"As gesture that rises up out of the depths
of time."
Rainer Maria Rilke
ORIGINS: Spiritual
"That which is called the Christian Religion existed among the
ancients, and never did not exist, from the beginning of the human
race until Christ came in the flesh, at which time the true
religion which already existed began to be called
Christianity."
St Augustine of Hippo, Retractions
"To listen... to the Teaching of The Holy Spirit is to be
always young, always new, always
modern." Metropolitan
Anthony of Sourozh
ORIGINS: Physical
Once upon a time, many years ago - in the early 1200's to be
roughly precise, a Richard Weyland built a Free Chapel dedicated to
St Thomas on the north side of the village. Divine Service was held
there regularly until it was demolished around 1485 - 1505
apparently because of a Tithe dispute. (Information derived from
'Witnesham and The Meadows Family' by W.S.M. Meadows. Ipswich
Record Office)
That Free Chapel is the inspiration behind this Free Chapel
founded in 2006 and which is dedicated to St. Raphael the Archangel
of Healing (Raphael means 'God Heals') Our Lady of The
Mysteries and to St Edmund The Patron Saint of Suffolk.
"Open now the crystal
fountain
whence the healing stream doth
flow..."
William Williams
O Christ,
You lived and breathed everything that matters.
Whatever the resistless Power that was in you, Let it be in me as
well.
Whatever the energy that healed those who came into contact with
you, let it flow through me as well.
Fill me with the vision, the tenderness and the passion, that
filled you.
Angela Ashwin (adapted)
in a secluded chapel
History is now and England.
With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time...
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flame are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
From Four Quartets by
T.S.Eliot