tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83593719334757098612024-03-13T17:22:12.116+00:00The Canon's StallCanon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.comBlogger806125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-75320002079362987512023-12-31T17:42:00.002+00:002023-12-31T18:08:33.804+00:00Guide us with your grace, give us faith so we'll be safe<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I thought it was about time to do some blogging again, and what better time than the end of one year and the beginning of another? I get so much from music and have become a fan of Pentatonix, the leading American <i>a capella</i> group, that is there is no accompaniment as the five members produce all the sounds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here for the New Year is their version of 'The Prayer' a song with many versions, but this one really shows their skills and the beauty of the arrangements. The lyrics are below. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Let this be our prayer... and a blessed New Year!</span><br /></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/wnvzwAPqniU?si=-MxAANxCiJUjoDkQ" width="480"></iframe></p><div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I pray you'll be our eyes </span><span>and watch us where we go</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>And help us to be wise i</span><span>n times when we don't know</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Let this be our prayer </span><span>when we lose our way</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Lead us to a place </span><span>Guide us with your grace</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>To a place where we'll be safe <br /></span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>La luce che tu hai </span><span>I pray we'll find your light</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Nel cuore resterà </span><span>And hold it in our hearts</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>A ricordarci che </span><span>When stars go out each night</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>L'eterna stella sei </span><span>Oh</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span> </span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Nella mia preghiera </span><span>Let this be our prayer</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Quanta fede c'è </span><span>When shadows fill our days</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Lead us to a place </span><span>Guide us with your grace</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Give us faith so we'll be safe</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>A world where pain and sorrow will be ended</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>And every heart that's broken will be mended</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>And we'll remember we are all God's children</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Reaching out to touch in</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Reaching to the sky</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>We ask that life be kind</span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>And watch us from above</span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>We hope each soul will find</span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Another soul to love</span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Let this be our prayer -</span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Just like every child needs to find a place</span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Guide us with your grace </span><span>Give us faith so we'll be safe</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Needs to find a place </span><span>Guide us with your grace</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Give us faith so we'll be safe</span></span></div></div><div class="f41I7 ai4HXb j04ED"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="f41I7 ai4HXb j04ED"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div class="auw0zb"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Songwriters: Carole Bayer Sager / David Foster</i></span></div><p></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-86102815413414821802023-04-20T09:17:00.004+01:002023-04-20T09:17:35.633+01:00Young gifts - dance<p>These are Ghetto Kids from Kampala, Uganda, on recent 'Britain's Got Talent'. What energy... life... Easter...</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/EGZC231euVs" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-68546931793480869152023-04-20T09:14:00.003+01:002023-04-20T09:14:29.531+01:00Young gifts - voice<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is Londoner Malakai with a voice from heaven, singing 'Pie Jesu' from Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Requiem' recently on 'Britain's Got Talent.'