Join The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's, and St Bride's Choir for this week's reflection in words and music.

This week we mark celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross, an occasion on which we reflect not on the cross of Good Friday – the instrument of torture and death – but on the cross as the tree of life, hope and reconciliation.

St Bride's Choir sings one of the most perfect anthems in their repertoire, Mozart's "Ave verum corpus", the beauty of which lies in the simple devotion and sincerity with which it sets the text.

Alison reflects on the symbolism of the cross and a hymn dear to the hearts of many which the choir goes on to sing to close this week's Reflection – "When I survey the wondrous cross" – written by the prolific seventeenth century writer and priest, Isaac Watts.

Information about our weekly Sunday services in St Bride's of Choral Eucharist at 11am (https://www.stbrides.com/worship-music/worship/regular-services/choral-eucharist/) and Choral Evensong at 5:30pm (https://www.stbrides.com/worship-music/worship/regular-services/choral-evensong/) can be found on the website.

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