Bishop Philip writes…
With this depiction of the crucifixion by the American artist William Congdon (1912-1998), I wish you a truly blessed Holy Week and, when it comes, a Happy Easter. Congdon, an abstract expressionist and a convert, came to see the crucifix as his one subject. In 1961, he said: “Our every experience finds its apex, its substance, and ultimate meaning in the death and Resurrection of Christ, whose image is the Cross (instinct crossed by the spirit). For this reason, every subject that takes me to paint sooner or later reveals, better still becomes, the Cross of Christ. … Now, without looking for inspiration elsewhere, I always paint the Crucifix, because in it lies everything I have seen and lived so far until I have painted, and everything I shall ever see in the future; sum of yesterday and prophet of tomorrow: death and Resurrection.”
Meanwhile, welcome to this edition of e-News for Tuesday 31st March 2026. Along with your many other prayer-intentions, please continue to pray for a speedy end to war in Ukraine and to the one raging in the Middle East. Meanwhile, may the Lord guide you and bless you with His love. The next edition of e-News will be on Tuesday 14th April.
With all good wishes and an assurance of my prayers,
In Corde Iesu
+Philip
Bishop of Portsmouth
[Image: the William G. Congdon Foundation]
