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Holy WeekWe begin to move from Lent into Holy Week, and the feeling in the air changes. Lent can become so familiar, year after year. The ashes, the hunger, the craving. The considerations of what sort of thing shall I give up, what shall I take on, who or what can I help in service or charity this year. And then we have the familiar passages from the Bible that punctuate the season: the temptation in the desert; the response: that one does not live by bread alone; the threat: bow down and worship me and all this will be yours; the rebuke: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.

And after that moment, it all begins to lead up to Good Friday. Jesus turns towards Jerusalem, leading his disciples onwards and he knows that this is where everything will be decided. In April, as Lent draws to a close we read of the most moving scene – before the end, Jesus dines one last time with his friends outside Jerusalem, in Bethany. And one of his friends takes costly perfume, and anoints his feet, and wipes them with her hair, fi lling the house

with fragrance. And Judas Iscariot – the one who will betray him – asks why this expensive perfume has been wasted, and not been sold with the money being given to the poo r? Jesus responds that her act was to be prepare him for death. ‘You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.’

The celebration of Holy Week is an invitation to join in the journey that we began afresh last year. What begins with the child Jesus in Bethlehem, reaches its fulfi lment in Jerusalem. It is the strangeness of the liturgical year that only a few months ago we were celebrating angels and shepherds, and the gifts of the wise men. Now we read of other gifts – the gifts of Mary of Bethany, who will do all that she can to comfort Jesus, because unlike the disciples, she has listened to his words, and realises what is indeed to come in the next week. We think of Jesus’ gifts to his disciples, for he will spend the next week teaching them, preparing them, offering them all the consolation that he can give, for he knows that time is short. Then at the end, on the fi nal night, he will gather the disciples together, in breaking bread and pouring wine will bind them together, bring them closer to him, and assure them of his love and presence. In the face of the Cross, in the face of a world that knows struggle and pain, we continue his command.

So if Lent has passed you by, and Christmas now seems far off, then might I warmly invite you to journey with us this Holy Week. To drop in to any of the services that are being held. Christmas can be done quickly, at Midnight Mass or Christmas Day – but to get to Easter, the route is a little different. It is a journey, a journey that we began last year when we celebrated the birth of Christ, for he comes to lead the disciples – and us – to Jerusalem.

On Palm Sunday we shall remember how he entered the city to joy and praise, the people proclaiming him as their king. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we shall feel the tension build as the authorities prepare to make their fi nal move against him. On Thursday we shall remember the Last Supper, and his command for us to continue this as a sign and promise of his love. Then on Friday, we shall be like those who stood and watched as he carried his cross through the city, to a hill outside the town. It is a day full of words, music, drama and emotion – but at the end, we leave in silence. The only day when the blessing is not said, the only day when the Eucharist is not celebrated. Saturday will be a day of silence, as we remember Christ in the tomb. Then on Sunday we shall greet him with joy and light. It is a drama that is lived out. I was invited to a church 15 years ago to join them

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Comment p.3From the Editor“ Deck of Cards” Prayer Book p.4by Lesley PageNoli me tangere (1514) by Titian p.5by Dr Jitna PorThe Camino Pilgrimage – is it for you? p.6by Nigel Ralph

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On 1 March 2019 I attended the annual general meeting of Lewisham Plus, our local credit union.

After proceedings had been completed a lovely buffet was laid on. I must admit that I did tuck into the lovely vegetarian options and hope that I don’t pay for it on the scales at my next visit to Weight Watchers. I sat at a table with Jane Somers our advertising manager and two retired Catholic Afro-Caribbean ladies. I did ask if they were members and one was and the other was her guest. I was curious as to what they thought was the cause of all the problems that were manifesting themselves with the youth in the community.

Both of these ladies were the parents of boys and what they emphasised was that communication was the key. Engaging with them on a daily basis was essential. They did not think that the constant use of mobile phones was a good thing, as one often sees parents totally engrossed in whatever conversation they are having as the child looks on. One lady said that she was always talking but it was when she was quiet that her sons became aware that she was not happy with something. She warned one of her sons that she was going to visit him at school if something that she was not happy with did not change. He may have thought that it was an empty threat, that is until he entered the classroom and there sitting at the back of the class was his mother. The mother said that he was most mortified. Of course she had done this by contacting the teachers and making suitable arrangements. She said that she had twin brothers and could hold her own with the male species and that said she actually rolled up her shirt sleeves, as if to say she meant business.