</span></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/6K5XD84Mf-o" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-41117889514344494632023-04-07T22:26:00.003+01:002023-04-07T22:26:59.981+01:00Good Friday <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_iHnOmMnrlFALTYKi7R6HFzHYgJZEWFpJdShxSvUi69ajLBbwkVeHoKV68Ph9Pc1B_Y74BqzuS1VPul1rbVdgt4J8pAKi83ZePs5vtjPm_lSB5cZ4VD_wHnFGkWkqFEDBWSpdMRdR9DrGuTbhOHgsdcQ_C-5zvsK8fclQdGQu7SB3ZavpJC2-v0J/s480/LancesPainting4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="451" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_iHnOmMnrlFALTYKi7R6HFzHYgJZEWFpJdShxSvUi69ajLBbwkVeHoKV68Ph9Pc1B_Y74BqzuS1VPul1rbVdgt4J8pAKi83ZePs5vtjPm_lSB5cZ4VD_wHnFGkWkqFEDBWSpdMRdR9DrGuTbhOHgsdcQ_C-5zvsK8fclQdGQu7SB3ZavpJC2-v0J/w376-h400/LancesPainting4.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUXg02ypvHHNU4g8COO9XirUxd9utx9ERMHl1IQSAN_VRNbrurW26sXCXIac8Q0_8Q716iG0WMpBel2M7Bb8XBuYRu_fq9273phMG5Ifz2rTfRWpgp9UVpySxV9mkwzylY2zvEQydoRjX1-i5MAKJ7y7-OxEkMGAOl1Zk631bBM0rsdvl3ly0nCky/s1280/The_dead_Christ_and_three_mourners,_by_Andrea_Mantegna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1280" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUXg02ypvHHNU4g8COO9XirUxd9utx9ERMHl1IQSAN_VRNbrurW26sXCXIac8Q0_8Q716iG0WMpBel2M7Bb8XBuYRu_fq9273phMG5Ifz2rTfRWpgp9UVpySxV9mkwzylY2zvEQydoRjX1-i5MAKJ7y7-OxEkMGAOl1Zk631bBM0rsdvl3ly0nCky/w400-h333/The_dead_Christ_and_three_mourners,_by_Andrea_Mantegna.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-32617675067591319842023-04-06T12:11:00.002+01:002023-04-06T12:11:28.610+01:00He got up from table, removed his outer garment<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXojipvEiBcE72dtgkSx0iQAepR7Sk3zLGymwTKmQBEXE8pDK5hi3BA4K_uk5MFBTwVwfy0CdGbEjcJtZcp0xH4KZ9AZo8dl4dLQ4tm0rm9iXz8COKgxI_Tg8d-EmkZQYyQ59xhIiHMfIbN7wZ9nKg4JG-r7DIR5EgW-louPA7Uh6W-JbQI7U8GtZ/s400/the_washing_of_feet1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXojipvEiBcE72dtgkSx0iQAepR7Sk3zLGymwTKmQBEXE8pDK5hi3BA4K_uk5MFBTwVwfy0CdGbEjcJtZcp0xH4KZ9AZo8dl4dLQ4tm0rm9iXz8COKgxI_Tg8d-EmkZQYyQ59xhIiHMfIbN7wZ9nKg4JG-r7DIR5EgW-louPA7Uh6W-JbQI7U8GtZ/s320/the_washing_of_feet1.jpg" width="232" /></a></div>Today we begin the Sacred Triduum or Three Days. The drama unfolds over Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.There are always new things to discover in the Bible, especially in the Gospels. Just looking at one commentator on Mass readings, I found some thoughts on one sentence in the Gospel for this evening, the Mass of the Lord's Supper: <span><span style="font-size: small;">"He
got up from table, removed his outer garment".</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">It turns out that the original Greek words were more like </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">"laid down" his garment and </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">"rose" from the table. Both of these words almost always refer in the New Testament to Jesus' Death and Resurrection. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">This is all very much St John's style, and so we can see why people often say that the Washing of Feet replaces the institition of the Eucharist in the fourth Gospel. There is a parallel with the actions and words of Jesus over the bread and wine: he took, blessed, broke and gave saying 'my body given for you', and 'my blood poured out for you.' </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">The foot washng is not just a lesson leading to a moral lesson for us all, important as that is. Both the washing of feet and the Eucharist point us to the life giving Death and Resurrection that Jesus was to accomplish over the next few days.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbwzDEaucjeOQz42sMfBW7mWDFg0JmDdeO3j3rSG_JFYpG-30FVQUHy0J-l-z66ZfNnqCAbTFRxmFIYEqv9eJhODvzumVxsdzih8ni1dBicZZUgHtdUoTbhV0wFauGlcz_tXbpHTtg2eky5i6-SAY2n3Z2PzFT4iz6sxDiIhUGPWKeCGITO5oWsA0/s701/last%20supper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="701" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbwzDEaucjeOQz42sMfBW7mWDFg0JmDdeO3j3rSG_JFYpG-30FVQUHy0J-l-z66ZfNnqCAbTFRxmFIYEqv9eJhODvzumVxsdzih8ni1dBicZZUgHtdUoTbhV0wFauGlcz_tXbpHTtg2eky5i6-SAY2n3Z2PzFT4iz6sxDiIhUGPWKeCGITO5oWsA0/w400-h275/last%20supper.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>
</p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-20483188624121906202023-04-03T12:29:00.005+01:002023-04-03T12:32:33.195+01:00Hosanna!<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yesterday
was Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. The weather held out, so
we were able to have our processions in each of the three morning Masses
in our churches. Mind you, none of them had as many people - or palms-
as they had in the city of Antipolo in the Phillipines, as this picture
shows..</span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;">.<img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KmTjekwCPThhaN5r55tU-QNBFISKBStxjf778_4iaan_e8SuRWdpCuCRzm-miiJla_i8BnMhHJrinhDwC4C02IAEU0yKoocDaKsSVEEUC1nNQW0PRL0TdVKD-3uDsXD1aPdqzD1m5G8LP5oE1-S34NBJld0QfkW6_sD5dLRCRDez0IUaoQt_Fcib/w400-h266/palm%20sunday.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This
week is the very centre of our Christian year. There is always a lot to
do in parishes at this time of year, but we are blessed with many
people in our chrches who get stuck in, and everything always goes
