Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:41 am
To compete with NS summer, I was able, in my absence here, to attend a Choral Evensong at the Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
The service itself was pretty amazing though, and a professional choir was attending from Durham. Veni Creator Spiritus, in Latin was amazing to hear and really made you think of the life of the Island several centuries ago. Everything else was sung in the vernacular, including Psalms 65-67, the Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis and Lesser Litany for Lord’s Prayer. Which from a Baptist perspective is something you never hear, or even imagine existing, within religious life, so it was really beautiful to see first hand.
It was in someways quite sad to see the ruins of the monastery there, and it would no doubt continue to be in use if not for the Dissolution of the Monasteies.
However, they do do great Meade at the winery, so it’s ups and downs.
What other Holy places exist in the British isles to visit?