The same lady went on to say that on one occasion at night she trailed her son, and then the following day reported back to him his movements. If there was an action to counter the adage out of sight out of mind that certainly countered it.

The other lady recounted how one of her sons had developed the habit of going to an arcade after school to play video games and this was adversely impacting on him and his school work. In addition to the worry of the unsavoury characters who might attend those places. After him continuing this habit she just went down to the arcade and dragged him out and that was the end of it. However, despite this physical intervention, what this lady emphasised was the need to communicate with children and to engage with the schools, although she acknowledged that school teachers were sometimes snowed under with paperwork. She further observed that there was a lack of facilities for young persons to engage with. She commented that she no longer saw the ‘youth bus’ that she used to see around the borough.

What is clear to me is that communication is an important component of dealing with the problems that manifest themselves in today’s society. Attending the PTA meetings, running the Scouts Brownies or Girl Guides. Maybe these things can help.

Geoffrey Cave, Editor, Sydenham Life

From the Editor

for Holy Week for the first time, and something in the movement, the music, and the drama changed my life. So I warmly invite you to join with us this year – and see where the journey might lead you.

Stephen Edmonds

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“Deck of Cards” Prayer BookI was thinking a lot about Sunday School and why it is so important that we continue teaching our children. With the many wonderful stories told in the Bible, we are planting the seed of the love of God. We are spreading the word of God to our children, and our children will spread the word to their children this is what Jesus asked his disciples to do by sending them out to spread the word of God, and God’s gift to us was his son Jesus.

It’s amazing how much information one retains over the years and something can trigger a memory at any time. Although we cannot see God, we somehow know that his love is always around us.

I remember hearing a song many years ago sung by Tex Ritter, written in 1948 by T. Texas Tyler. I have never forgotten it. It told a story of a soldier at war who attended church one Sunday with his unit. A Sergeant commanded the boys in church, and after the Chaplain had read the prayer the text was taken up. Those who had a prayer book took them out, but this one soldier only had a deck of cards, and so he spread them out.

The Sergeant saw the cards and said “Soldier put away those cards.”

After the service was over the soldier was arrested and brought before the Provost Marshall. The Marshall said, “Sergeant, why have you brought this soldier here?”

“For playing cards in church, sir.”

“And what have you got to say for yourself, soldier?”

“ Much sir” replied the soldier.

“I hope so,” the Marshall replied, “for if not, I will punish you more than any man was ever punished.”

The soldier said, “Sir I have been on a march for six days and had neither Bible nor Prayer Book, but I hope to satisfy you with the purity of my intentions.”

“You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the Bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. When I see the three I think of the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost. When I see the four I think of the four evangelists who preached the Gospel. There was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. And when I see the five it reminds me of the five wise virgins who trimmed their lamps. Ten of ‘them; five who were wise and were saved ; five were foolish and were shut out. When I see the six it reminds me

that in six days God made this great heaven and earth. And when I see the seven it reminds me that on the seventh day God rested from his great work. When I see the eight, it reminds me of the eight righteous people who were saved from the flood – Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives.

“When I see the nine, it reminded me of the nine lepers who were cleansed of their sins, but did not give thanks. When I see the ten , I think of the tenth leper, who did give thanks, and of the Ten Commandments God handed down to Moses on a tablet of stone. When I see the King it reminds me that there is only one King of Heaven God Almighty, and when I see the Queen it reminds me of the Blessed Virgin Mary who is Queen of Heaven. The Jack reminds me of the Devil and to shun his temptation.

“And when I count the number of spots on a deck of cards I find three hundred and sixty five, the number of days in a year. Fifty two cards, the number of weeks in a year. Four suits, the number of weeks in a month. Twelve picture cards, the number of months in a year. Thirteen tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter. So you see Sir, my pack of cards serve me as a Bible, almanac, and prayer book.”

After listening to the soldiers explanation the Provost Marshall realised there was no charge to answer and sent him back to his unit.

Lesley Page

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Noli me tangere (1514) by TitianThe National Gallery in London houses a vast collection of old paintings. In September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, the act that started World War II. Faced with the threat of carpet bombing, the National Gallery removed all its paintings from the premises. Most paintings went to five different buildings in Wales in order to protect them from the expected London blitz. By summer 1940, the outlook seemed bleak for the allies in mainland Europe. It was decided that the National Gallery collection could not remain scattered in Wales in case a stray bomb might career off Liverpool docks and hit Wales. One suggestion was to ship all the paintings to Canada, but the suggestion was firmly rejected by Winston Churchill who wrote to the director Kenneth Clark in a telegram asking him to hide or bury them in caves and cellars, and that not one picture shall leave these islands. The paintings were all stored at the Manod quarry in north Wales, its new subterranean home. Although it had long been known that paintings fare better in conditions of stable humidity and temperature, but it had never been studied until this opportunity presented itself for scientists to monitor a whole collection in such a controlled environment and circumstances. Valuable discoveries were made which were to influence the way paintings were displayed and cared for. The National Gallery was hit by bombs nine times.

