Category Archives: Easter

Echoes of Easter

Posted on May 24, 2020 by stchrysostoms

I look back, back through Eastertide, back through the appearances of the Risen Christ– in a quiet garden, in a tucked-away room, on the road to Emmaus, in breaking of bread, the sharing of wine and at the water’s edge. … Continue reading →

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Rise again, yes, Rise again

Posted on May 18, 2020 by stchrysostoms

The Resurrection, by Gustav Mahler, was the choice Kenson Li made for a poem about Easter to be read at Vespers in Eastertide. Kenson remarks: This poem concludes Mahler’s monumental  2nd Symphony, “The Resurrection”. (Listen to the symphony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MPuoOj5TIw, … Continue reading →

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See the land, her Easter keeping

Posted on May 16, 2020 by stchrysostoms

Easter Week, by Charles Kingsley was the choice Sandra Palmer made for a poem about Easter to be read at Vespers in Eastertide. Sandra remarks: It was a strange Easter Day. No communal triumphal joyful singing of Jesus Christ is … Continue reading →

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The Risen Christ in the ‘Indian Way’

Posted on May 8, 2020 by stchrysostoms

This striking painting by the Indian artist Frank Wesley (1923 – 2002) shows the Resurrection appearance of Christ to the fishermen, as described in St John’s Gospel. (John 21). Wesley was born in India and studied art in Lucknow, and … Continue reading →

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A Song of Living

Posted on May 3, 2020 by stchrysostoms

A Song of Living, by Amelia Josephine Burr was the choice Paul Pritchard made for a poem about Easter to be read at Vespers in Eastertide. Paul writes:  Amelia Josephine Burr (1878 – 1968) was an American poet born in … Continue reading →

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Emmaus is today

Posted on April 28, 2020 by stchrysostoms

Look at the painting on the left. Can you imagine the place? Do you know somewhere like it? Can you imagine yourself walking along the path? Perhaps you have walked such a walk. Not exactly the same in detail, but … Continue reading →

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“Enough! The Resurrection”

Posted on April 26, 2020 by stchrysostoms

This Eastertime we’ve invited members of our St Chrysostom’s congregation to choose a poem which speaks to them of Easter. This week’s choice was actually made several years ago by Malcolm Hicks, and read beautifully by him in Church at … Continue reading →

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Lazarus by Joseph Braddock

Posted on April 21, 2020 by stchrysostoms

“And the dead man rose.” For the second in our series of poems at Eastertide Alan, churchwarden,  has chosen Lazarus by the English poet Joseph Braddock (b. 1902). The poet tackles the mystery of Lazarus’ four days of death – where was … Continue reading →

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ALLELUIA #50EasterWords

Posted on April 12, 2020 by stchrysostoms

We love to celebrate the 50 days of Easter at St Chrysostom’s. This year we’re offering a rich variety of words, music, thoughts and ideas. Together we’re sharing to help and inspire during these strange days of ‘lockdown’ as a … Continue reading →

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Resurrection by Vladimir Holan

Posted on April 12, 2020 by stchrysostoms

Each Sunday evening at Vespers in Eastertide a different person is going to speak about a poem which says ‘Easter’ to them. We’ll post the poem with some comments from the person here on our church blog. We begin with … Continue reading →

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