"Who let HER in here?"

This past Sunday, the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, preached at Southwark Cathedral, London.

The title for this post is taken from her sermon, but it's also the question before the Church of England when it meets in General Synod July 9-13 to debate and vote on legislation to allow the consecration of women bishops. You can read about it here.

You can read Bishop Jefferts Schori's sermon here.

Afterward, I invite you to explore Southwark Cathedral's website. The Cathedral is situated south of the River Thames and close by London Bridge. Remarkable for its beauty and history, today it serves as a progressive beacon in the Church of England. It's easily one of Ingrid's and my favorite Cathedrals.

Here are pictures of an exterior view, the altar, and the tomb of Lancelot Andrewes.

 

 

 

Lancelot Andrewes translated the Pentateuch for the 1611 King James Version of the Bible, preached magnificent sermons, and wrote many prayers. Two of them hang from a pillar alongside his tomb.

Be silent, still, aware,

for there in your own heart

the Spirit is at prayer.

Listen and learn,

open and find,

heart, wisdom,

Christ.

And

Thou, O Lord, art the Helper of the helpless, the Hope of the hopeless, the Saviour of them who are tossed with the tempests, the Haven of them who sail; be thou all to all. The glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon us; prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, oh! prosper thou our handiwork. Lord, be thou within us to strengthen us; without us to keep us; above us to protect us; beneath us to uphold us; before us to direct us; behind us to keep us from straying; round about us to defend us. Blessed be thou, O Lord our Father, for ever and ever.

Comments

[chris]

This is one of my fave cathedrals too - I love to visit when I'm in London, and to worship there.

[Bill Roberts]

Thanks for your comment, Chris. May I ask where you live and how you came across St. Blogory's?