29 April 2012 Fourth Sunday of Easter
Tigers and Sheep
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
The Lamb
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and he is mild;
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb.
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
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The Tyger
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
When the stars threw down their spears
And water’d heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
William Blake has been described as 'a divine
child, whose playthings were sun, moon, and
stars, the heavens and the earth'. Yet Blake
himself believed that his writings were of national
importance and that they were of especial value
to the mature and worldly. Today is Good
Shepherd Sunday, celebrating Our Lord’s image of
himself as the pastor and leader of human kind.
But Jesus also uses the image of the Lamb to refer
to himself as the redeemer of mankind. Blake’s
poem The Lamb is often dismissed as sentimental
and infantile. But Blake intended it to be read
alongside the companion poem The Tyger. Taken
together, the two poems give a perspective on
religion that includes the good and clear as well as
the terrible and inscrutable. The reference to the
lamb in the penultimate stanza of The Tyger
reminds the reader that a tiger and a lamb have
been created by the same God, and raises
questions about the implications of this. It also
invites a contrast between the perspectives of
‘experience’ and ‘innocence’. The Tyger consists
entirely of unanswered questions, and Blake
leaves us to awe at the complexity of creation, the
sheer magnitude of God’s power, and the
inscrutability of divine will. The perspective of
experience in this poem involves a sophisticated
acknowledgment of what is unexplainable in the
universe, presenting evil as the prime example of
something that cannot be denied, but will not
withstand facile explanation, either. Christians
who live in the complexity of the modern world do
EVENTS THIS WEEK
SUNDAY 29 April 2012 - Fourth Sunday of
Easter
0900 Family Mass - the celebrant and
preacher is Fr Alan Gyle
1100 Sung Mass - the celebrant is Fr
Stephen Young; preacher Fr Alan Gyle
Mass in G minor - Ralph Vaughan Williams
My soul, there is a country - Parry
O salutaris (Eb) - Edward Elgar
THIS WEEK
Morning Prayer is said daily at 0900
Low Mass is said daily at 1800 and
on Saturday at noon
The Wednesday Evening Service is
at 1845
NEXT SUNDAY, 6 May 2012 - Fifth Sunday
of Easter
0900 Family Mass - the celebrant and
preacher is Fr Stephen Young
1100 High Mass
- the celebrant is Fr Nick Mercer; preacher
Fr Stephen Young
MUSIC?
LOOKING AHEAD
Monday 21 May at 1930
The BBC Singers will perform Handel's Israel
in Egypt live from St Paul’s Knightsbridge.
We have an allocation of free 30 tickets -
well to give a lot of thought to Jesus’ uses of
sheep and shepherd imagery.
Fr Stephen Young
please sign up on the form at the back of the
church.
WEDDING
Saturday 5 May at 1600
Please pray also for Andy Puddicombe and
Lucinda Insall-Jones who are to be married
at St Paul’s next month - and for all others
preparing for marriage.
LENT APPEAL BOXES
On Ash Wednesday we distributed Lent
Appeal Collection boxes, and a ‘Count Your
Blessings’ sheet from Christian Aid. Please
return these to the Parish Office,
remembering to write your name and
address on the boxes, please, in order that
we can reclaim Gift Aid on them. If you
‘forgot’ to fill the box, a cheque ‘in estimate’
of what you might have given will
nonetheless be gratefully received.
THE ANNUAL REPORT
Members of the congregation who were
absent on Sunday 15 April may collect a
copy of the PCC’s Annual Report from the
Parish Office.
HM THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE
Sunday 3 June at 1100
You are warmly invited to join us for a
Solemn Te Deum following the High Mass on
Sunday 3 June as we pray in thanksgiving for
The Queen on her Jubilee Weekend. After
the liturgy cocktails will be served - though
to allow people to attend events in London
later that day there will be no parish lunch
that day.