well. </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Palm Sunday cry, of course, is "Hosanna" so here is the Hosanna hymn from Hillsong. The video is of Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, with the crowds following the route down the Mount of Olives followed by Jesus.</span></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/SKHwBamBSPk" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-47839869735593694742023-03-31T23:23:00.003+01:002023-03-31T23:23:35.930+01:00Myfanwy + Cello = Magic<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Take a listen to Sheku Kanneh-Mason's new version of the beautiful melody "Myfanwy", written by Joseph Parry, born Merthyr Tydfil, died Penarth and buried in the St Augustine's churchyard high on Penarth Head. This famous song can reduce me and many others to tears, and some say it is a sign of Welshness if it enthrals you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here Sheku, member of a famous musical family, is filmed I think in Wales appropriately, either on the Brecon Beacons or maybe Snowdonia. Listen, drift, think and maybe pray. </span><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/_gKXfDnsiJg" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-40442482420993246442023-03-09T22:41:00.001+00:002023-03-09T22:41:09.670+00:00Woman At The Well<span style="font-family: arial;">I'm sharing this dramatic interpretation of Sunday's Gospel, even though I did before, as it is so striking. The text can be found on this Sunday's newsletter.</span><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/5y2GlmTxpkM" width="480"></iframe>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-72844050467525277802023-03-01T09:30:00.005+00:002023-03-01T09:33:37.122+00:00Happy St David's Day!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy St David's Day! Here's a little video about St David (and leeks) that's for children really, but that makes it easy and accessible! There are other online if you search "Saint David"</span><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/EGec9T8sYSo" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-63422877537517036172023-02-25T15:05:00.007+00:002023-02-26T09:34:10.277+00:00Psalmed into Lent<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/fcWo1hKHu40" width="480"></iframe> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before Lent gets too far underway, I'll share, as I have done before, Allegri's setting of Psalm 50/51, the "Miserere" (Have mercy...). This famous and beautiful piece is sung here by the Sixteen, a wonderful choir. This was the responsorial psalm for Ash Wednesday, but serves as an intro or commentary for all of this season. Sit back, listen, relax, and be gently drawn into Lent.</span><br /></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-84907288384486669912023-02-22T13:08:00.007+00:002023-02-22T13:10:30.084+00:00Ash Wednesday <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3QoUqOst6T-ClY2wxWuquqvMbn0Ed63hb2mxCIx9QBY0EfaeM3vfbE3aWfEoz-23klCAmXI82DL4y0WUrjds3Y1IM9UIwumcf3hRDDqY09U8WyuwG-80EyFe2RhlpKBERh08FB5FanCFhSkP1hFgWanSjpzHnpFhHIRdoVFlw3YUJd1dE8nShzmt/s1642/clown%20cell.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="1048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3QoUqOst6T-ClY2wxWuquqvMbn0Ed63hb2mxCIx9QBY0EfaeM3vfbE3aWfEoz-23klCAmXI82DL4y0WUrjds3Y1IM9UIwumcf3hRDDqY09U8WyuwG-80EyFe2RhlpKBERh08FB5FanCFhSkP1hFgWanSjpzHnpFhHIRdoVFlw3YUJd1dE8nShzmt/w255-h400/clown%20cell.webp" width="255" /></a><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Wednesday,</span></b><b><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> c.1860 by </span></b><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><b><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Carl Spitzweg (</span></b><b><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">1808-1885</span></b><b><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">), </span></b>© Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart</span></p></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was surprised at first when I received today's artwork from <a href="http://christian.art">ChristianArt</a>. The painting is of a clown sitting in what I took to be a prison cell. I thought of "Vesti la Giubba", the famous aria from opera "I Pagliacci", where the clown has to go on with the show despite his broken heart. In fact the opera was not written until 1892, 30 years or so after the pictuure was painted by German Carl Spitzweg around 1860. But the painting is entitled "Ash Wednesday", so my next though was of the Carnival, and in particular the "Carnevale" in Venice where people dress up in costumes and masks, and where one of the traditional characters is the Pierrot, the clown. This festival takes place in the days before Lent begins, when you had to use up the food that would not be eaten in that season. By extension, a good time in general was, and is, had by all before the austerity of Lent. The word carnival comes from the Latin for "farewell to meat" = vale carne.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now the picture started to make more sense. The carival is over, as the Seekers sang back in the 60s. Our clown has had his fun and now finds himself alone in a quiet place. I originally thought he was in prison, but not necessarily so. However, everything is indeed bare, and he bows his head as he starts to reflect after all the activity of the carnival. Time to reflect, to see how things are going in our lives when we look beyond the surface stuff - under the clown's garb, the priest's garb, or anyone's garb or outer appearance.