Morning Prayer Tuesday May 4th 2021
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Morning Prayer Tuesday May 4th 2021

We have been brought from the rest of last night to the joyous light of this day and to the guiding light of eternity. Morning Prayer with Bennett who recites Psalm 19 – contemplating the glory of God – he asks that the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts, be acceptable...

Evening Prayer Monday May 3rd 2021
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Evening Prayer Monday May 3rd 2021

Ansai’s first Evening Prayer this week and she considers the message of Easter – from the gloom of the grave to the triumph of Christ’s resurrection. Ansai prays for all who bring God’s message of life as a light to those in darkness. She prays for those who bring our Lord’s word of peace to...

Morning Prayer Monday May 3rd 2021
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Morning Prayer Monday May 3rd 2021

Revd. Bennett Spong reads Psalm 145 where he asks God to; “raise the spirits of the downcast and restore those who have fallen away, that we may sing forever of God’s love.” Bennett asks the difficult questions today around Covid-19… how can God love us and stand idly by while so many people suffer? How...

Pray for India – Prayer Extra
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Pray for India – Prayer Extra

To reflect the desperately sad news from India, with news of Covid-19 being reported more than two hundred times a minute, our friends at Christian Aid have written a prayer which has been featured in our weekly Newsletter and we hope you will use this in your prayers. Jim prays for us and for India...

Evening Prayer Saturday May 1st 2021
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Evening Prayer Saturday May 1st 2021

Evening Prayer for the last time this week with Jim – as he gently considers the lives of some of Christ’s apostles. Today is the saint’s day for Jim’s namesake, James, and also for Philip. Jim prays that we follow the paths taken by Philip and James and that we walk steadfastly in the way...

Morning Prayer Saturday May 1st 2021
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Morning Prayer Saturday May 1st 2021

This is Sonia’s final Morning Prayer this week as she recites, beautifully, Psalm 139; “O Lord, you have searched me out and known me; you know my sitting down and my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You mark out my journeys and my resting place and are acquainted with all my ways.”...

Evening Prayer Friday April 30th 2021
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Evening Prayer Friday April 30th 2021

Jim celebrates the life of Pandita Ramabai who’s memory is celebrated today. Jim asks that we follow her example by supporting social reform and women’s rights. Jim prays that like her, we embrace God’s gifts and make the most of our new life each day; that we should care for the poor, uphold the dignity...

Morning Prayer Friday April 30th 2021
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Morning Prayer Friday April 30th 2021

Sonia’s Morning Prayer considers salvation and God’s mercy, as she recites Psalm 33. She prays that the earth is full of the loving-kindness of the Lord who feeds the people with the holy Word. At this time Sonia raises to God the suffering of people in India from a dramatic spread of Covid-19 cases, and...

Evening Prayer Thursday April 29th 2021
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Evening Prayer Thursday April 29th 2021

Jim asks God to give us eyes to see the beauty of the Spring and to behold our Lord’s majesty in every living thing. He places our souls and bodies in God’s safe refuge this night – to God our kind and just Father, God the Son who overcame death, and God the Holy Spirit...