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| Inside Barcelona's Cathedral of The Sacred Family on Wednesday |
Like waiting for a bus – you can go months without such an encounter and then, like it was for me this week, two come along all at once.
The first moment was attending Choral Evensong last Sunday at St Martin in The Fields and hearing the choir open the service with an unaccompanied introit by Tallis. The closeness of the harmonies sung by these young musicians went straight to my heart and brought tears to my eyes – for the right reasons!
A few days later in Barcelona we went to the Cathedral of the Sacred Family. It’s Gaudi’s bazaar masterpiece and is a riot of architectural styles on the outside. But inside it has a unity and beauty that I found just overwhelmingly breathtaking. The walls of stained glass create a great sense of warmth and life making this Spanish Roman Catholic Cathedral one of the most inspirational sacred space buildings I’ve ever experienced – jaw droppingly beautiful.
Even though I’ve tried to describe those two rather personal moments for me this week – they were, in fact, simply beyond words. And often our deepest experiences are.
This weekend we celebrate Trinity Sunday. The whole concept of Trinity is really beyond words and many of us preachers will find our sermons difficult to prepare!
Yet the experience of Trinity can be very real.
We worship God the Creator
We are inspired by the love and life of Jesus the Christ
We live each day in the strength of the Holy Spirit.
As a mathmatical formula Trinity doesn't really work - but as life lived in faith - it can.
Best wishes,
Ian
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