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52 Reflections on Faith - Trinity Sunday: The circle of life
52 Reflections on Faith - Trinity Sunday: The circle of life
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Trinity Sunday:The circle of life Probably the most popular icon of the Holy Trinity these days is the one by the Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev, which is displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Reproduced widely, it has become very well known in recent years outside th…
The Joy Of God's Word
The Joy Of God's Word
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn is based on the prayer of the Venerable Bede (673-735), teacher of the faith and translator of the Scriptures: “I pray you, good Jesus, that, as you have given me the grace to drink in with joy the word that gives knowledge of you, so, in your goodness, you will grant m…
Lectio Divina - How the bible has been read
Lectio Divina - How the bible has been read
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
How the Bible has been read As we continue to describe an approach to Scripture that can lead us to an encounter with Christ, God’s definitive Word to humanity, it will help to look very briefly at the different ways people have read the Bible over the course of its history…
Echoing the Word - The common texts of the Eucharistic Prayer
Echoing the Word - The common texts of the Eucharistic Prayer
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
6 The common texts of the Eucharistic Prayer For all their variety, the Eucharistic Prayers of Common Worship have some common texts and share these with the eucharistic rites of other provinces and churches. These are an opening dialogue, a song usually called by its Latin name,…
Echoing the Word - Proper prefaces
Echoing the Word - Proper prefaces
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
7 Proper prefaces The ‘proper preface’ is the variable part of the Eucharistic Prayer before the Sanctus. Such prefaces are unknown in the Eastern churches, where each Eucharistic Prayer has its own invariable preface. That is also the case in Common Worship in relation to Prayer…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Holy Week and Easter Prayers
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Holy Week and Easter Prayers
by SPCK - Ian Black
A selection of prayers for Holy Week Including Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Day Easter Prayer Risen Lord, in bursting from the tomb you have broken the power of death and we see there is no darkness... Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Black
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 4 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 4 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 4 Mark 2:23- 3:6 Gaze on a wheat field, glowing under the sun, ready for harvest. The stalks are bowing down almost in prayer, ready for reaping. The field is so full and sturdy and dense that all the footpaths that run across it are hidden. So Jesus walks straight through…
Echoing the Word - Eucharistic Prayer B