Evening Prayer – Bennett prays for our homes – however humble they may be Jesus’ presence makes our home a happier and hopeful place to live. Bennett asks that all working for the church may serve God, that they may be filled with love, hunger for truth and thirst after righteousness.
Morning Prayer with Psalm 22 – we ask our Lord to heal all those suffering in body, mind and spirit; may all who feel overwhelmed by loss feel God’s sustaining presence. We also pray for those who are stretched beyond their own capacity to cope and remain hopeful, that Christ’s fiery yet honey-sweet presence, brings...
Bennett asks our Lord that through the dark hours of this night, we are protected and surrounded by God’s forgiveness for the mistakes we have made and for the wrong things we have done. Bennett’s Evening Prayer also asks God to give comfort beyond human comfort to older people, and to all who grieve.
Sharing Morning Prayer this week with Catherine – Ali E prays for the ability to be on our own, to grow to love being alone with nature around us – so that we may enter into prayer with God and everything created by God. Let us also renew our commitment to sharing a common life...
Bennett’s Evening Prayer for Ember Day prays for all who seek God and are involved in ministry. He asks our Lord to enlighten the darkness of our hearts that we may carry out God’s holy and true command; “Forsake us not oh Lord and be not far from us this night.”
Catherine praises our working God for use of our hands and tools, so that we can till the soil, plant seeds and bulbs; she thanks God for allotments and for being able to grow food for our families and others. Catherine also thanks our Lord for all the creatures made on this earth – so...
Evening Prayer and Bennett contemplates the effects of the pandemic on those we love, people in our community and across the world. Bennett asks that our Lord help us, despite the difficulties of this situation, to keep united and open to others – he asks that we be allowed to live this time as a...
Catherine’s Morning Prayer considers faith and hope in God, that we can want for nothing if we place our trust in our Lord of all things, and firmly resolve to have no anxieties for the future. Catherine thanks our Lord; “through Sister Moon and the stars, in heaven Thou hast formed them clear and precious...
The Reverend Bennett Spong leads our Evening Prayer reciting Psalm 12, where Bennett contemplates the oppression of the poor, where God will; ‘rise up to set them in the safety that they long for’. Bennett considers our time on earth, how we spend it and prays for us, that when our work is done we...
Catherine leads out Morning Prayer reading Psalm 10, for the the start of this week. Catherine considers how it feels to follow the truth of God and is in wonder that the Saviour of the world desires to spend time with us this morning, as we say our Morning Prayer.
