Comments on: Gene Robinson’s Sermon

By: morag

morag — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:37:34 +0000

Thank you Rosemary and Robin esp Robin for writing out the words.It was from Cymbeline that I was thinking, a play about spirituality and protection by a higher power.I just thought Gene’s sermon about God’ love acceptance and forgiveness reminded me of that song ,where you could interpret”death” to be the death of our” old lives “and being welcomed into a safe haven, into the warmth safety and protection of Jesus’ love for us –and everyone is welcome
And it is beautiful music by Vaughn Williams( Dirge for Fidele)-well I think so
Whoever is preaching this Sunday may you be blessed and inspired

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:56:27 +0000

Morag, I know two beautiful settings of �Fear no more the heat o� the sun� (the Dirge in ‘Cymbeline’). One is by Gerald Finzi, and you can hear it on YouTube. The other is by Roger Quilter, in his Five Shakespeare Songs Op. 23.

Fear no more the heat o` the sun,
Nor the furious winter`s rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta`en thy wages.
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

Fear no more the frown o` the great;
Thou art past the tyrant’s stroke;
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak.
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.

Fear no more the lightning flash,
Nor th` all-dreaded thunder stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan.
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust.

No exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost unlaid forbear thee!
Nothing ill come near thee!
Quiet consummation have;
And renowned be thy grave!

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:10:21 +0000

Gene Robinson is, I think, proof positive that sometimes God calls exactly the right man to the key position. I thought it extraordinarily unperceptive of the papers not to see the limp behind the smile. I totally fail to understand how anybody could hear the sermon, and see the man, and not read the cost to him of his current calm. But I am glad of it and of him –

morag

By: morag

morag — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:06:45 +0000

Gene’s sermon ,I thought was beautiful in its simplicity and sincerity delivered with a quiet passion and strenghth of belief.It’s brought to mind a piece of music whose title I can’t for the life of me think.Can anyone help me.I think the words are by Shakespeare and I think it starts “Fear no more the heat o’ the sun” I’m singing it to you now can’t you hear me- ? perhaps that’s just as well
sorry don’t get out much! Thanks Kelvin for inviting Gene it was a great service

By: Jay Vos

Jay Vos — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:04:09 +0000

I had no problems viewing either of the videos on Firefox.

Wish I could have been at St Mary’s. Great sermon; I don’t know how
Bp Gene keeps his head above the fray. Truly an inspiration
for me and other LBGT folk who get tired of all the hate. Thanks.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:31:39 +0000

Thank you for the video – it is good to hear and to see what was happening yesterday! I was praying for you all – the cloud of witnesses extends far and wide!

By: Stewart

Stewart — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:32:11 +0000

An item (with photograph) in The Herald today - also on-line but without the picture. Also a Lambeth Conference item on the BBC Web site that includes a segment from the St Mary's Cathedral around one minute into the video clip.

By: Martin Ritchie

Martin Ritchie — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:36:48 +0000

Great to be able to hear and see bishop Gene’s sermon from Glasgow. Thank you! I also caught him at the launch of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace at St John’s Edinburgh last night – a briefer talk, but no less inspiring. Truly remarkable to experience his faithful witness in the midst of all the turmoil and flak flying around him. I particularly liked the anecdote he told about sitting in his hotel room while awaiting the US general convention’s decision on whether his election would be affirmed by them. Apparently someone sent a note saying something like: “sometimes God calms the storm. At other times God lets the storm rage around you and calms the person.” Now there’s a useful message!

By: Eamonn

Eamonn — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:50:11 +0000

It works well in Opera.

In any case, a truly inspiring sermon. Many thanks and well done for bringing this about.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:40:57 +0000

No, and I’ve been meaning to ask you about this Kelvin — I’ve experiencing issues with Firefox as well. I can’t actually *see* the little media players for *any* of the sermons. I thought it might have just been me; I’ve a few plugins to guard against ads, scripts and etc. So it’s a relief to hear you’re having issues, too. *Chuckles*

Looking forward to having a watch.

~Fiona.