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Mass this morning I reflected on the opening words of the first reading, from the prophet Joel:</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –</span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>come back to me with all your heart</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today, as Lent begins, the Lord calls us back in the central areas of our Christian life - our relationships with Hm, with our neighbour and with ourselves, as indicated by the Gospel's drawing our attention to prayer, almsgiving and fasting. Yes we are to enjoy life, live to the full, but we must also admit that we often wander off the road, down alleys, get stuck at roundabouts etc. We need time and space to hear that call "Come back to me". We need to create an opportunity to stop, to reflect, to adjust. That doesn't need to be a bare cell like the clown, but it does mean letting go of the distractions and superficialities in the way that the cell represents. <br /></span></p><p><span face=""Lato",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></p><p></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-65020468069556021492022-12-25T08:09:00.002+00:002022-12-25T08:09:33.100+00:00The Christmas story told through Art<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/fbGRGobXheo" frameborder="0"></iframe>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-1047683488007178782022-12-24T09:16:00.002+00:002022-12-24T09:16:41.186+00:00Christmas warmth<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have loads of pictures on my computer of all sorts. Not surprisingly, the "religion" folder is pretty big, then you select "Christ", then "Nativity". There you find about 10 different images, and I've chosen this one for Christmas 2022. I've forgotten who painted it, undoubtedly Italian, 15th century, maybe Giovanni di Paolo. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So often the colours of Nativities are a bit cold, maybe with snow etc. I like the warmth of the colours this painting gives, spreading a Christmas glow. So may you feel the warmth of our Saviour's love fill you this Christmas!</span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yxvZw2vMuZc5LlSCTEDkA-xkKXEVV-2G4LVTAvEGgqHJeSsu3rxFbJCAj5J-Xi7wJyMTCS8ez6wyFhqVho_P4FkAHucy2ivkgBLBdxPqRlSXy1KjscWS3djQuA81R5eHzVhaFbu4RsW_-rWijbDhq6-miYiI63jBMCZpR7AhiqyWQTrJGDBueFyC/s800/paolo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="800" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yxvZw2vMuZc5LlSCTEDkA-xkKXEVV-2G4LVTAvEGgqHJeSsu3rxFbJCAj5J-Xi7wJyMTCS8ez6wyFhqVho_P4FkAHucy2ivkgBLBdxPqRlSXy1KjscWS3djQuA81R5eHzVhaFbu4RsW_-rWijbDhq6-miYiI63jBMCZpR7AhiqyWQTrJGDBueFyC/w400-h346/paolo2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-62597176830815070312022-12-17T11:55:00.004+00:002022-12-17T11:59:18.703+00:00Christ the King webcam live!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today we move on a step in our communications, as the live webcam at Christ the King church is now on stream. We have had 24/7 live streaming from St Brigid's since early on in the pandemic, and now it's joined by Christ the King. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It took Fr Andy and me a while to get used to being on camera all the time in St Brigid's, but after a while you get used to it. A few parishioners like readers said the same, but I'm sure it will all go well at our first streamed Mass, which is this evening at 6pm. Sunday Mass from St Brigid's can also be viewed a few hours later via Youtube, search "3 Churches Cardiff". <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As with St Brigid's, you can access the streaming at any time either via our 3 Churches website <a href="http://3churches.org">3churches.org</a> or drectly from here by clicking/pressing on the button to the right >>>>></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvy8-pUR8GRd5Bqc0cYe7pxjwq6UbZ3WLZ7qu9G0xSIc1DaHbusP01TYF1xbeGNvf1DUwYfLNE5xsJonRtMD4VpC5gaYFYpl9aDdXC1qcS7NgqhRDmArLlpDXQUZvNoTEYAry3fUpHsbB_P8ygICg_InZwg3ZP8eW4v_SBITGW7fR6OeIbB8v_wje/s1000/livestream.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="1000" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvy8-pUR8GRd5Bqc0cYe7pxjwq6UbZ3WLZ7qu9G0xSIc1DaHbusP01TYF1xbeGNvf1DUwYfLNE5xsJonRtMD4VpC5gaYFYpl9aDdXC1qcS7NgqhRDmArLlpDXQUZvNoTEYAry3fUpHsbB_P8ygICg_InZwg3ZP8eW4v_SBITGW7fR6OeIbB8v_wje/w400-h204/livestream.