St. Cuthbert's Day Pilgrimage AD 2010

                                     pilgrims crossing the sands

Grant us your help against the enemy, •
 for earthly help is in vain.
12  Through God will we do great acts, •
 for it is he that shall tread down our enemies. – psalm 60

 This is the text taken by The Rt. Rev. Mark Bryant, Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow (Church of England) for a pithy sermon given to pilgrims from the Diocese of Durham
this past St. Cuthbert's day (March 20th.) You can read the full text by clicking the link on that page, where you will also see some nice photos and a lovely poem by one David Grieve. Since this was a one-day celebration, the participants had to take coaches to Durham, but they began as pilgrims have done by centuries, by walking the route across the sands at low tide from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to the mainland.

Another regular Pilgrimage is held in Holy week, by pilgrims who travel -to- Holy Island. This event is led by the Northern Cross ecumenical group who come to celebrate Christ's resurrection by walking to Lindesfarne via several locations on the mainland.