Ben Richards

Singer and Conductor. Music Administrator @StDavidsCath. Former student @RoyalHolloway, choral scholar @RoyalHollChoir, @StBartholomews 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈

[Daniel Heaton @2D0XPS]

The Church of England also has prayers for Independence Day— that God would give grace to ‘our unhappy fellow-subjects in America’ that they might see the error of their ways and recognise their ingratitude for the many blessings of God’s Providence

[McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team @McLarenF1]

An all-British podium for the first time since 1968 🇬🇧

#McLarenF1 | #BarcelonaGP 💃

[Ben Phillips @liturgicalben]

A really important point contained in @Theosthinktank Cathedrals report (or as I used to put it, ‘do what we’re supposed to do excellently’)

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

I want to thank @Eluned_Morgan for the over 30 years of service she has already given to our country and our party.

Eluned has been a formidable First Minister and tireless champion for Wales.

She broke barriers and has never stopped fighting for families in the communities she loves.

Together we have worked to lift children out of poverty, cut hospital waiting lists, and create thousands of new jobs.

I have no doubt her contribution to Wales will endure.

[St Davids Cathedral @StDavidsCath]

Today we mark the centenary of the birth of our Late Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty is remembered fondly by the people of St Davids, for her four visits to the city, including the distribution of Maundy money in 1982 and the granting of city status in 1995.

[BijanOmrani @BijanOmrani]

It's time to volunteer in your local church, if you want to save it. New article @thecriticmag (free access in next post)

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

Wonderful to be in St Ismael’s Uzmaston and St David’s Prendergast this morning on placement ahead of stage 2 discernment meetings later in the year. A joy to be worshipping in this beautiful corner of the world.

He is risen indeed. Alleluia!

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

The full breadth of Anglican worship at @StDavidsCath for Good Friday. 8am Prayerbook Mattins & Litany, Liturgy of Good Friday with Cross Veneration at 1.30pm, then pared-back Evensong with Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah 1. A prayerful day well spent.

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

Who shall fathom that descending,
From the rainbow-circled throne,
Down to earth's most base profaning,
Dying desolate alone.

[St Davids Cathedral @StDavidsCath]

The Watch has begun

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

@2D0XPS Yes I just thought the same, Madam Dean does make sense. Still, I appreciate that things are kept somewhat formal here (a consequence of being a quarter of a century behind the rest of the country in many respects)

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

@2D0XPS I’m not entirely sure if it’s correct or not. Would it be Mrs/Ms Dean otherwise? I wonder whether Mrs Dean felt a bit archaic, but Dean Sarah arrived before I started working there so I’m not sure how it came about.

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

If you want to see the best and worst of the Commons, watch Catherine West's snippy response to Geoffrey Cox. Disoriented by a rare display of brilliance in the Commons, she can only call him patronising (inevitably, before reading off a sheet) and her colleagues can only jeer

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

@bexchapman3boys What a complete and utter waste of everyone’s time.

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

@Rgt71Robert @churchofengland @ArchbishopSarah How is this anything other than service over status, humility over power? Archbishop Sarah has used her voice in the Lord’s to lead the way on opposition to Assisted Suicide - this is one of vanishingly few ways where clergy can have a net positive impact politically speaking.

[The Critic @TheCriticMag]

Anglicanism is replacing theology with progressive proceduralism, writes @JSMilbank
https://t.co/IddYQ1tOCm

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

@thevicarswife @WalkerMarcus @liccltd I believe each week is based around a passage from Matthew’s gospel!

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

@thevicarswife @WalkerMarcus @liccltd The Church in Wales has launched a new Lent course this year: https://t.co/sYoCAisKUx

[Ben Richards @BenRConductor]

@WalkerMarcus @CptHastings1916 Seeing a lot of people rejoicing at the demise of the handshake at the peace - beyond the hygiene concerns for some, what’s the reason for this? We’ve gone back to it in St Davids, and actually the clergy do a little ‘peace walkabout’ whilst the offertory hymn strikes up.