Category: Morning Prayer

The night is spent and the day is at hand – we anticipate the coming of Christ with Barbara in our Morning Prayer. She asks that when Christ comes, he will find us watching and waiting.

Lord of all, you are a God of plenty, help us to believe to know what we need and give us the courage to listen to your voice – we share the hope of your birth that each advent brings with all we meet – Barbara’s beautiful Morning Prayer for us this chilly morning.

Barbara joyfully leads our Morning Prayer on the first day of December – the dawn dispels the lingering shadows of night and in our Lord’s compassion we join together with Barbara and St Patrick to pray. God of the high mountain and the low valley – who inspires and supports all things – may sunshine...

Morning Prayer and Catherine inspires us with an ancient prayer attributed to Saint Jerome, that reminds us of the parable of the Good Samaritan – and how Christ rescues us just as the Good Samaritan rescued a man lying hurt at the side of the road. We with Catherine ask God to keep us and...

Our Morning Prayer with Catherine and we consider the hope of harvest, even in the most difficult wilderness flowers and fruit can grow if nurtured  – just as Christ’s love gives us hope in difficult times.

Our Morning Prayer with Catherine who considers sin, temptation and human frailty. We pray to come to God to learn obedience, seek forgiveness and live better through the gift of this new day.

We praise our father for all of the beautiful creatures of this earth this Morning Prayer. Christ is alive in every one and Catherine reminds us of Pope Francis’ letter to all Christians, that we are given the grace to be profoundly joined with God’s creation and must care better for our world.

Catherine’s leads our first Morning Prayer this week and she prays that we put our trust in God more, to gain greater peace, hope, patience and wisdom. Catherine also reminds us of Christian Aid’s prayer for food justice – we pray powerful governments develop greater wisdom to share resources to eradicate hunger in developing countries.

Our last Morning Prayer with Rick this week as he thanks God that there is nothing – not even the disconnect caused by this pandemic – that separates us from the love of God and one another. Rick thanks God for the kindness of strangers and neighbours, recognising our shared vulnerability – all of us...

Rick considers the compassion that God shows us all – for knowing every thought of every thread we have – trading our worries for peace, and he leads us in prayers of thanks for everyone working in our community to mitigate the affects of this global pandemic – our Morning Prayer.