Leader: God of Light, during this time of prayer, open our hearts to the mystery of your all-inclusive love. All: Come to be with us in each one of our situations. Leader: Let our complacency give way to conversion. All: Come to…
Leader: Christ came in humility to share our lives: forgive our pride. All: Lord have mercy. Leader: Christ came with good news for all: forgive our silence. All: Christ have mercy. Leader: Christ came in love to a world of suffering: forgive our self-centredness. All: Lord have mercy. Leader: May the…
Leader: We are beginning Advent in hope, even hope against hope – All: Come to us, our God, with your hope. Leader: Let us see visions of love & peace & justice. All: Come to us with these gifts. Leader: We pray tonight for these gifts for…
Leader: As we begin our advent journey, we invite God’s light to accompany us & we ask for renewed faith that we may be light for others. All: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was…
Leader: We come together to pray & to honour Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. Let us have the people of Scotland in mind as we pray & particularly those we know. Please join in the refrain for the litany which honours all the saints including the apostles. (Bernadette Farrell…
Leader: As we come together to pray on this first Sunday of Advent, we ask to be more aware of God’s presence among us as we make our way through these four weeks. Incense is lit Please sit and listen to the special Advent chant – I looked from afar. Refrain:…
Dear All, I hope the more definite news of the vaccine has been good for you. Certainly there seems to be a bit of light at the end of the tunnel! And that coincides well with the beginning of Advent. Some of you have registered for our zoom ‘Opening of Advent’ service tonight. But…
Leader: O God, you brought light out of darkness & out of nothing you created the universe. All: With humility, we come into the mystery of your presence. Leader: O Christ, you lived among us; you taught & healed & showed us your great love by embracing the bitter cross. All: …
Leader: In the book of Job we read, ‘In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds, then God opens their ears’. Let us pray in this time together that our ears may be opened – that we will hear God’s continuous…
We will have some reflective music as we gather together to help us become aware of the presence of God amongst us. Leader: Tonight we pray in celebration for the lives of Saint Andrew Dung- Lac & his companions. Faced with cruel persecution in their own country of…