DAY TRIP TO ELY
Saturday 23 June
Departs 0900, returns ca 1845
Please sign up for the day trip to Ely
Cathedral - £40 including transport by luxury
coach, coffee, lunch and guided tour of the
Cathedral - in great company with lots of
laughter!
Masses, Psalm Responses and
Music this week
Monday 30 - feria
Mass at 1800. Week 4 of Easter; Lect 212; White
My soul is athirst for God, the living God
Tuesday 1 May - Philip and James, Apostles
Mass at 1800. Week 4 of Easter; EH 177/Red
In returning and in rest you shall be saved
Wednesday 2 May - Athanasius, Bishop of
Alexandria
Wednesday Evening Service at 18:45, followed by
light refreshments
Mass at noon. Week 4 of Easter; Lect 220; White
Sound praises to the Lord, all the earth
In our prayers
On this day we pray for
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our Bishop, Richard
our sister parish, St Paul’s K-Street
the people of Syria
the nations of the European Union
those on active service overseas
 with thanksgiving for the gift of Jemima and
Willa Gordon Lennox - and for their parents,
Simon and Camilla
Among the sick and those in need, we
pray for
Peter Adcock; Michael Cook, John King;
Kenneth James; Jean Steers; Alex Holesh;
Elizabeth Doig; Ian Powe; Elizabeth Gordon,
Daphne Nugent; Peter Brook; Ryan King, Ian
O’Hara, Richard Thornton, Eve Margolies,
Frederico Fernandez, Philip Sapsford,
Dominique Murray, Michael Taylor, Thomas
Keatley, Robin Higgs, John Willmington; James
Clapp, Paule Bedford, Joey Walsh and Nancy
Seligman
Among the recently departed
Thursday 3 May - feria
Martin Byers
Mass at 18:00 Week 4 of Easter; Lect. P. 217/White
I shall sing forever of your love, O Lord
and those whose year’s mind is at this time
Friday 4 May - English Saints of the
Reformation Era
Mass at 1800. Week 4 of Easter; Lect 183; White
Do not fear for I have redeemed you
Saturday 5 May - feria
Alethea Lyall
Sam Bartosik
Michael Taylor
Fr Michael Barney
Meriel St Clair Green
28 April
30 April
2 May
5 May
7 May
PARISH CONTACTS
THE PARISH OFFICE
32a Wilton Place, London SW1X 8SH
Telephone 020 7201 9999 • Fax 020 7201 9997
THE PARISH CLERGY
Vicar
Fr Alan Gyle
[email protected]
020 7201 9999 • 07939 805970
Senior Curate
Fr Stephen Young
[email protected]
020 7201 9999
Honorary Assistant Clergy
(l-r) Fr Nick Mercer; Fr Andrew Norwood;
Fr Graham Palmer
A priest is available before or after the daily
Eucharist for confession and spiritual guidance, and
also by appointment. A member of the parish clergy
is always available in pastoral emergencies and we
will be glad to be contacted at whatever hour,
seven days a week; however, as a general rule, Fr
Alan is unavailable on Fridays and
Fr Stephen is unavailable on Tuesdays.
THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Director of Music
Stevie Farr
[email protected]
07930 542555
Assistant Director of Music
Christian Wilson
[email protected]
07966 425303
Organ Scholar
Thomas Allery
LAY OFFICERS & OTHER STAFF
Churchwardens
John Tweddle
[email protected]
020 7235 0747
Caroline Docker
[email protected]
020 7384 1165
Deputy Churchwardens
William Humbert
Nicoletta Lindsay
Aidan Linton Smith
Treasurer
Phil Davies
[email protected]
07989 387198
Lady Verger & Churchwardens’ Deputy
Veronica Scott
[email protected]
020 7603 7680
Vicar’s PA
Felicity Cranfield
[email protected]
020 7201 9999
Parish Administrator
Giles Pilgrim Morris
[email protected]
020 7201 9999
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