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Good Friday Reflections 2024

Reflections on The Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross given on Good Friday 2024 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow

The Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross

The seven phrases spoken by Jesus Christ during his crucifixion as recorded in the four Gospels of the New Testament.

1

‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing’
The Rt Rev Kevin Pearson

2

‘Today you will be with me in paradise’
The Rev Canon Audrey O’Brien Stewart

3

‘Behold your son: behold your mother’
The Rev Canon Prof John Riches

4

‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’
The Rev Canon Chinemerem Uche

5

‘I thirst’
The Rev Dr Maggie McTernan

6

‘It is finished’
The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth

7

‘Father, into your hands, I commend my Spirit’
The Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon

Sermon Archive

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To browse more sermons given at St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, visit: https://vimeo.com/stmaryscathedralglasgow

Good Friday Reflections 2023

Reflections given at St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow on Good Friday, 7 April 2023

Reflection 1
Matthew 26.36-46
The Rt Rev Kevin Pearson

Reflection 2
Matthew 26.47-56
The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth

Reflection 3
Matthew 26.57-68
The Rev Canon Prof John Riches

Reflection 4
Matthew 27.1-10
The Rev Canon Audrey O’Brien Stewart

Reflection 5
Matthew 27.11-31
The Rev Maggie McTernan

Reflection 6
Matthew 27.32-56
The Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon

Peacemaking and Peacebuilding Forum

Watch a recording of the livestream on YouTube here.

The Rev Dr Liz Carmichael, Emeritus Research Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford, presents a forum on the extraordinary and largely untold story of The National Peace Accord which undergirded the complex negotiations leading to the election of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa. Join Dr Carmichael for a short presentation followed by discussion in the Cathedral.

Dr Carmichael is author of Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in South Africa: The National Peace Accord, 1991-1994 (Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2022).

Christmas Services 2022

CHRISTMAS EVE
24 December 2022

23:15 • MIDNIGHT MASS – LIVESTREAM

CHRISTMAS DAY
25 December 2022

11:00 • SUNG EUCHARIST – LIVESTREAM

Light and Dark: An Advent Visit to Kelvingrove Art Gallery

If you can get to Kelvingrove Art Gallery And Museum, St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow offers a unique opportunity this Advent. Dr Deborah Lewer, Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow, has recorded a self-guided audio tour exploring seasonal themes of light and dark. You can walk around the gallery at your own pace and go on this ‘retreat’ whenever it’s convenient for you.

About the Tour

At the darkening time of the year, as the clocks go back and nights lengthen, join Dr Deborah Lewer to explore the play of light and shade in art and faith. Artists know that light and darkness – what the Italians call ‘chiaroscuro’ – bring art to life. Biblical and spiritual tradition is rich in images of light and dark. In deep paradoxes of ‘luminous darkness’, artists, psalmists, poets, prophets, and contemplatives have found beauty, hope, meaning – and humour too – beyond the ‘light of the world’. For the Advent season, this visit will be an opportunity to engage with a vivid range of art in the rich collection of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and to think in new ways about shadows and light in a life of faith and in times of darkness.

Debbie is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow and a congregation member at St Mary’s. She is a regular speaker in churches, theological colleges and at festivals and retreats on the rich relationship between art and faith.