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><br /><p></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-89930993817020914512022-11-05T18:00:00.002+00:002022-11-05T18:16:45.230+00:00Separation (2)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Separation isn't only at death. We have to handle all sorts of separation in life too, don't we, and I suppose those that happen in relationships, friendships, love, are the hardest. We all have to work hard sometimes to keep relationships going, to stop them growing stale, but, of course, there are times when they have just run their course. When it's at its worst, I catch a glimpse on occasion of the suffering that can follow in my work with people from broken marriages <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are many poems and songs about such events in life, but not many capture the raw emotion that can be involved as openly as Irish singer Sinead O'Connor's song and video from 1990 "Nothing Compares To You". The song was written by American Prince, but her version became better known than the original. The video must be one of the most dramatic and best-known ever produced for a song. Sinead O'Connor went on to have a complicated life but continues to produce music. But I don't think she ever matched this classic outpouring. Watch out for the real tears in the last chorus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/0-EF60neguk" width="480"></iframe></p><div style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;"><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">It's been seven hours and 15 days<br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Since you took your love away</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>I go out every night and sleep all day</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Since you took your love away</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Since you been gone, I can do whatever I want</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>I can see whomever I choose</span></span></i></div><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant<br aria-hidden="true" /><span>But nothing </span><span>I said nothing can take away these blues</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>'Cause nothing compares, n</span><span>othing compares to you</span></span></i></div><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></div><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">It's been so lonely without you here<br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Like a bird without a song</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Tell me baby, where did I go wrong?</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>I could put my arms around every boy I see</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>But they'd only remind me of you</span></span></i></div><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></i></div><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">I went to the doctor, guess what he told me<br aria-hidden="true" /><span>Guess what he told me</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>He said, "Girl you better try to have fun, no matter what you do"</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>But he's a fool</span></span></i></div><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">'Cause nothing compares, nothing compares to you</span></i></div><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></div><div class="ujudUb"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">All the flowers that you planted mama<br aria-hidden="true" /><span>In the back yard</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>All died when you went away</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span>But I'm willing to give it another try</span></span></i></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing compares, n<span>othing compares to you...</span><span></span></span></i></div></div>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-3363432622449397002022-11-02T23:27:00.004+00:002022-11-02T23:28:31.616+00:00Separation (1)<p class="homilytext" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueHgXADytqbfpONJZvFcm68PglHc-Y81mbqQB_Gd2vs4E_RkCow9C4V3wJstRr_QPBeexqptutyX8nGOvMUbMbPzvIG--UnjBscPr9_txV6VwI2QxkC5k_xduikMFj-jW7G-wiE6r3XxWiaHMURLVoik1hxIFK0GQrMZcVnaSMq1L5bBklXXDQ9NJ/s599/Florence%20Cathedral%20Pieta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="393" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueHgXADytqbfpONJZvFcm68PglHc-Y81mbqQB_Gd2vs4E_RkCow9C4V3wJstRr_QPBeexqptutyX8nGOvMUbMbPzvIG--UnjBscPr9_txV6VwI2QxkC5k_xduikMFj-jW7G-wiE6r3XxWiaHMURLVoik1hxIFK0GQrMZcVnaSMq1L5bBklXXDQ9NJ/w263-h400/Florence%20Cathedral%20Pieta.jpg" width="263" /></a></div> <span face=""Arial",sans-serif"> </span><p></p><p class="homilytext" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Here is a
poem/reflection by priest-poet John O'Donoghue that I used in Mass for
All Souls today. The sculpture is the late "Pieta" by Michelangelo in Florence.<br /></span></span></p><p class="homilytext" style="margin-left: 160px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">When you lose
someone you love,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Your life becomes strange,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
The ground beneath you gets fragile,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Your thoughts make your eyes unsure;</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
And some dead echo drags your voice down</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Where words have no confidence.</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Your heart has grown heavy with loss;</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
And though this loss has wounded others too,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
No one knows what has been taken from you</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
