Abbeycast: Relating without rivalry – a podcast for Trinity Sunday

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The Holy Trinity can sometimes sound a bit like a mathematical problem (‘Three in One, and One in Three’), but this podcast explores whether it is, in fact, a key to understanding not just God, but ourselves, and the kind of relationships for which we are made.A 19-minute service of prayers, reading, address, music and blessing recorded this week in the 13th century Chapter House in the East Cloister – originally a meeting place where the monks gathered with the abbot to pray and discuss the day’s business.Introduced by The Reverend Canon Dr James Hawkey, Canon TheologianAddress by The Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and PrecentorReader: Dame Cressida Dick, The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police ServiceIntroduction: Canon HawkeyReading:  Matthew 28: 16–20 Dame Cressida DickAddress: The Reverend Mark BirchAnthem: John Sheppard Libera nos, salva nosPrayers/Blessing: Canon HawkeyMusic: Performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey conducted by James O’Donnell (with kind permission of Hyperion Records).This podcast was recorded with all contributors observing social distancing.Dame Cressida Dick's reading was recorded in May.