Author: Rev'd Lynsay

For those of you wanting help in praying at home, this is how I use the SEC daily prayer with simple hymns and Taize chants. If you don’t recognise the music, please feel free to simply listen, to replace with a hymn you know or to skip over the chants. The Suffering Christ. Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Tuesdays: From Psalm 64. 1 Hear my voice, O God, when I complain;*protect my life from fear of the enemy.2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,*from the mob of evildoers.3 They sharpen their tongue like a sword,*and aim their bitter words like arrows,4 That they may shoot down the blameless from ambush;*they shoot without warning and are not afraid.5 They hold fast to their evil course;*they plan how they

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The Suffering Christ. Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Mondays: From Psalm 140, 1 Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers;*protect me from the violent,2 Who devise evil in their hearts*and stir up strife all day long.3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;*adder’s poison is under their lips.4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;*protect me from the violent,who are determined to trip me up.5 The proud have hidden a snare for meand stretched out a net of cords;*they have set traps for me along the path.6 I have said to the Lord, ‘You are my God;*listen, O Lord, to my supplication.7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation,*you have covered my head in the day of battle.8 Do not grant the

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For those of you wanting help in praying at home, this is how I use the SEC daily prayer with simple hymns and Taize chants. If you don’t recognise the music, please feel free to simply listen, to replace with a hymn you know or to skip over the chants. The Suffering Christ. Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Mondays: From Psalm 27. 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear?*the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?2 When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh,*it was they, my foes and my adversaries, whostumbled and fell.3 Though an army should encamp against me,*yet my heart shall not be afraid;4 And though war should rise up

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Tenebrae, from the Latin word for “shadows,” has been observed in the church of Jesus Christ since the fourth century. During the service, the readings recall the events that led Jesus to the cross, and we will extinguish eight candles, one by one, dramatising the suffering and death of Jesus. The diminishing light symbolises the fading devotion of the disciples and the sin of the world. At the end of the service the sanctuary will be dark. Following “Were You There,” one candle will be relit, symbolising the hope of Jesus’ promised resurrection. To fully participate in this service you need to be able to reduce the level of light in your room 8 times. I recommend beginning with 8 lit candles in an otherwise (as) dark (as you can manage) room. Each time you see 🕯, extinguish one candle. THE BIDDING PRAYER Beloved in Christ, as we enter into Holy Week once more like,we can already hear the violence

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The provincial Eucharist will be live-streamed at 11am, please follow this link, if that’s what you were looking for: https://www.scotland.anglican.org/stay-at-home-with-online-worship/ Below is a service of The Word approximating St T’s usual style of worship. Christ enters the city, riding into our lives in humility but with all the authority of good.Christ comes amongst us in grace.Christ dares to ride towards our life, inviting our company and affirming in us every trembling promise.Christ comes amongst us in grace.Let us bring our praises to God.  THE PALM COLLECT Assist us mercifully with your help, Lord God of our salvation: that we may enter with joy into the celebration of those mighty acts whereby you give us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.  THE PALM GOSPEL Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. After

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The Suffering Christ. Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Saturays: From Psalm 142. 1 I cry to the Lord with my voice;*to the Lord I make loud supplication.2 I pour out my complaint before him*and tell him all my trouble.3 When my spirit languishes within me, you know my path;*in the way wherein I walk they have hidden a trap for me.4 I look to my right hand and find no one who knows me;*I have no place to flee to, and no one cares for me.5 I cry out to you, O Lord;*I say, ‘You are my refuge,my portion in the land of the living.’6 Listen to my cry for help, for I have been brought very low;*save me from those who pursue me, for they

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For those of you wanting help in praying at home, this is how I use the SEC daily prayer with simple hymns and Taize chants. If you don’t recognise the music, please feel free to simply listen, to replace with a hymn you know or to skip over the chants. The Suffering Christ. Holy One, open our lips: and we shall proclaim your praise. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Saturdays: From Psalm 119. Zayin49 Remember your word to your servant,*because you have given me hope.50 This is my comfort in my trouble,*that your promise gives me life.51 The proud have derided me cruelly,*but I have not turned from your law.52 When I remember your judgements of old,*O Lord, I take great comfort.53 I am filled with a burning rage,*because of the wicked who forsake your law.54 Your statutes have been

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The Suffering Christ. Holy One, make speed to save us: O God, come quickly to help us. Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit;*as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.  Amen. Fridays: From Psalm 1. 1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked,*nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful!2 Their delight is in the law of the Lord,*and they meditate on his law day and night.3 They are like trees planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither;* everything they do shall prosper.4 It is not so with the wicked;*they are like the chaff which the wind blows away.5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when judgment comes,*nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,*but the

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