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Oh where is there love in a world that is tired
Oh where is there love in a world that is tired
by Andrew Pratt
Oh where is there love in a world that is tired, across the year’s threshold, where hope has expired? We wait amid movement, to pause and to pray, to nurture our God at the dawn of each day. Our eyes have been opened, compassion unlocked, the road has been cleared, and the future…
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 7 Joseph
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 7 Joseph
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
Chapter 7 Joseph Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her …
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Advent - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Advent - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 2nd Sunday of Advent Year B Psalm 85 Mark 1: 1-8 There are three “comings” referred to in the lectionary readings for this week; the coming back of God’s people from captivity, the coming of Jesus into the world as Saviour, and the coming again of Jesus as King and J…
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 2 Thessalonians 3: 6-13 I wonder how many churches will include the reading from 2nd Thessalonians in today’s service? It is the epistle for the day, but to read these words, or at least to read them without further comment, would b…
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Psalm 119:33-40 1st Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 It is a great pity when the Church is perceived as divided, especially in the face of common enemies such as secularism, persecution, poverty an…
clouds and glory - Proper 18 - Year A
clouds and glory - Proper 18 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 18 Year A Sunday between 4 and 10 September inclusive Lord, awaken us to your glory. Open our eyes to your presence. Open our ears to your call. Open our hearts to your love, that we may proclaim that you are among us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen…
An empty cave, the stone removed
An empty cave, the stone removed
by Andrew Pratt
An empty cave, the stone removed, a neatly folded shroud remained, confusion magnified their grief, no sense that life might be regained. So terrified, the women ran, afraid, their world turned upside down, and while the light of dawn had come, their fear became a tattered gown. …
Another mountain on the road
Another mountain on the road
by Andrew Pratt
Another mountain on the road that led them to Jerusalem, a rising path, a stony way, the climb towards a brighter day. They broke through mist, looked down on clouds, the earth below now veiled to sight. Above, the summit, time to rest, a place of blessing for the blessed. Verses…
Beyond this world of doubt and desperation
Beyond this world of doubt and desperation
by Andrew Pratt
Beyond this world of doubt and desperation the seed of love was cast upon this earth, that all might know that love, before creation, had called all human life to come to birth. At first this love was seen through incarnation, God leaving trails of glory, holding grace, to come a…
Beneath the shadow of her wings
Beneath the shadow of her wings
by Andrew Pratt
Beneath the shadow of her wings the eagle covers up her young, and soon, once egg caged, chicks will fly, by winds and thermals lifted, flung. Verse 2 follows Metre: LM Tune: BRESLAU Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 6/9/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.u…
Creation sings beyond our range
Creation sings beyond our range
by Andrew Pratt
Creation sings beyond our range the source of awe and wonder, melodic symphony of praise, in silence and through thunder. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME; ST COLUMBA (Irish) Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/4/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, …
Crazy how the world can splinter
Crazy how the world can splinter
by Andrew Pratt
Crazy how the world can splinter, everything comes crashing down, lives are broken, hopes are shattered, life is like a tarnished crown. Verses 2-3 follows Tune: DIJON; ALL FOR JESUS Metre:8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 14/8/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, w…
Heaven's gate reveals the pathway
Heaven's gate reveals the pathway
by Andrew Pratt
Heaven's gate reveals the pathway to discern God's love and grace; here in stars we trace the glory more resplendent in God's face. Sun and moon resolve that glory so the human eye can bear such inflaming, searing radiance, bringing warmth, distilling care. Verses 3-4 follow Tune…
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