Thursday 4th June

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Luke 9. 51-end) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Wednesday 3rd June

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (2 Timothy 1. 1-3, 6-12) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 2nd June

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Job 2) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 1st June

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Luke 1. 39-56) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Sunday 31st May – The Day of Pentecost

•  Available to watch from 11.00am, Canon Mark leads a service for the Day of Pentecost including the Gospel for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing:   ‘Come down, O love divine’ and ‘O thou who camest from above’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Prelude on ‘Down Ampney’ – David Blackwell

Organ Music after the service: Paean – Herbert Howells

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today.

 

To watch videos from before 31st May, please click here.

To watch videos from 1st June, please click here.

 

Sunday 31st May – The Day of Pentecost

•  Available to watch from 11.00am, Canon Mark leads a service for the Day of Pentecost including the Gospel for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing:   ‘Come down, O love divine’ and ‘O thou who camest from above’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Prelude on ‘Down Ampney’ – David Blackwell

Organ Music after the service: Paean – Herbert Howells

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today.

Saturday 30th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Deuteronomy 16. 9-15) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Friday 29th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 30) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Thursday 28th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Ezekiel 11. 14-20) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Wednesday 27th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (1 Kings 19. 1-18) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 26th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (1 Corinthians 12. 1-13) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 25th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Luke 12. 32-37) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Sunday 24th May – Seventh Sunday of Easter

•  Available to watch from 11.00am, Canon Mark leads a service for the Seventh Sunday of Easter including the Gospel for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing:  ‘Jesus shall reign where’er the sun’ and ‘Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Chant de Mai – Joseph Jongen

Organ Music after the service: Chorale Prelude on ‘Croft’s 136th’ – C Hubert H Parry

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today.

Saturday 23rd May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (1 John 2. 7-17) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Friday 22nd May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 81) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Thursday 21st May – Ascension Day

•  Available to watch from 6.00pm, Canon Mark leads a service for Ascension Day including the readings for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing:  ‘Hail the day that sees him rise’ and ‘Christ triumphant, ever reigning’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 (Today the Son of God Triumphs) – JS Bach

Organ Music after the service: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545 – J S Bach

Wednesday 20th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 133) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version. Today’s video is Part 2 of the St George’s Day video of April 23rd, which you can watch here.

Tuesday 19th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Acts 16. 22-34) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 18th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 65) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Sunday 17th May – Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogation Sunday)

•  Available to watch from 11.00am, Canon Mark leads a service for the Sixth Sunday of Easter including the Gospel for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing:  ‘Lord of beauty, thine the splendour’ and ‘How great thou art’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Chanson de Matin – Edward Elgar

Organ Music after the service: Paean – Kenneth Leighton

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today. This coming Thursday is Ascension Day and there will be an additional short service online in celebration of this major feast day.

Saturday 16th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Luke 6. 12-26) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Friday 15th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 69) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version. The phone number she refers to in the video is for yourneighbour.org – 03003 239952.

Thursday 14th May – St Matthias, Apostle

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Acts 1. 15-end) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Wednesday 13th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (John 15. 1-8) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 12th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Acts 14. 19-end) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 11th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Acts 14. 5-18) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Sunday 10th May – Fifth Sunday of Easter

•  Canon Mark and Canon Jan lead a service for the Fifth Sunday of Easter including the Gospel for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing: ‘Praise my soul the king of heaven’ and ‘How sweet the name of Jesus sounds’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’ – Ralph Vaughan Williams

Organ Music after the service: Postlude – William Mathias

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today. Click here for an update on Christian Aid Week 2020 which begins today.

Saturday 9th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Deuteronomy 15. 1-18) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Friday 8th May

•  Today is VE Day. As Europe marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Canon Mark Preece leads a special service which you can watch below.

The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music. The Trumpeters are Ben Halstead and Helen Whitemore. The organ music after the service is Spitfire Prelude (From ‘The First of the Few’) by William Walton.

Click here to view the Order of Service so that you can follow along.

