVERTISING THE CHURCH (05/10/05)
- SAILING TO BYZANTIUM (02/09/05)
- TO BE A TOURIST (20/08/05)
- ON THE CHAPTER AGENDA (20/07/05)
- VICTORY DAY (06/06/05)
- CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN POLITICS (03/05/05)
- WORKING TOGETHER FOR GREATER SOCIAL JUSTICE (23/03/05)
- A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN? (04/03/05)
- DON'T GIVE UP ON ANYTHING! (24/01/05)
- WHO CAN KNOW (10/01/05)
- PEACE ON EARTH (23/11/04)
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- SALISBURY CATHEDRAL LENT LECTURES 2004 - LECTURE 3 (07/04/04)
- SALISBURY CATHEDRAL LENT LECTURES 2004 - LECTURE 2 (07/04/04)
- SALISBURY CATHEDRAL LENT LECTURES 2004 - LECTURE 1 (07/04/04)
- FROM "A THEOLOGY OF COMPASSION" BY OLIVER DAVIES (13/08/03)
- EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS AT THE DAWN EUCHARIST ON EASTER DAY BY THE REV. PROFESSOR FRANCES YOUNG. (13/05/03)
- CHRIST ON TRIAL (03/04/03)
- CELEBRATE EASTER AT DAWN (03/04/03)
- TWENTY EIGHT DAYS CLEAR (23/01/03)
- THE ART OF SEEING NATURE (30/12/02)
- CHRISTMAS WITH TINTORETTO (05/12/02)
- A PRAYER FROM IONA (22/10/02)
- THE ROAD TO SANTIAGO (16/09/02)