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God of love and mercy
God of love and mercy
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer for this day: God of love and mercy First Sunday in Lent Year A God of love and mercy, we come to pray because we know we need your forgiveness. No matter how hard we try, we so often fail to live up to the standards that you set us for our Christian lives. We know the law…
God of Mercy
God of Mercy
by Marjorie Dobson
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Year A 1 Corinthians 3: 1-9 Prayer: God of mercy, forgive us for the way our own opinions often blind us Based on 1 Corinthians 3: 1-9 God of mercy, forgive us for the way our own opinions often blind us to the truths that others speak. Pardon us for o…
Prayer for Peace and Reconciliation
Prayer for Peace and Reconciliation
by Peter Cross
Prayers for Peace and Reconciliation Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Lord we ask for the grace to be peacemakers. We know it won’t be easy because hurt runs deep and memories are long, forgiveness is hard and costly, but we long for the real …
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…
Healing - A Liturgy
Healing - A Liturgy
by John Birch
"Father, forgive our unbelief. Forgive us those times when we cry to you for mercy, for healing, for release and yet in our hearts expect so much less. Forgive us those times when we pray for a deluge and expect only drizzle...." A prayerful liturgy based upon a theme of healing …
Prayer: Faithful God
Prayer: Faithful God
by Marjorie Dobson
Faithful God, you have led us through many paths in life and we know that we can trust your unfailing love. But there are times when we think back on some of the foolish things we have done in the past and we regret the mistakes we have made. At those times, what we need most of …
Gracious God, forgive us
Gracious God, forgive us
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Gracious God, forgive us Proper 20 Year A Jonah 3:10-4:11 Gracious God, forgive us - when we see the mercy granted to others as a threat to our integrity: when we believe we are in the right and refuse to accept your judgement on our behaviour: when we are not prepared to…
Too easy to say sorry
Too easy to say sorry
by Katherine Fox
A prayer of confession that doesn't use 'sorry', 'apologise' or 'regret' but asks God to provoke us to understand the consequences of our actions. Too easy to say sorry – prayers of confession It's easy to say sorry if we didn’t really think it was our fault but recognise that th…
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being If love is the centre of God’s being and we are surrounded by that love, why is it that we find it so hard to love certain other people? Is it a matter of overcoming prejudice? Jesus did that. Is it a matter of disagree…
Prayer: Everything in common