Today, I wanted to take some photos of Fortnum and Mason where last-minute Christmas shopping is amazing.  But, my attention was diverted to something far more significant.

I walked along Jermyn Street and planned to walk through St. James’s Church to reach Fortnum and Mason.  Well, I walked into the 1682 Sr. Christopher Wren Church and found myself standing in front of Grinling Gibbons’s magnificent carved  garlands over the altar.  These carvings by Gibbons are considered to be his finest work.

All of us walk around Piccadilly Circus when in London.  Please go into the Church and see these wonderful carvings.  There are concerts here almost every day at noon.  That’s another activity on my calendar.

Something else added to this experience.  As I was looking around the church, I ran into one homeless person after another sleepin on the Church benches.  Some were asleep.  Others were sitting over the heat registers trying to remove their frozen shoes.  They were all hungry.  It is winter here, and London has had a very impressive snow storm.  But now, it is cold, and the homeless struggle to find shelter.  This wonderful church opened its doors to the poor and cold.  I stood there, trying to smile, but felt stunned by the sight in front of me.  It certainly caused me to think.

Please go see the Gibbons Carvings in this spectacular 1682 Sir Christopher Wren church.  It was wonderful.

Thank you

Thomas Moore

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