Intercessions for Pasion Sunday
As we approach the time of Jesus’ suffering and death we hold in our hearts and bring to God’s heart all who suffer in body, mind or spirit. We pray for all who suffer today: for victims of torture: for those denied the basics of human dignity: for those who are forsaken. for those who…Continue reading Intercessions for Pasion Sunday
God our Mother, we thank you for the richness of the world around us: for the circle of the seasons: birth – death – birth, flourishing – dying – flourishing again. Give us open eyes and glad hearts as we enjoy your world in all its beauty. Today we give thanks for our mother the…Continue reading
Interecessions for the Third Sunday of Lent
Jesus, giver of living water, we bring your church to you in prayer. We give thanks for those whose lives given in proclamation and service have given birth to our faith. Today, at the end of International women’s Week, we give thanks for Photini, the woman at the well, Equal-to-the-Apostles, and for Mary Magdalene, Apostle…Continue reading Interecessions for the Third Sunday of Lent
Sermon for the Third Sunday of lent
How much lovely are these accounts of encounters between Jesus and individual people, and the conversations that took place. Last week we heard of the encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus who came to Jesus by night. Today we hear of the Samaritan woman who came to Jesus in the brightness and heat of the middle…Continue reading Sermon for the Third Sunday of lent
Lent 2 Intercessions
Lent 2 God of our journey, we pray for ourselves, that we we stay faithful even when our lives take us to difficult places, or when the way ahead is unclear and unknown. Help us to be faithful in times of doubt, by day and in the soul’s dark night, in times of certainty and…Continue reading Lent 2 Intercessions
Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent 2023
So, Lent is here again: a season of fasting and self discipline as we remember Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness. Our 40 days of Lent reflect this time, and giving up things we enjoy is a way of deliberately putting ourselves in a position where we are likely to have to wrestle with temptation,…Continue reading Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent 2023
Intercessions for the First Sunday of Lent
God of peace and justice, We pray for the people of Ukraine today. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort will draw near to them. We pray for those with power over war or peace, for wisdom, discernment and…Continue reading Intercessions for the First Sunday of Lent
Intercessions for the Third Sunday Before Lent
Jesus, Light of the World, you call us to be lights in the world: we pray for your world, especially for places where darkness dominates, places where there is desolation, violence and destruction. We pray for the light of hope in these places. (Silence). Let us not be indifferent people: we ask you to show…Continue reading Intercessions for the Third Sunday Before Lent
Intercessions for Candlemas 2023
God of love, lover of humankind, we pray for your church, here locally, in the UK and across the world that it will be a place of wholeness, breadth, inclusion and welcome, a place which shows clearly your love for all your children. In our lives, as ambassadors for you, keep us from narrowness, Help…Continue reading Intercessions for Candlemas 2023