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| The Three Maries at the Sepulchre, 1862, Eugène Delacroix |
A reflection given at Evensong at St Stephen’s Rochester Row on Sunday 16th April 2023 (Year A, Easter 2) based on Mark 15.46-16.8.
Four years ago today Europe was left dumbstruck as it awoke to pictures of a smouldering Notre Dame. After a night described by one fire-service chaplain as hell on earth - when endless waterfalls of flames engulfed the ancient beams of the roof - the next morning, the shell of the cathedral stood empty.