After the war ended, the general public were craving to see paintings again but which of their two thousand odd paintings did the public want to see first? The first painting of the month was voted by the general public in 1942. It’s the Noli me tangere painted by the young Titian in (1514). Why did people choose this particular painting? Could it be to do with something coming back when you weren’t expecting it? Like the resurrection of Christ?

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), was a most versatile Italian Renaissance painter superb with oil paint. He was born in Venice- his exact date of birth is unknown but sometime around 1488 to 1490. He was a student of Andrea Mantegna. Noli me tangere is the Latin version of a phrase spoken according to John (20:17) by Christ to Magdalene, ‘cease holding on to me, stop clinging to me’. The KJV Bible translated it as “Touch me not”. I first heard this phrase from one of our own scholars during the church lent course. The scene is in the cycle of Christian paintings that

tell the story of Easter. It is scene of the ‘still small calm’ after the horrors of the passion. This episode in St John’s Gospel is painted in oil on canvas by Titian when he was just aged 24. In the haunting landscape with its blue and gold horizon, the awestruck Magdalene is portrayed with intimate feeling, her shock and joy so visibly illustrated when she recognised Christ after believing him dead.

Noli me tangere depicts the biblical scene (John 20:17). It marks the moment at dawn on Easter Sunday when Mary

Magdalene goes to the sepulchre to anoint the body of Christ with spices. Christ’s body was not there. Mary, in the midst of grief initially mistook Christ for a gardener as he is shown in the painting with a spade. When ‘the gardener’ called her by name, Mary knew it was Christ and reached for him. Christ was covered only by the shroud in which he had been buried, the shroud whose white draping magnificently complements the red flow of Mary’s garment. Christ gracefully draws his linens between his body and Mary Magdalene’s outstretched arm. She also has a jar of ointment in her hand. Jesus urges her not to touch him but to inform

the apostles that he had risen from the dead (John 20; 14-18). Titian knew how to make the characters’ figures breathe, a spring like sense of new life in this painting. The tree is a continuation of growth; the sun is only just rising, the light lit up on the top of the building on the left. Jesus pulls back his draper, his white shroud blown away, Mary’s hand just there reaching to touch. The palm of her hand and her blouse seem to receive an early morning light, the light of God. Jesus curves towards her, the wound of the nail visible on his foot. Two overlapping curves tie the figures and nature together.

This painting in the National gallery is so vivid and accessible to us even today. Mary Magdalene on the ground horizontally and Christ standing, looking down and almost reaching over her but pull away. We can almost feel Mary reaching out; her right hand would touch were it not for Christ pulling back in a subtle moment of refusal saying ‘Noli me tangere’, it’s time to let go of me, do not hold on my physical presence on earth. Mary promptly goes to the apostles and announces to them that she had seen the Lord (John 20:18). Jesus Christ is alive.

Dr Jitna Por



The Camino Pilgrimage – is it for you?

People have been going on pilgrimages for a very long time. They were popular in the Middle Ages when the faithful would set aside months and even years to make the long journey to the shrine that beckoned at the end of the route: Canterbury, Rome, and Jerusalem. The trips involved a huge element of uncertainty as there was no absolute guarantee as to when and even if you would reach your final destination. No shortage of faith was required to embark on such a trip. Indeed John Bunyans’s ‘Pilgrims Progress’ published in 1678 captures many of the key challenges and adversities a pilgrim may expect to encounter on his journey to the celestial city. The key elements for a pilgrimage are usually undertaking a journey to a venerable destination, often requiring some considerable physical effort. The pilgrim may be helped along the way with some spiritual support and companionship from fellow pilgrims who share the same goal. Adversity is to be expected whether it is sheer physical discomfort of sore feet or muscles, tiredness or the elements of the weather. Everyone’s experience is different and in its own way unique including this one.

