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,…
Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism Leader: O God, come to our aid All: O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen. Please join…
As we come together to pray on this this great feast of the Church, we will start with a part of a litany that honours Mary. Incense is lit as a symbol of our prayer rising to God Leader: Woman who wondered, All: Remember us to God Leader: Woman who listened, All: Remember…
Leader: O God, come to our aid All: O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen. Incense is lit as a symbol of our prayer…
Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that undergirds Leader: There is no place where you cannot reach, Lord, All: God who made the heavens & earth. Leader: There is no journey which you have not travelled, All: God, who shared our life in Jesus Christ. Leader: There are no people beyond…
During Lent 2021 the Community led a time of prayer and reflection on the last days of Jesus’ life which centred on Sister Mary Stephen’s paintings of the Stations of the Cross, as described by the artist and dividing Christ’s journey into two halves: The first ends with Simon of Cyrene’s help… Narrators: S Mary…
Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence Leader: As we come nearer to the memorial of the death of Jesus, your son, welcome us into your story. Let us know the power of your grace; let us know our place in your story; help us to know more fully the truth…
We will have some reflective music as we gather together to help us become aware of the presence of God amongst us. (Heavenly Peace Tr 4) Fast from shadows of sorrow; feast on the sunlight of serenity Leader: Wanderers, gatherers, homemakers, travellers: All: We come to God.…