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Funeral for Janey Godley

Lillies

The funeral service for Janey Godley will took place on 30 November 2024 at 10 am.

The homily and the whole service are available on YouTube.

 

 

 

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Good Friday Reflections 2024

Christ Crucified in stained glass

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

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Good Friday Reflections 2023

Christ on Cross

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

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Photograph of Kelvin Holdsworth

Photo of Kelvin Holdsworth in St Mary's Catthedral, Glasgow - no attribution needed

Photo of Kelvin Holdsworth in St Mary's Catthedral, Glasgow - no attribution needed

Photograph of Kelvin Holdsworth in St Mary’s Catthedral, Glasgow – no attribution needed

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Midweek Services

Online worship

A midweek service is now held every Tuesday at 11 am

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Livestream Services

Mural - creation of the sea

At the current time the 11 am service on Sundays and evening Choral Eucharists on feast days are livestreams. Upcoming and recent livestream services can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@stmaryscathedralglasgow/streams

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Choral Service for Epiphany

Magi adoring Christ - manuscript

There will be a choral service for the Feast of the Epiphany on Friday 6 January 2022 at 7.30 pm.

Open to the public. No need to book. There’s room for everyone. Admission free.

Livestream link

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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.

Audio Guide

Download an annotated Floor Plan

In the main hall of the Ground Floor

On the landing of the northeast stair, heading up from the Ground Floor

Link to image on Art UK website.

Along the northeast balcony of the First Floor

Link to image on Art UK website.

In the Dutch Art gallery

Link to image on Art UK website.

In the Scottish Colourists gallery

Link to image on Art UK website.

At the south end of the French Art gallery

Link to image of triptych’s left wing on Art UK website.

Link to image of triptych’s centre panel on Art UK website.

Link to image of triptych’s right wing on Art UK website.

You can also download and listen to the entire audio guide on Bandcamp.

Sound effects obtained from www.zapsplat.com

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Advent Carol Service

A thrilling ceremony of music and readings focusing on the Advent theme of light takes place on Sunday 27 November at 5 pm in the Cathedral. Carols by Palestrina, Elgar, James Macmillan, and Paul Manz set the stage for the season of hopeful waiting and preparation for the feast of Christmas.

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Organ recital – Angelique Po

Canadian organist Angelique Po, current President of the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO) Vancouver Centre, is touring Scotland during the first part of November and is to give an organ recital at the Cathedral at 1 pm on Thursday 17 November. Her programme includes music by Bach, Buxtehude, Schubert, and Handel—as well as the Variations on ‘Kelvingrove’ by Denis Bedard. Admission is free, with a retiring collection for the Cathedral Music Fund.

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