Blood and Joy

Holy Trinity Winchester Podcast · Jan 22, 2025 · 19m

Against Austerity"There was some one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth; and I have sometimes fancied that it was His mirth."This quote, from G.K Chesterton’s book Orthodoxy has been on my mind whilst I have been preparing this sermon. I am sure that Chesterton had a very clever and insightful meaning behind it, but I am not certain that I agree with him.My view is that the joy of our Lord Jesus is often veiled from our sight when we read the Gospels. This may be because our tired adult eyes have lost the ability to recognise it. Our imaginations are…