When the silence of absence deepens.</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Flickers of guilt kindle regret</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
For all that was left unsaid or undone.</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
There are days when you wake up happy;</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Again inside the fullness of life,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Until the moment breaks</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
And you are thrown back</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Onto the black tide of loss.</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Days when you have your heart back,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
You are able to function well</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Until in the middle of work or encounter,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Suddenly with no warning,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
You are ambushed by grief.</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
It becomes hard to trust yourself.</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
All you can depend on now is that</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Sorrow will remain faithful to itself.</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
More than you, it knows its way</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
And will find the right time</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
To pull and pull the rope of grief</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Until that coiled hill of tears</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Has reduced to its last drop.</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Gradually, you will learn acquaintance</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
With the invisible form of your departed;</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
And, when the work of grief is done,</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
The wound of loss will heal</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
And you will have learned</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
To wean your eyes</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
From that gap in the air</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
And be able to enter the hearth</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
In your soul where your loved one</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
Has awaited your return</span><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
All the time.</span><br /></span></p><p class="homilytext" style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">
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<i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“For Grief” by John O’Donohue,
from To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings (Doubleday, 2008)</span></i></span></span></p>
<p></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-15844345897460278272022-10-08T18:54:00.002+01:002022-10-08T19:08:10.772+01:00Ritual, Royalty - and Rosary : the procession to Westminster Abbey<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I wanted to put on here something to do with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, watched by millions across the world. I've chosen the procession from Westminster Hall, where her body had lain in state, to Westminster Abbey where the Funeral Service then followed. The sequence lasts some 16 minutes, with no commentary, and my choice might seem surprising. It consists mainly of military marching, and is highly ritualised, the bagpipe and drums music accompanying the rhythm of the young ratings, the royal family and others as they make the short journey. Yet this ritual holds me each time I have watched it, interspersed as it is with simple but moving moments such as the sailors bowing their heads when they arrive at the Abbey. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As Catholics we are very familiar with ritual, especially that of the Mass itself. Very often it can "carry" a lot, say so much with its few actions and words. I have noticed this is particularly true at funerals, when the very thing that Catholics fear might put off non-Catholic visitors actually can speak to, enable and help each and every mourner to feel whatever they are feeling and enter into the occasion. I remember celebrating the funerals of my parents, where I think I was only able to do so because saying Mass is what I do every day. I was "carried" by the ritual. The funeral of the Queen "carried" if we wanted it to, maybe our own bereavements too, and the passing not only of our monarch, but also of an era - stretching back through such a long life to the Empire, the two World Wars, and who knows whatever else the Britsih carry in our collective memory. