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Chris Williams

Friday 11th December - Icon of the Day

Salvation to all that will is nigh; That All, which always is all everywhere, Which cannot sin, and yet all sins must bear, Which cannot die, yet cannot choose but die, Lo, faithful virgin, yields Himself to lie In prison, in thy womb; and though He there Can take no sin, nor thou give, yet He will wear, Taken from thence, flesh, which death's force may try. Ere by the spheres time was created, thou Wast in His mind, who is thy Son and Brother; Whom thou conceivst, conceived; yea thou art now Thy Maker's maker, and thy Father's mother; Thou hast light in dark, and shuts in little room, Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb.

John Donne - 'Annunciation'


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Image: ‘The Annunciation’ by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), painted c.1472, now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Photo: ‘Livioandronico2013’, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence.


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In St Mary’s prayer cycle for this month, today we pray for people who are anxious or suffering depression.


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In these unprecedented times, St Mary’s is reaching out and supporting our community in many ways, especially online. But with activities in our buildings greatly restricted, we no longer receive the previous level of financial support from collections at Services, nor from hiring out the church and hall buildings.


If you can help us financially to continue to offer Christ's love to our community in these difficult times, as those before us have done down the centuries, please consider making a donation by debit/credit card and to Gift Aid it if possible, by clicking this link to 'givealittle':


Thank you!


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