Leader: In this week of the coming of the spirit, we continue to ask the spirit to lead us through life’s paths. All: Come Spirit of God. Leader: May the spirit feel at home within us & help us to use God’s gifts wisely. All: Come Spirit of God. Leader: May your spirit be amongst us…
Leader: Come, let us turn again to the living God, the God whose love both comforts & refines us. All: Our world is hurt & you will come with healing balm. Our world is sad & you share that sadness. We have come to pray & you will hear us. We…
Outside Eastertide. Leader: God is one & God is three: Creator, Redeemer & Sustainer. All: Let us worship God. Leader: Our God is the God of the New Covenant & says to us, ‘I will be your God’. All: And we will be your people. Let us live as the people of God. We…
We begin with the hymn. As I kneel before you, as I bow my head in prayer, Take this day, make it yours and fill me with your love. Ave Maria, gratia plena, dominus tecum, benedicta tu All I have I give you, ev’ry dream and wish are yours, Mother of Christ, mother…
Leader: Send out your Holy Spirit & renew the face of the earth. Silence for a few moments. Leader: Come Holy Spirit All: Come among us. Leader: Come Holy Spirit All: Come as the wind to move us. Leader: Come Holy Spirit All: Come as the fire to prove us. Leader:…
Dear All, Here we are at the end of Eastertide – for some it will have passed quickly & for others, very slowly. I find by about the 5th or 6th week I have lost my Easter energy – energy that should last till Pentecost! Looking through resources related to the Spirit, I found a…
As part of our 2021 Lenten Reflection series, the Community and friends reflected on the paintings of Sieger Koder, led by Sister Moira. The recording of our reflection can be found below together with notes from Moira’s introduction. INTRODUCTION REFLECTION
Leader: We pray that in this holiest of weeks, we may come to a new understanding of the events we call to mind each day. We ask that this will lead us to live our lives more in the pattern of that of Jesus. Let us pray in the name of…
Leader: We tell your story. We follow in your footsteps. All: Lead us into Holy Week. Leader: We walk with you towards the city. We wait in the garden. All: Lead us onto Holy Ground. Leader: We journey with you towards death. We hope for resurrection. All: Lead us into Holy Joy. Please join in…
Dear All, Here we are on the brink of Holy Week & tomorrow is Palm Sunday. We have included something Cardinal Hume wrote about Palm Sunday leading into Holy Week. We also have a sonnet for Palm Sunday by Malcolm Guite. It has often struck me as significant that in our Dutch-speaking communities in Belgium,…