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Perhaps this helps us to understand other ritual type prayers and practices, such as the Rosary. The repetition of Hail Marys puts off many people. But I believe that it is this very aspect of the Rosary that enables it to carry whatever is going on in our mind, heart or life at that moment. Each morning nowadays I experience a period of stiffness and/or pain as my lower limbs "wake up". As part of this process I pray five decades sitting on my bed, and try to put into the ritual and repetition the day ahead and whatever else is going on - stuff good and not so good - and the pain of the moment. The very ritual at the very least helps the process, and perhaps even helps to make <i>sense</i> of things that are too deep or painful to put into words - just like the marching of those sailors for a quarter of an hour at Westminster</span>.<br /></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/GIsec8fH2Lg" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-38576163654323329622022-09-11T08:49:00.004+01:002022-09-11T08:49:38.497+01:00When God Ran<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A while ago I shared a video of a song based on today's Gospel - the Prodigal Son. Here is another one, entitled "When God Ran". This one I also heard in my Canada phase back in the 80s. Enjoy.</span></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ml1UU23yh4g" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-67741455429221710552022-08-27T21:27:00.003+01:002022-08-27T21:29:06.180+01:00We have come to Mount Zion<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a song to accompany my theme this Sunday. It's called "Singing Hallelujah" and is bsed on the second reading from today's Mass. I love the uplifting and inspiring visonary quality of this reading.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I came across the song in my Canada period 1986-8. St Mary's parish where I assisted in Ottawa used some of the music of Jim Cowan in the liturgy and this is one of his. He was music diector at the Franciscan University at Steubenville Ohio for more than twenty years. I visited there for an amazing priests' retreat in 1987. Here it is sung by a choir in the Philippines.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have come to Mount Zion... <br /></span></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/lbGjBQ3rWhQ" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-9220499726245287362022-08-21T23:22:00.005+01:002022-08-21T23:22:52.421+01:00Kings Return do "Bridge Over Troubled Water"<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Just released today, this is a coming together of two of my favourites. American four man a cappella group King's Return sing Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Enjoy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/uYT-eDMZI9w" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-7588039174676654772022-05-25T19:34:00.004+01:002022-05-25T19:34:31.170+01:00"The Making of a Catholic Priest"<span style="font-family: arial;">Fr Stephen Gadberry from Arkansas tells his story. It's quite a long video, just under an hour, with a high-powered opening section, but filled all through with wisdom and inspiration.</span><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/HumCsGbVAp4" width="480"></iframe>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-68233202458604594012022-05-10T23:19:00.004+01:002022-05-10T23:22:03.502+01:00Archbishop-elect Mark O'Toole.... 8 years ago<span style="font-family: arial;">This was an interview when he became Bishop of Plymouth...</span><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/t23O1c8u2m8" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t23O1c8u2m8/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-48053917033483439902022-04-16T12:34:00.001+01:002022-04-16T12:34:49.250+01:00A prayer for Holy Saturday<p><span style="font-family: arial;">For Holy Saturday, here is the new video, published in the last 24 hours, by the King's Return, one of my favourite choirs, just four Americans singing a cappella and in rich harmonies. Here the Lord's Prayer carries us through to the great feast of Easter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/eb7Ukb7BJMQ" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359371933475709861.post-91330316985914839012022-04-15T11:31:00.004+01:002022-04-15T11:31:43.355+01:00From Thursday to Saturday<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Some pictures to accompany these days...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzjx12uJlI8PXFt0L_sdMqZ4xMOdn2E7X6ou3pjmDi9ERRCxTWjJ7vh42sATRJnLB2y8TPRwMAK_oY6wQzS1cNHM2tt0Kzhn0kLK3kjQJSGdXYQ_Pue061y38tWFHxEYlvOk71ah8yZ_2PxBkemMSucSDxwiFPsGSMUZiyEo-irjxMpu-V5x4Mt3j/s239/footwash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="239" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzjx12uJlI8PXFt0L_sdMqZ4xMOdn2E7X6ou3pjmDi9ERRCxTWjJ7vh42sATRJnLB2y8TPRwMAK_oY6wQzS1cNHM2tt0Kzhn0kLK3kjQJSGdXYQ_Pue061y38tWFHxEYlvOk71ah8yZ_2PxBkemMSucSDxwiFPsGSMUZiyEo-irjxMpu-V5x4Mt3j/w400-h354/footwash.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The words are "Good Lord protect Ukraine. Give us strength, faith, hope, our Father." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He is now 76 years old and is best known for his choral compositions, mostly of a religious nature.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/lJl3kVwl2-U" width="480"></iframe></p>Canon Matthew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187380380010112963noreply@blogger.com0