The organist librarian

Liz served at St Paul's cathedral when the cathedral choir sang vespers there and went to tea in the chapter house. At the ecumenical vespers last night there were some fantastic outfits - one number with silver thread! The CTE booklet this year is good.

The CTBI materials for the week can be found here and they are rather good this time. We are urged by Paul to pray without ceasing. when we left the Abbey service on Friday we were given a rather useful booklet from the Bible Society with biblical quotes about unity. The Dean of St Paul's gave an excellent sermon at Vespers on Sunday. He told of how as a young curate he became angry at a funeral where the 2 sides of a family would not speak and he refused to allow them to leave the crematorium until they spoke to each other. We plan to be at Vespers at St Paul's tomorrow at 5 p.m. sung by Westminster Cathedral choir. It was most unfortunate that St Paul's cathedral choir sang evensong at the cathedral on Friday night when we were at the Abbey service. Mgr Mark preached at Westminster Central Hall on Sunday.

The 100th anniversary of the founding of the week so Liz and I went to the Churches Together in England service at Westminster Abbey at 5 p.m. There were many people there including some dear friends - Rosemary, Terence, Derek, and I met Joy Peck in the street and she said she was going. The music was splendid - Stanford in A Magnificat, Taize, a beautifully dressed Armenian choir. A wonderful sermon from the woman president of CTE from the Salvation Army. She quoted Churchill "Never give up" The Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury both gave inspiring messages. Fr Michael Seed said one of the prayers. I rather felt the prayers were too long and wordy punctuated by the Gospel choir. I'm not sure "Selby" by A.J.Eyre is a good choice for "O for a thousand tongues to sing" and the organ in "We are marching in the light of Christ" needed percussion! It was fascinating to have Bible readings in Yoruba, Korean and Greek. What an occasion! Got the ...