I AM SO BLESSED

 

I am so blessed

To have a family

A caring network

Who look after me

 

I am so blessed

To have with me

A circle of friends,

Who are like family

 

I am so blessed

To have in every way

God in my life

Each and every day

ARE YOU WEARING A CRUCIFIX?

 

Are you wearing a crucifix?

Is it God’s grace you are appeasing?

Is it a symbol of your devotion?

Or is it just aesthetically pleasing

Are you a good Christian girl?

Or are you taunting and teasing

Well by that look in your eye

I think you’re up for a squeezing

A SONG TO SING IN HEAVEN

 

A song to sing in heaven

Where the holy angel’s tread

So sang my heart in joy

The word of God was spread

ST SWITHIN AND THE WINCHESTER EGG WOMAN

An old lady's eggs had been smashed

On the new stone bridge by workmen

Swithin picked the broken eggs up and

They miraculously became whole again 

PATRON SAINT OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL

 

Anglo-Saxon St Swithun

Was Bishop of Winchester

From his consecration

Until his death.

A century later

Dunstan and Æthelwold

Adopted him as patron

Of the restored church

Of Winchester

His body was transferred

From almost complete obscurity

To Æthelwold's new basilica

After which his posthumous miracles occurred

The Winchester egg-woman

And Queen Emma's ordeal

 

Feast Day 15^th July

ST SWITHIN AND QUEEN EMMA'S ORDEAL

 

Before the Norman Conquests

Princess Emma of Normandy

Became Queen Emma of England

Wife to King Æthelred the Unready

And then to Canute the Great of Denmark

She was falsely accused of adultery

But the night before her ordeal by fire

As she slept in Wargrave uneasily

Saint Swithun appeared in a dream

To tell her she would be set free

CROSS OF THE LIVING GOD # 1

 

Cross of the living God

Cast your gentle shadow

Keep us safe within its lee

And I will always know

You will answer my Prayer

Because you’re always there

Gentle Jesus, Gentle God