Eggs and Ashes Book - Three Prayers for Good Friday
Eggs and Ashes Book - Three Prayers for Good Friday
by R Burgess/C Polhill (Wild Goose Publ)
Three prayers for Good Friday: The denial of your image Our inhumanity Religious power abused Forgive us, Father, for all the times we label others, forgetting each one is made and loved by you. Forgive us, Jesus, for the little choices that blind us to the pain we cause others t…
The picture of you in our mind
The picture of you in our mind
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Prayer of Confession The pictures of you in our mind Loving God, forgive us, how we have got you wrong! Lazily we have settled for pictures of you in our minds which tell a terrible tale. We have painted you stern and unbending, the eternal judge... By John Harvey Taken from Eggs…
You are the everlasting God
You are the everlasting God
by Michaela Youngson
Prayer of Confession You are the everlasting God Based on Isaiah 40 When I try to reduce you to a manageable size, remind me that you are the Everlasting God: The Creator of the ends of the earth. When I have made of you something that suits my purpose, remind me that you are the…
Gracious and forgiving God
Gracious and forgiving God
by Marjorie Dobson
2nd Sunday in Lent John 3:1-17 Prayer: Gracious and forgiving God Gracious and forgiving God, we come to you to pray for those people who have a longing to start life all over again. We pray for ….. those people who have spoken hastily and wish they could take the words back; tho…
Prayer: Confession
Prayer: Confession
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Confession It seems so unrealistic to talk of not knowing about sin and never committing sin – and if we do, then we cannot know, or see, Jesus. How can that be possible, when we’re only human and we are told that Jesus is the only one without sin? Some contradiction ther…
Open with God Book - Maundy Thursday Prayer
Open with God Book - Maundy Thursday Prayer
by Christine Odell
Maundy Thursday Reading: John 13.1-17 Creator God, we thank and praise you because you do not hold back from loving us; you took the risk of conceiving humankind and, in your generosity, gave us all that we need, asking of us only that we love you and one another... Taken from …
Poem: Ash Wednesday
Poem: Ash Wednesday
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Ash Wednesday Ashes come from crosses, symbolically palm-leafed for joyful jubilation, yet shaped for betrayal and condemnation. Crosses carried last Lent as emblems of enlightenment and hand-held holiness, now tired and tainted by a year of faults and failing to follow the…
Christmas Confession
Christmas Confession
by Richard Steel
A simple confession with a focus on Christmas Dear God There’s so much I wanted for Christmas – perhaps I’ve been a bit greedy. Sorry, Lord. Help me to be more generous I’ve wanted so much time for myself – perhaps I’ve forgotten other people. Sorry, Lord. Help me to be more thou…
Open with God Book - Palm Sunday Prayer
Open with God Book - Palm Sunday Prayer
by Christine Odell
Palm Sunday Reading: Mark 11:1-10 Palm crosses to be held during the prayer. God of joyful hope, we celebrate your royal promises as we recollect Christ’s triumphal, palm-strewn entry into Jerusalem. Silence God of strange and amazing truth, we see your majesty in that joyous int…
Prayer: Generous and caring God
Prayer: Generous and caring God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Generous and caring God Generous and caring God, we come to you in answer to your invitation to satisfy our thirst for knowledge and our hunger for your love and guidance. We come because you have promised to be faithful to us and we promise to try to live in a way that r…
Advent Confession
Advent Confession
by Richard Steel
A short responsive confession focusing on the important things in relation to God and other people. Advent Confession Lord, in the midst of all the preparation for Christmas let me concentrate on the important things: - the people I love. May I not get frustrated or angry with t…
Prayer: Law-giving God