Morning Prayer and Ann rejoices in the gift of this new day and for the silence of nature that reflects the divine peace and hope of our Creator God. If tempted by despair we know that Christ is with us – our hope and refuge.
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Evening Prayer Wednesday January 13th 2021
Evening Prayer and Matilda contemplates the delicious joy of each new day. She prays that we will make the most of tomorrow, that we will share our new songs of God’s love and hope throughout this world, and that we will endure days of sorrow with God’s love.
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Morning Prayer Wednesday January 13th 2021
Ann’s considers the passing of Christmas and prays for Christians in our Morning Prayer. She asks God to bless all his servants whose trust is in Christ and prays for all who are sick or live in torment. Ann considers the wellbeing of all we have been asked to pray for recently and entrusts them...
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Evening Prayer Tuesday January 12th 2021
We consider the Word of God – from the beginning, revealed by prophets or shown through the humblest service to others, or revealed through a tiny child – alive from the beginning of beginnings to eternity. A mother and daughter team take it in turns to read our Evening Prayer this week.
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Morning Prayer Tuesday January 12th 2021
Ann reads our Morning Prayer and asks that God increase our fellowship with all living things – so that we see animals that share the earth with us as God’s creatures – and that the song of the earth rising to God is one of sweetness and not one of nature’s effort to survive. Ann...
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Evening Prayer Monday January 11th 2021
Matilda thanks God for nature in our Evening Prayer – for healing rain, for beams of sunlight that fall softly on a child’s face, for butterflies and flowers, birds and fish, stars and trees, and for all beautiful things created by our Lord. Matilda prays that God’s children see and wonder at these, and that...
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Morning Prayer Monday January 11th 2021
Ann reads our first Morning Prayer this week – she prays that God perfect us in love, that we may conquer all selfishness and hatred of others and fill our hearts with joy. Ann asks our Lord to be our helper and protector; to save those who are ill in mind and body; to have...
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Evening Prayer Saturday January 9th 2021
Evening Prayer and Liz’s last compassionate prayers for this week – she offers thanks that we have seen this week through and asks God to bless our Sunday worship. Liz gives thanks for lighter evenings, hints of spring, and marks the passing of time. With God nothing stands still, time moves forward and nothing defeats...
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Morning Prayer Saturday January 9th 2021
Michelle and Cecil’s joyful, last Morning Prayer of witness this week… they ask God to hear us and grant us insight and strength, so that we may always respond to hatred with love, to injustice with total dedication to justice, to need with selflessness, to war with peace, we ask God to hear our prayers...
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Evening Prayer Friday January 8th 2021
The Glory of the Lord rises upon us – Liz gives thanks to our Lord for all who lighten our darkness and make us laugh. We thank teachers, parents and neighbours who take time to find out how we are and patiently listen to us. Liz prays for our communal worship, that we remain together...