The night is fast spent and the day is at hand – Joseph and Nick ask our Lord to accept and forgive us, to remind us of how precious life is and to consider death as a careful reminder of our fallibility. They pray for our Lord’s enduring love and eternal blessings – our Morning...
Morning Prayer – Nick and Joseph lead us this week and today thank our Lord for protecting us through the night. They pray that we are kept safe this day – conducting ourselves well in all that we do and in our thoughts, words and deeds – as Christ walks with us.
Our Rector Liz leads Morning Prayer for final time this week; Liz reminds us that Jesus came that we might have life abundantly. She prays for Christ’s mercy – that his presence will bring healing where there is illness, where there is fear strength through knowledge, truth instead of dishonesty, contentment where there is lack...
Liz places before God those who face great uncertainty in their future – people who have lost their jobs because of COVID-19, we pray for a renewed commitment to our common life together and to one another – our Morning Prayer.
In hope the universe waits for God’s purpose to be revealed – Liz prays for us this Morning Prayer as we trust in what is unseen, believing the best is to come. We pin our prayers and hopes in the hiddenness of a stable where the maker of all will be born, as our universe...
Morning Prayer – Liz prays for those struggling in broken relationships – especially at this time when so many fault lines run just below the surface and yet so much is expected. We await the Christ child’s arrival into the mess of this world as we pin our hopes on this fragile baby.
Morning Prayer – we bless God our mighty sovereign power, our gentle caring mother, for the great gifts bestowed to us. Liz thanks God for Creation, Scripture and Christ’s forgiving Love – shedding light in our darkness.
Our Rector Liz Newman reads our first Morning Prayer this week – Liz considers Christ’s advent – whether poor, proud, persecuted or privileged, Christ’s coming will make all things new. That the powerful might stumble, that the humble might be raised – Christ’s arrival will renew everything.
Barbara leads Morning Prayer for the last time today. She asks Christ to help us learn humility and give us courage to follow him without doubting our choices. Barbara prays that God is present with us all, here and now as we pray.
Barbara leads our Morning Prayer – the night is nearly over so let us begin the adventure of a new day. Barbara prays for righteousness and mercy, for peace to prevail over our globalised world, for the poor to be empowered and businesses to be built on need not greed, and creation to be nurtured...
