Subject: News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
March 12th, 2021 at 2:00 pm BSTView onlineBibles By Victoria Mort When we first came to live in Oxford in 1978 it was a time of spiritual change for us, as well as all the other sorts of change we were experiencing after years of army life. We seemed to have quite a number of di ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
March 5th, 2021 at 4:00 pm BSTView onlineGodspeed By Tess Blenkinsop A friend sent this very moving and thoughtful film (link below - I hope you can find time to watch it). So much of it made me think of the fast pace at which we live and our social connections; both of which h ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
February 26th, 2021 at 5:01 pm BSTView onlineLenten Transformation By James Roberts Lent is a period of change and transformation. Not only do we look inwards at ourselves and seek to change our own habits in this season, but we patiently wait for the transformations which the East ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
February 19th, 2021 at 4:18 pm BSTView onlinePerformance, Popularity and Possessions By the Revd Dr William Lamb ’Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards was famished’. (Matthew 4 ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
February 12th, 2021 at 4:09 pm BSTView onlineA path through the strangeness By the Revd Susannah Reide This week we had a family funeral, at Oxford Crematorium. Relatives came from Manchester for the day, and we had a brief reunion in the Crematorium car park. My family had all dre ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
February 5th, 2021 at 4:09 pm BSTView onlineSeeking the Common Good By Professor Sarah Mortimer The ‘common good’ is a powerful and evocative phrase, drawing us towards those aims and ideals that we share together. We hear politicians and leaders invoke it – and we often pr ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 29th, 2021 at 3:46 pm BSTView onlineIntroduction We welcome Becca McDonnell and Beth and Josh Whitnall, ordinands from Ripon College Cuddesdon, who will be on placement with us until the end of the academic year. A warm hello to everyone at University Church, my name is Be ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 22nd, 2021 at 3:00 pm BSTView onlineWalking back to happiness by the Revd Susannah Reide One of the things I have noticed recently, is the elevated value of the humble walk with a friend.For me, one of the most challenging things about the first lockdown was the social iso ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 15th, 2021 at 3:00 pm BSTView onlineRichard Rolle and solitude by Tim Glover Richard Rolle, who is commemorated by the Church of England in the coming week, was a medieval hermit and religious author. As a hermit, he pursued a life of solitude to dedicate himself to God. ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 8th, 2021 at 3:13 pm BSTView onlineEpiphany in the everyday by Professor Sarah Mortimer Epiphany – the fierce brightness of the word seems to shine in our January gloom, conjuring images of divine revelation, of angels and stars, of the heavens opening with signs from a ...