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Wednesday 8th July - Icon of the Day

Chris Williams

To one kneeling down no word came, Only the wind' s song, saddening the lips Of the grave saints, rigid in glass; Or the dry whisper of unseen wings, Bats not angels, in the high roof. Was he balked by silence? He kneeled long And saw love in a dark crown Of thorns blazing, and a winter tree Golden with fruit of a man's body.

‘In a Country Church’ by R S Thomas

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Image: The old, burnt Church of St Peter's, nr Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Photo by ‘Llywelyn2000’, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence.

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In St Mary’s prayer cycle for June 2020, today we pray for artists, musicians and craftsmen and all who enrich our world with their talents that they will find the opportunity of using their skills.

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Please donate if you can!

In these unprecedented times, St Mary’s is reaching out and supporting our community in many ways, especially online. But with Services in church cancelled, we no longer receive income from collections, 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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If you would like to contribute to these reflections, please do email Katherine Cox at kvcox-therapy@gmail.com

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To keep up to date with how we continue the life of St Mary’s in these difficult times – including our ‘Icons of the Day’, Fr Jeff’s and Fr Piotr’s pastoral letters and reflections, weekly Zoom services and more – do please ‘like’ our Facebook page @StMarysTwickenham and bookmark our website www.stmarytwick.org.uk

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