The Camino De Santiago has gained an increasing amount of popularity over the past 20 years, boosted by a number of films, documentaries and celebrity walkers. The pilgrimage follows several routes, through northern Spain, popular since Medieval times. Pilgrims set out from all over Europe intending to see the remains of St James the apostle which by legend were brought to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in North West Spain. Along the way there are numerous churches where statues of St James can be found with the associated images of the scallop shell (‘coquille St. Jacques’) and walking staff which became the pilgrims’ badges of recognition. There is now a well- marked route which guides pilgrims westwards through France and Spain towards the setting sun in Finisterre (translated literally as ‘land’s end’).

The Camino has become so popular (thousands of pilgrims set out each day in the peak season from their overnight stop) that it is in danger of losing some of its mystique. As well as a long distance walk (it covers 500 miles from a starting point in the French Pyrenees), it has become a ‘must do’ for some European visitors, but still for many it is a great way to take time out to reassess the direction which their life is taking. There is time for meeting and chatting on the way, once you have established a common language, discussing motives for the trip, evenings for reflecting on the kilometres and road travelled during the day, and of course plenty of time for personal reflection as one foot passes relentlessly in front of the other while en route. It needn’t cost a fortune, as apart from the cost of boot leather, municipal and dedicated pilgrim lodgings including the occasional monastery can be found for less than 10 euros a night. Pilgrim menus (served with an obligatory bottle of wine) are a genuine bargain and a regular feature along the way. And if you want to avoid

carrying a heavy rucksack, you can even arrange for transport to bring your belongings to the next hostelry.

So when this particular pilgrim began his journey to Santiago de Compostela, setting out four years ago, he knew with some certainty where he would start from (an airport in the south of England) but was less sure about the route that would take him there. While the ‘Camino’ is popular as a long distance walk, it has also become a rite of passage for those who are keen to reflect on the direction their own life is taking. In the film ‘The Way’ Martin Sheen sets out initially to pick up his recently deceased son’s belongings but soon finds himself drawn into a series of life changing experiences as he decides to give it a go himself and complete the journey. His journey is most notable for the diverse selection of people he meets along the way.

This year my companion Edward (chief route and transport researcher) and I set out in September from the French town of Biarritz from where you can catch a bus to the border town of Hendaye and a bridge over the river Bidasoa brings you into the heart of the Basque town of Irun. Not one sign to tell you are changing country and language! Our plan was to take the northern route which is much less popular than the main so-called French route (camino Frances) through St Jean Pied de Port, Roncesvalles and Pamplona. We had already completed the final part of the route to Santiago a few years ago which

Statue of St James in Bilbao Cathedral



we found busy with walkers from all corners of the world. Less of a spiritual experience and more of a race to see who could reach the final destination in the least possible time (you need six weeks and some considerable stamina to complete the 500 miles from the French border so you literally do need to take your time). It’s not uncommon to find walkers addicted to the Camino repeating the walk several times, whilst there are some in the style of Forrest Gump who once they reach Santiago turn around and retrace their steps in the direction they came from. In medieval times there was no plane or train to catch so walking or possibly a boat trip was the only real option to return home.

The route along the north coast is marked but less defined than the main route and does not always follow the coast. It takes you across the Spanish Basque country, an area that is much less well known than the Mediterranean resorts. It includes the sea-side resort of San Sebastian with its impressive shell shaped beach which was the favourite summer residence of Queen Maria Cristina in the nineteenth century. Her former residence is open to the public and would not look out of place in Surrey or Sussex. We ended up in the vibrant city of Bilbao which has been subject to a major regeneration programme in recent years, featuring the renowned Guggenheim art museum. In between there are fishing towns many of which have lost their fleets but still retain the atmosphere of a coastal community that relies for its livelihood on the sea. In many places the summer tourist has replaced the fisherman; instead of nets drying on the shore there are parasols providing bathers with protection from the elements. There are several wide sandy beaches where the surfers can ply their trade on the breaking surf. Much of the coast however is difficult to access because of sheer cliff faces and thick vegetation that grows down to the shoreline: laurels, sweet chestnut and walnut trees, hydrangeas and lilies growing rampant in the warm humidity. This is not a place for the winter visitor as the volume of rain in the winter months is substantial and the footpaths become soaked in mud. Local transport is pretty good which is handy if the walking

gets too much. Away from the coast there are plenty of industrial complexes surprisingly hidden in the valleys, making this one of the most prosperous regions in Spain.

In a future article I will recount in more detail the towns and villages and hamlets we passed through, the churches we visited, the people we met and the birds and plants we saw. Some of you may be inspired to follow a similar journey.

For those wanting more information on the Santiago route as well as for obtaining a pilgrim’s record, they should contact: The Confraternity of St James, 27 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8NY or www.csj.org.uk

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