‘The cry to God as ‘Father’
in the New Testament
is not a calm acknowledgement
of a universal truth about
God’s abstract fatherhood
It is the Child’s cry
Out of a nightmare
It is the cry of outrage
Fear, shrinking away,
When faced with the horror
Of the world
- Yet not simply or exclusively
Protest, but trust as well’
Rowan Williams
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Image: ‘Child of the Ages’ by Da Loria Norman, ca. 1914, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Sherwood Norman.
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In St Mary’s prayer cycle for this month, today we pray for all with mental health conditions and for those who support them.
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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