•  Today Canon Jan gives her Thought for the Day on Julian of Norwich, whom the Church remembers today. You can watch the video below or click here to view the text version.

Thursday 7th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Luke 4. 1-13) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Wednesday 6th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Exodus 33) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 5th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 139) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 4th May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (2 Corinthians 4. 5-12) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Sunday 3rd May – Fourth Sunday of Easter

•  Available to view from 11.00am, Canon Mark Preece leads a service for the Fourth Sunday of Easter including the Gospel for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing: ‘At the Lamb’s high feast we sing’ and ‘I heard the voice of Jesus say’. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Pastorale (from Six Sketches on the Psalms) – Percy Whitlock

Organ Music after the service: Intrada – Grayston Ives

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today. Click here for an update on Christian Aid Week 2020 which begins next Sunday.

Saturday 2nd May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Colossians 1. 11-20) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Friday 1st May

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (John 14. 1-14) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Thursday 30th April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 136) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Wednesday 29th April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 34) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 28th April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Acts 7.51 – 8.1a) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 27th April

•  Today Canon Jan gives her Thought for the Day on the Christina Rossetti. You can watch the video below or click here to view the text version.

Sunday 26th April – Third Sunday of Easter

•  Available to view from 11.00am, Canon Mark Preece leads a service for the Third Sunday of Easter including the Gospel for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing: Rejoice, the Lord is king and Christ is the King, O friends rejoice. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Organ Music before the service: Communion from Messe Basse, Op.30 – Louis Vierne

Organ Music after the service: Hymn Prelude on ‘Vulpius’ – Healey Willan

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today. We will publish Weekly Notes each Sunday while the Cathedral remains closed.

Saturday 25th April

•  Today Canon Jan gives her Thought for the Day on the Feast of St Mark. You can watch the video below or click here to view the text version.

Friday 24th April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (John 6. 1-15) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Thursday 23rd April

•  Today Canon Jan gives her Thought for the Day on the Feast of St George, the Patron Saint of England. You can watch the video below or click here to view the text version.

Wednesday 22nd April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Exodus 16. 11-end) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 21st April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Acts 4. 32-end) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 20th April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Colossians 1. 1-14) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

To watch the Cathedral’s Holy Week and Easter services, click here

 

To watch Cathedral services and Thought for the Day from Monday 20th April, click here

 

Sunday 19th April – Second Sunday of Easter

•  In the video below, available to view from 11.00am, Canon Mark Preece leads a service for the Second Sunday of Easter including the Gospel for the day and a short Homily. The service also includes two hymns for all to sing: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem and Ye sons and daughters. The Organ is played by Stephen Moore, Director of Music.

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today. We will publish Weekly Notes each Sunday while the Cathedral remains closed.

Saturday 18th April – Saturday in Easter Week

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (1 Corinthians 15. 51-end) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

 

Friday 17th April – Friday in Easter Week

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (John 21. 1-14) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Thursday 16th April – Thursday in Easter Week

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 146) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Wednesday 15th April – Wednesday in Easter Week

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Luke 24. 13-35) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 14th April – Tuesday in Easter Week

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (John 20. 11-18) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 13th April – Easter Monday

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Acts 2. 14, 22-32) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Sunday 12th April – Easter Day

•  Easter Day Service – The Precentor leads a short service for Easter Day featuring music from the Cathedral Choir, conducted by Stephen Moore which was recorded before the Cathedral was closed last month. The service also includes a Homily for Easter Day given by the Dean.

Please click here to view the Weekly Notes for today. We will now be producing Weekly Notes each Sunday while the Cathedral remains closed. The words for the hymns in the service can be found on the YouTube page by clicking the title of the service video below.

We hope you enjoy our Easter service, the Chapter and staff at the Cathedral all wish you a Happy Easter!

•  Throughout Holy Week Stephen Moore, Director of Music, performs a selection of organ music taken from his 2019 Lent series. His piece for Easter Day is ‘Toccata on Victimae Paschali Laudes’ by Iain Quinn.

Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day will return tomorrow

 

Saturday 11th April – Holy Saturday

•  Holy Saturday Service – Below you can watch our Short Service for Easter Eve. During the service Canon Jan blesses the new fire, while Canon Mark lights the new Paschal Candle and sings the Exsultet.

Stephen Moore plays the hymn ‘Light’s glittering morn bedecks the sky for all to sing’ and Gordon Slater’s ‘An Easter Alleluia for organ’.

•  The Dean’s Reflection – Below you can listen to the Dean’s Reflection for Easter Eve. The music is provided by David Thomas, who plays ‘Hilf Gott, dass mir’s gelinge BWV 624‘ and ‘Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 623‘, both pieces by J.S Bach.

•  Throughout Holy Week Stephen Moore, Director of Music, performs a selection of organ music taken from his 2019 Lent series. His piece for Holy Saturday is ‘Chorale Prelude: Herzlich, thut mich verlangen, BWV 727’ by J.S Bach.

Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day will return on Easter Monday (13th April)

 

Friday 10th April – Good Friday

•  Good Friday Service – Below you can watch our service for Good Friday, led by the Canon Precentor with the organ played by Director of Music, Stephen Moore. The music in the service is “Nolo mortem peccatoris” by Thomas Morley, “O vos omnes” by Tomás Luis de Victoria, and the hymn “When I survey the wondrous cross”.

This service was recorded before current restrictions on social distancing were introduced.

•  The Dean’s Reflection – Below you can listen to the Dean’s Reflection for Good Friday. The music is provided by David Thomas, who plays ‘O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618‘ and ‘Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund BWV 621‘, both pieces by J.S Bach.

•  Throughout Holy Week Stephen Moore, Director of Music, performs a selection of organ music taken from his 2019 Lent series. The first piece for Good Friday is ‘Hymn Prelude on ‘Horsley” by Philip Moore.

•  Stephen’s second piece for Good Friday is ‘Hymn Prelude on ‘Cross of Jesus” by Ashley Grote.

Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day will return on Easter Monday (13th April)

Thursday 9th April – Maundy Thursday

•  Maundy Thursday Service – Below you can watch our service for Maundy Thursday, led by the Canon Precentor with the organ played by Director of Music, Stephen Moore. The music in the service is “A new commandment” by Richard Shephard and “Ubi caritas” by Ola Gjeilo.

This service was recorded before current restrictions on social distancing were introduced.

•  The Dean’s Reflection – Below you can listen to the Dean’s Reflection for Maundy Thursday. The music is provided by David Thomas, who plays ‘Christe, du Lamm Gottes BWV 619‘ and ‘Christus, der uns selig macht BWV 620‘, both pieces by J.S Bach.

•  Throughout Holy Week Stephen Moore, Director of Music, performs a selection of organ music taken from his 2019 Lent series. The first piece for Maundy Thursday is ‘Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BuxWV 178’ by Dietrich Buxtehude.

•  Stephen’s second piece for Maundy Thursday is ‘Jesus accepte la souffrance’ by Olivier Messiaen.

Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day will return on Easter Monday (13th April)

 

Wednesday 8th April

•  Meditations on Stations of the Cross – Watch our Stations of the Cross service below, the service is led by the Canon Precentor and the organ is played by Director of Music, Stephen Moore. The music played is composed by John Hoskings.

Please click here to see the Order of Service so you can follow along from home.

•  Throughout Holy Week Stephen Moore, Director of Music, performs a selection of organ music taken from his 2019 Lent series. The first piece for Wednesday in Holy Week is Prelude on ‘Were you there?’ by Leo Sowerby.

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Hebrews 12. 1-3) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day will return on Easter Monday (13th April)

•  The second of Stephen Moore’s organ pieces for Wednesday in Holy Week is ‘Herzliebster Jesu, Op. 122/2’ by Brahms.

Tuesday 7th April

•  Throughout Holy Week Stephen Moore, Director of Music, will be performing a selection of organ music taken from his 2019 Lent series. The first piece for Tuesday in Holy Week is ‘Herzlich thut mich verlangen II’ by Brahms.

