Down Cathedral and Lighting the Beacon
A powerful Festival Service in Down Cathedral which culminated in Bishop David lighting the first of many beacons which will burn across the diocese this St Patrick’s Day weekend. Our preacher the Rt Revd Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster, spoke of how St Patrick’s humble faith, fired by the Spirit in the secret place of prayer, lit the torch of the gospel which travelled across the British Isles, defying the darkness of his day. Torches have been carried back into our churches so that on 17 March we will light beacons and pray that God would revive his church in this land.
