Glorious God, we give thanks for high and holy things as well as the common things of earth: Awaken us to recognize thy presence in each other and in all creation, so that we, like Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, may love and magnify thee as the holy, undivided Trinity; who liveth and reigneth one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
We give thanks for Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, adopted son of Worcester, Woodbine Willie:
‘They gave me this name like their nature,
Compacted of laughter and tears,
A sweet that was born of the bitter,
A joke that was torn from the years
Of their travail and torture …’ pic.twitter.com/Kx12GFT88L— John Inge (@BishopWorcester) March 8, 2024