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Luke 22. 24-34) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

•  Below you can watch Stephen Moore’s second organ piece for Tuesday in Holy Week, ‘Psalm Prelude Set 2 No.1’ by Herbert Howells, taken from his 2019 Lent series.

Monday 6th April

•  Throughout Holy Week Stephen Moore, Director of Music, will be performing a selection of organ music taken from his 2019 Lent series. He begins with ‘Herzlich thut mich verlangen’ by Brahms.

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Luke 22. 1-23) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

 

•  Throughout Holy Week Stephen Moore, Director of Music, will be performing a selection of organ music taken from his 2019 Lent series. In the video below, Stephen plays ‘Psalm Prelude Set 1 No.1’ by Herbert Howells.

 

To watch Cathedral videos from before 6th April, click here

 

To watch Cathedral videos during Holy Week, click here

 

Sunday 5th April

•  Today is Palm Sunday. We sadly won’t be processing with palms from the Cathedral Green this morning, but the Cathedral Choir have prepared a short service which you can view below.

This was recorded before the current restrictions on social distancing were introduced.

Click here to read the intercessions written for this morning as we prepare ourselves for Holy Week.

Saturday 4th April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 23) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Friday 3rd April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (John 12. 20-36) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

 

Thursday 2nd April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (Psalm 40) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

 

Wednesday 1st April

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (John 8. 31-42) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 31st March

•  Today’s Thought for the Day is about John Donne, who is commemorated in the Church’s calendar today. Watch Canon Jan’s video below or click here to view the text version.

Monday 30th March

•  Thought for the day is based on one of the day’s lectionary readings.  For the Bible online, click the following link – http://bible.oremus.org/ – then choose your version (we use NRSV in church). Copy and paste the reference (John 11. 28-44) into the search box and the passage will be displayed.

Once you’ve read the passage, watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version. 

Sunday 29th March

•  Today is Passion Sunday. The Cathedral Choir have prepared a short service (pre-recorded before the Cathedral was closed) which you can view below. Click here to see the intercessions written for this morning as we enter the season of Passiontide.

 

Saturday 28th March

•  Watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Friday 27th March

•  Watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Thursday 26th March

•  Here are Ten Commandments for living through the Coronavirus Crisis! 

•  Watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Wednesday 25th March

•  Today is the Feast of the Annunciation. Watch Canon Jan’s Thought for the Day below or click here to view the text version.

Tuesday 24th March

•  Following the Government’s announcement last night, the Cathedral is closed until further notice.

•  Click here for today’s Thought for the Day or watch the video below.

Monday 23rd March

•  Click here for today’s Thought for the Day

•  A poem written by a Franciscan monk from Ireland, Brother Richard Hendrick, has been shared widely on social media. Entitled ‘Lockdown’, it reflects on the global fight against the Coronavirus and the hope that persists for the future. Click here to read it.

Sunday 22nd March

• We’ve created a short service for Mothering Sunday featuring the Cathedral Choir and led by the Canon Precentor. We hope this will go some way to making up for the absence of services in the Cathedral this morning. Happy Mothering Sunday to all the mothers of the Parish and Diocese!

Saturday 21st March

• Return to this page tomorrow at 10.30am to watch a short service we’ve made for Mothering Sunday.

•  Click here for today’s Thought for the Day

 

Friday 20th March

•  Click here for today’s Thought for the Day

 

Thursday 19th March

• For those in self-isolation, the next few months will be a challenging time. This is particularly true for those who suffer from anxiety and depression. We attach here professional advice for how to maintain our emotional well-being during this period of uncertainty entitled “How to respond effectively to the Covid19 outbreak”, by Dr Russ Harris, author of The Happiness Trap.

• Click here for today’s Thought for the Day

 

Wednesday 18th March

• On Mothering Sunday, Cytun alongside the Church of England are calling all churches to a National Day of Prayer and Action. At 7.00pm this Sunday, we are encouraged to light a candle in the windows of our homes as a visible symbol of our hope in prayer. More information can be found here

• Click here for today’s Thought for the Day