Comments on: Kelvin Holdsworth – on Friendship http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/ The Blog of the Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:48:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kimberly http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/comment-page-1/#comment-8166 Kimberly Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:25:29 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/#comment-8166 I suspect that the next stepping stone in this discussion is 'strange kindness' but first there's a vestry meeting to prepare. I suspect that the next stepping stone in this discussion is ’strange kindness’ but first there’s a vestry meeting to prepare.

]]> By: Kelvin http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/comment-page-1/#comment-8165 Kelvin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:27:41 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/#comment-8165 Thank you for these comments. Gail - thanks for that suggestion about Lent. Its a good one. Kimberly - il miglior fabbro Holly - the answer is centuries of diligent practise. Elizabeth - I agree. The Eucharist has friendship at its heart. This has made me think about where the other sacraments intersect with a sacrament of friendship too. Thank you for these comments.

Gail – thanks for that suggestion about Lent. Its a good one.

Kimberly – il miglior fabbro

Holly – the answer is centuries of diligent practise.

Elizabeth – I agree. The Eucharist has friendship at its heart. This has made me think about where the other sacraments intersect with a sacrament of friendship too.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/comment-page-1/#comment-8164 Elizabeth Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:04:32 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/#comment-8164 As I mentioned yesterday, I think the Eucharist can be understood as a sacrament of friendship. Not that the Eucharist, or the church for that matter, is synonymous with friendship (is church something you can choose, or something you can't?) but I do think it's a significant element. And the whole thing is rooted in a meal Jesus shared with friends and he deliberately called them such. As I mentioned yesterday, I think the Eucharist can be understood as a sacrament of friendship. Not that the Eucharist, or the church for that matter, is synonymous with friendship (is church something you can choose, or something you can’t?) but I do think it’s a significant element. And the whole thing is rooted in a meal Jesus shared with friends and he deliberately called them such.

]]> By: Holly http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/comment-page-1/#comment-8163 Holly Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:05:54 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/#comment-8163 Thanks Kelvin. Been thinking about this all day. 'Chilly' is an understatement. How do churches end up being colder than outside? Thanks Kelvin. Been thinking about this all day.

‘Chilly’ is an understatement. How do churches end up being colder than outside?

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/comment-page-1/#comment-8162 Kimberly Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:50:31 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/#comment-8162 well done. well done.

]]> By: gail http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/comment-page-1/#comment-8160 gail Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:16:48 +0000 http://www.thurible.net/20090222/kelvin-holdsworth-epiphany-7/#comment-8160 Hurrah ! Thank you Kelvin - this has to be one of the finest sermons I have ever met - and I find it reads fully as well as I heard at the original vocal delivery. This morning I could feel the dew on the grass at Rievaulx, hear the birds in the trees and feel the mist on my face. Friendship. Aye. This surely IS the magnet that drew the disciples together. This is the glue that helped them cope with each others' foibles. Friendship not only allowed but nurtured the love and trust needed to discover their positive attributes, to build their confidence and to bequeathe to us the greater inheritance... Friends. Friendship. Yes - I think we DO have here the eighth sacrament - the one that suffuses and reveals the true inheritance of Christ, and binds all together. That which we so casually fail to acknowledge, take so for granted, brutally slap aside or otherwise have failed to nurture........ Find a Friend. Be a Friend. Cultivate Friendship....... Now THERE'S a gauntlet for Lent. Hurrah !
Thank you Kelvin – this has to be one of the finest sermons I have ever met – and I find it reads fully as well as I heard at the original vocal delivery. This morning I could feel the dew on the grass at Rievaulx, hear the birds in the trees and feel the mist on my face.
Friendship. Aye.
This surely IS the magnet that drew the disciples together. This is the glue that helped them cope with each others’ foibles. Friendship not only allowed but nurtured the love and trust needed to discover their positive attributes, to build their confidence and to bequeathe to us the greater inheritance…
Friends. Friendship.
Yes – I think we DO have here the eighth sacrament – the one that suffuses and reveals the true inheritance of Christ, and binds all together. That which we so casually fail to acknowledge, take so for granted, brutally slap aside or otherwise have failed to nurture……..
Find a Friend. Be a Friend. Cultivate Friendship…….
Now THERE’S a gauntlet for Lent.

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