Jesse Smith
@jesse-smith.bsky.social
Anglican Priest. Radical Orthodoxy. ❤️ JK Rowling. 1 Tim 4:10. Fighting the long defeat (Lady Galadriel)
Making Welsh cakes for home and Church, because I'm Welsh and I love Dewi Sant /St David, and listening to Emmylou Harris, because there's so much about real America to love.
March 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Making Welsh cakes for home and Church, because I'm Welsh and I love Dewi Sant /St David, and listening to Emmylou Harris, because there's so much about real America to love.
Scenes from a clerical life
February 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Scenes from a clerical life
The amazing people in the Caerau and Ely litter pick group did this in one hour in our local park - Trelai park, Ely Cardiff
February 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The amazing people in the Caerau and Ely litter pick group did this in one hour in our local park - Trelai park, Ely Cardiff
I am in love with this feast, this turning point in the year, this midpoint between winter solstice and spring equinox, incarnation and redemption.
Uncreated Light, come #Candlemas
Uncreated Light, come #Candlemas
February 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I am in love with this feast, this turning point in the year, this midpoint between winter solstice and spring equinox, incarnation and redemption.
Uncreated Light, come #Candlemas
Uncreated Light, come #Candlemas
January 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Happy 12th Day of Christmas.
Incarnatus est
Incarnatus est
January 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy 12th Day of Christmas.
Incarnatus est
Incarnatus est
December 26, 2024 at 9:21 AM
'You shall be visited by three spirits this night"
December 24, 2024 at 3:12 PM
'You shall be visited by three spirits this night"
Christingle making at St David's, Ely. Check.
December 23, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Christingle making at St David's, Ely. Check.
"O Root of Jesse"
If you pray evening prayer today, please, of your charity, remember in your intercessions any Jesses you may know : )
#ORadixJesse
If you pray evening prayer today, please, of your charity, remember in your intercessions any Jesses you may know : )
#ORadixJesse
December 19, 2024 at 6:20 PM
"O Root of Jesse"
If you pray evening prayer today, please, of your charity, remember in your intercessions any Jesses you may know : )
#ORadixJesse
If you pray evening prayer today, please, of your charity, remember in your intercessions any Jesses you may know : )
#ORadixJesse
"It's the most wonderful time of the year" #OSapientia O wisdom
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
"It's the most wonderful time of the year" #OSapientia O wisdom
Singing this for the last time at EP this year.
December 16, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Singing this for the last time at EP this year.
S David's, Ely, Cardiff, signing in #GaudeteSunday #Advent
December 15, 2024 at 9:00 AM
S David's, Ely, Cardiff, signing in #GaudeteSunday #Advent
"It is the Welsh in me that counts: that is what does the strange things, and writes the books, and drives me into the woods. Thank God for the Welsh in me" Thomas Merton, 10th December
December 10, 2024 at 4:08 PM
"It is the Welsh in me that counts: that is what does the strange things, and writes the books, and drives me into the woods. Thank God for the Welsh in me" Thomas Merton, 10th December
Mary in her conception is the first to be saved by Christ. In him she is touched by a Grace so encompassing it transcends time, reaching back to redeem even those born before him. Through all the ages there is no place untouched by Christ
- Herbert McCabe
- Herbert McCabe
December 8, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Mary in her conception is the first to be saved by Christ. In him she is touched by a Grace so encompassing it transcends time, reaching back to redeem even those born before him. Through all the ages there is no place untouched by Christ
- Herbert McCabe
- Herbert McCabe
I believe in Santa (Nicholas) - and in bishops who serve Christ our God and the poor, and in a grace-full enchanted universe
Happy #StNicholas day!
Happy #StNicholas day!
December 6, 2024 at 10:57 AM
I believe in Santa (Nicholas) - and in bishops who serve Christ our God and the poor, and in a grace-full enchanted universe
Happy #StNicholas day!
Happy #StNicholas day!
💜 this, from S. John Damascene, (4th of Dec). Reminds me of Merton crossing that street, and Caryll Houselander on that busy London train, and Moses, by the bush. It's not a dead world full of stuff, but a creation, ablaze.
December 4, 2024 at 2:21 PM
💜 this, from S. John Damascene, (4th of Dec). Reminds me of Merton crossing that street, and Caryll Houselander on that busy London train, and Moses, by the bush. It's not a dead world full of stuff, but a creation, ablaze.
"it's beginning to feel a lot like Advent"
November 30, 2024 at 10:55 PM
"it's beginning to feel a lot like Advent"
C S Lewis, 22 November 1963
Pray for us, Jack, as we thank God for you
Pray for us, Jack, as we thank God for you
November 22, 2024 at 12:32 PM
C S Lewis, 22 November 1963
Pray for us, Jack, as we thank God for you
Pray for us, Jack, as we thank God for you