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Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Holy God, give us a deep insight into your ways and the ways of the world, that seeing with a clear vision and having the spirit of discernment, we may be able to stand firm for justice and speak out in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives…
Hymn: There was no respite from the crowds
Hymn: There was no respite from the crowds
by Andrew Pratt
There was no respite from the crowds, no place of calm retreat, no place of rest or solitude where he and friends could meet. They sought the healing of his hands, the calm within his voice, his challenge or his empathy gave reason to rejoice. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: ABRIDGE; BEL…
No turning back, God's path can lead us forward
No turning back, God's path can lead us forward
by Andrew Pratt
No turning back, God's path can lead us forward, this is the time of challenge, time for choice, to set our sights on all that lies before us, to wallow in the past or to rejoice. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: INTERCESSOR Metre:11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 11/6/2013 S…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Sixth Sunday of Easter Traces of Glory Year B Acts 10: 44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5: 1-6 John 15: 9-17 Lord, as you have chosen us, empower an equip us, make us worthy of our calling that we may reveal your love and show forth your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with yo…
Precious God you know no measure
Precious God you know no measure
by Andrew Pratt
Precious God you know no measure, told in silence by the stars, you proclaim our morning’s pleasure, all creation’s wealth is ours. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ANIMAE HOMINUM; GOTT WILL’S MACHEN Metre: 8 7 8 7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 8/2/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, …
Times and Seasons - This is the Baptist, unkempt and yet ready
Times and Seasons - This is the Baptist, unkempt and yet ready
by Andrew Pratt
This is the Baptist, unkempt and yet ready, calling the people to listen and act; calling them down to the water for washing, talking of holiness, Godliness, fact. This is the man who will call to repentance fisherman, Pharisee, zealot and priest; here in the river the sinners wi…
Rhythms of remembering - Christmas - Saturday Evening Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Christmas - Saturday Evening Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
CHRISTMAS - Saturday Morning Prayer Blessed are you, O God, the strength of my life and my joy. You are the everlasting One, Creator of the ends of the earth. You will not grow faint or weary, and your understanding is unsearchable. You revive the faint and strengthen the weary. …
Questions whirling wind around us
Questions whirling wind around us
by Andrew Pratt
Questions, whirling wind around us, probe, disturb, unsettle thought; undermine secure perception that our simple faith has caught. Verses 2-3 follow © Andrew Pratt 18/9/2012 Tune: COME REJOICE (Noel Tredinnick, Jubilate Hymns); LAUS DEO (Redhead) Metre: 8.7.8.7 Please include on…
Rhythms of remembering - Advent - Thursday Morning Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Advent - Thursday Morning Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
ADVENT - Thursday Morning Prayer Blessed are you, O God: you come to set your people free. By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness...
Occasions for Alleluia - Knowing God
Occasions for Alleluia - Knowing God
by SPCK - David Adam
Knowing God The true vision and true knowledge of what we seek consists precisely in not seeing, in an awareness that our God transcends all knowledge and is everywhere cut off from us by the darkness of incomprehensibility. (Gregory of Nyssa, 330 – 95)...
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fourth Sunday of Easter John 10.11-18 Gaze on the desolate mountains, the stony ground where sheep must scavenge for food, and the scant grass that only blazed in brief spring. Other dangers abounded, snakes lurked and wolves prowled and threatened the flocks and who was ther…
Hymn: Love as we, ourselves, know loving