by Rev'd Canon Eileen Harrop | Apr 24, 2022 | St Mary's, St Andrews
Greetings from St Mary’s and St Andrew’s Dear friends, The picture was taken at the Passion Play held on Good Friday in Bishop Auckland marketplace. Those who went to see it were amazed at the professionalism of this amateur production, which held our...
by Rev'd Canon Eileen Harrop | Apr 17, 2022 | St Mary's, St Andrews
Greetings from Eileen Dear friends, As I write and think on the Resurrection – the joy of Easter – I am still on that part of our journey where crowds cheer and jeer, and the disciples are confused not being able to work out their mixed feelings – mostly dark with...
by Rev'd Canon Eileen Harrop | Apr 11, 2022 | St Mary's, St Andrews
Greetings from Eileen Dear friends, Holy Week seems to be a time of contradictions: of greatest and deepest emotional highs and lows; of hopes and fears; of rejection and the ultimate act of rescue for our redemption. This was the week when God’s love for us was...
by Rev'd Canon Eileen Harrop | Apr 3, 2022 | St Mary's, St Andrews
Greetings from Eileen Dear friends, Passiontide begins this Sunday. It also means we are coming to the end of Lent. We seem propelled through this Lent by weighty earthly concerns: the stubborn spread of covid-19 infection; the trespass of Ukraine bringing them...
by Rev'd Canon Eileen Harrop | Mar 27, 2022 | St Mary's, St Andrews
Greetings from Eileen Dear friends, ‘Justice is about relationship, about a meeting of people, in their full humanity.’ It’s nearing 40 days since Russia, a neighbour, waged violence against the people and country of Ukraine. We continue to pray, to provide financial...
