Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 4 – Year A
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 4 – Year A
by SPCK - Ian Black
Epiphany 4 – Year A Lord, arise and shine Make known your glory. Lord of righteousness, you reveal your glory in signs and wonders every day. Transform our vision to trust in the fulfilment of your promises . . . Taken from Intercessions for Years A, B and C by Ian Black
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 3 – Year C
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 3 – Year C
by SPCK - Ian Black
Epiphany 3 – Year C With you, O Lord, is the well of life In your light we see light. Spirit of God, come upon your Church. Fill it with your life and grace . . . May we be good news to the poor in spirit and wealth. Spirit of God, come upon the nations. Challenge them with your …
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 2 – Year B
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 2 – Year B
by SPCK - Ian Black
Epiphany 2 – Year B Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Lord, your call to Philip inspired him to encourage others to explore the wonder he beheld. As your Church seeks to follow you so may we invite all people to ‘come and see’ your…
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 3 – Year B
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 3 – Year B
by SPCK - Ian Black
Epiphany 3 – Year B Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. God Most High, your glory continues to surprise our expectations beyond our imagining. Breathe new life into our traditions and familiar practices, to prepare your people for yo…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 9 Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 9 Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 9 - Year A Meditation on Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30 Gaze on these children playing in the marketplace. Children are the same the whole world over, and in every era. Today they would be in the home corner, playing make- believe games. ‘Let’s play weddings,’ says Kelly, who’s …
prayer/meditation on John 1: 10-18
prayer/meditation on John 1: 10-18
by Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Christmas year A John 1: 10-18 Prayer/Meditation on John 1: 10-18 Dear God, when we look back and realise how few people recognised you when you came to be with us, we are amazed at the ignorance and lack of perception of all the others. But hindsight is such …
For the beginning of another year
For the beginning of another year
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: For the beginning of another year Time flies. The years slip away. Spring soon turns to winter and the days become shorter in the passing. Never-ageing God, when we begin to count the years it seems impossible that so many have passed. How did they slip by so quickly? Is …
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present (Christmas A) Reflection accompanying image Christmas Present "She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel." (Luke 2:7) "Don't be afraid. I'm he…
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A) Reflection accompanying image Christmas barbed and barbarous "they shall name him Emmanuel, which means, God is with us" Matthew 1:23 When juxtaposed with an image of barbed wire the definition of the word bar…
Imagining the lectionary: what do i hear and see? (Advent 3A)
Imagining the lectionary: what do i hear and see? (Advent 3A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: what do I hear and see? (Advent 3A) Reflection accompanying image Blocked off windows in Cotswolds house “Go and tell John what you hear and see” (Matthew 11:4) This is a house with history. The mellow Cotswold stone leaves no doubt as to what befell th…
From a prison cell
From a prison cell
by Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday of Advent Year A Matthew 11.2-11 Monologue: From a prison cell I shouldn’t have doubted. I should have known. And trusted. But I’d been in this prison too long. And I’m only human. I know! I know! That wasn’t how people saw me. They saw a loud-mouthed, opinionated, w…
Prayer based on James 5
Prayer based on James 5
by Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday in Advent Year A James 5: 7-10 Prayer: based on James 5: 7-10 It may be a virtue, but being patient is one of the most difficult lessons to learn, especially when our instincts are to act, t o do something to move things on. We find it so difficult to understand when…
Weird wild and wonderful words
Weird wild and wonderful words
by Michaela Youngson
First Published in The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom Poem Weird, wild and wonderful words Words have a life all their own. Beguiling, begetting, beginning again to grasp, gasp, gaze at the craft that carves creation. Weird, wild and wonderful words initiate, inspire, and induce sta…
Imagining the Lectionary: wholeheartedly faithful (Proper 24C / Ordinary 29C)