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Prince Charles delivers Easter reading of God's Grandeur

Telegraph, 03 Apr 2021
The Prince of Wales has shown his support for Catholicism by marking Easter with the recording of a poem by a Jesuit priest widely regarded as the finest Catholic poet in the English language.

Prince Charles, who has long demonstrated a passionate interest in and commitment to all faiths, recited God's Grandeur, by Gerard Manley Hopkins, which he chose for both its Easter and environmental messages.

The recording will be played during the Easter Meditation, a virtual service held at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, where Hopkins studied and later taught.

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