Evening Prayer – Ansai prays that we may grow to be open and generous in our giving to others and gracious and grateful for what we receive, and to all who give to us. She asks God that we may have a joyous life, with honour, estate, and good reputation.
Ansai leads our Evening Prayer, asking God to open our eyes to acknowledge God’s presence, she reads from Psalm 59 reminding us God is our strong tower and our refuge in times of trouble. We can never know the greatness, sweetness and tenderness of the love that our Maker has for us – eternally marvelling...
Evening Prayer with Ansai who contemplates natural forces and disasters such as heavy rain and floods – sometimes seen as a punishment from God. She recites a traditional prayer which asks for good weather for farmers and gardeners that; “we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season”; so that we may learn...
Ansai’s Evening Prayer – she prays that when we cannot see God’s face, that our Lord will help us to see God in other people’s, especially essential workers, first responders and medical professionals who labour tirelessly. When we feel only sorrow in our souls, Ansai asks that we are helped to know that the joy...
Our Evening Prayer and Ansai reminds us that to have nothing is to possess all – that the gift of paradox is to see the way down can be the way up, that a broken heart is the healed spirit and sometimes to bear the cross is to wear the crown. Ansai prays for Christ’s...
Matilda’s last gentle Evening Prayer this week and reading of Psalm 23. Her prayers remind us to be grateful for what we already have and that joy is found in simplicity and sharing with others. Matilda reminds us of Christ’s quiet love, that spoke the word of God, walked a painful road to the Cross,...
Matilda prays for us this Evening Prayer and recalls that we pray in sight of the Father who created us, in sight of the Son who purchased us and in sight of the Spirit who cleansed us. Matilda asks that the strengths of the world of the Three are bestowed on us as we live...
Matilda prays that the darkness of our misunderstanding be dispelled by God’s presence, may God strengthen us and displace our gloom of distraction. Evening Prayer and Matilda thanks God for the earth beneath our feet amd the skies above, and for the kindness of those who love and care for us.
Evening Prayer – Matilda recites a traditional, child’s prayer that wonders at God’s creation and for making us in our Lord’s image. She asks for the light put in our hearts to shine brightly, as we grow more caring and more respectful of all creation and of one another.
Matilda’s first Evening Prayer this week and she contemplates St David’s virtues – as a wise and eloquent person of God. Tonight as we lay our heads down to rest, Matilda prays that we lay at God’s feet all of our interactions, thoughts, feelings and the faces of those we have seen today – entrusting...
