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. Fridays: From Psalm 22. 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?*and are so far from my cry and from the words of my distress?2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer;*by night as well, but I find no rest.3 Yet you are the Holy One,*enthroned upon the praises of Israel.4 Our forefathers put their trust in you;*they trusted, and you delivered them.5
Author: Rev'd Lynsay
Evening Prayer 2nd April
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. Thursdays: From Psalm 41. 1 Happy are they who consider the poor and needy!*the Lord will deliver them in the time of trouble.2 The Lord preserves them and keeps them alive,so that they may be happy in the land;*he does not hand them over to the will of their enemies.3 The Lord sustains them on their sickbed*and ministers to them in their illness.4 I said, ‘Lord, be merciful to me;*heal me, for I have sinned against you.’5 My enemies are saying wicked things about me:*‘When will he die, and his name perish?’6 Even if they come to see me, they speak empty words;*their heart collects false rumours;they go outside and spread them.7 All my enemies whisper together about
2nd April Morning Prayer
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. Thursdays: From Psalm 81. 1 Sing with joy to God our strength*and raise a loud shout to the God of Jacob.2 Raise a song and sound the timbrel,*the merry harp, and the lyre.3 Blow the ram’s-horn at the new moon,*and at the full moon, the day of our feast.4 For this is a statute for Israel,*a law of the God of Jacob.5 He laid it as a solemn charge upon Joseph,*when
Evening Prayer 1st April
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. Tuesdays: From Psalm 55, 1 Hear my prayer, O God;*do not hide yourself from my petition.2 Listen to me and answer me;*I have no peace, because of my cares.3 I am shaken by the noise of the enemy*and by the pressure of the wicked;4 For they have cast an evil spell upon me*and are set against me in fury.5 My heart quakes within me,*and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.6 Fear and trembling have come over me,*and horror overwhelms me.7 And I said, ‘Oh, that I had wings like a dove!*I would fly away and be at rest.8 I would flee to a far-off place*and make my lodging in the wilderness.9 I would hasten to escape*from
1st April Morning Prayer
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. Wednesdays: From Psalm 40. 1 I waited patiently upon the Lord;*he stooped to me and heard my cry.2 He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay;*he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure.3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;*many shall see, and stand in awe, and put their trust in the
Evening Prayer 31st March
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. Tuesdays: From Psalm 62, 1 For God alone my soul in silence waits;*from him comes my salvation.2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,*my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.3 How long will you assail me to crush me, all of you together,*as if you were a leaning fence, a toppling wall?4 They seek only to bring me down from my place of honour;*lies are their chief delight.5 They bless with their lips,*but in their hearts they curse.6 For God alone my soul in silence waits;*truly, my hope is in him.7 He alone is my rock and my salvation,*my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.8 In God is my safety and my
31st March Morning Prayer
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
Evening Prayer 30th March
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
30th March Morning Prayer
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
Evening Prayer 29th March
Passion Sunday This evening we join again in prayerful solidarity, by placing a lit candle* in our windows as “a visible symbol of the light of life, Jesus Christ, the source of hope in this life.” As we do so we pray: For all that is good in life, thank you,For the love of family and friends, thank you,For the kindness of good neighbour and Samaritan stranger, thank you. May those who are vulnerable, hungry or homeless, experience support,May those who are sick, know healing,May those who are anxious or bereaved, sense comfort. Bless and guide political leaders and decision-makers, with wisdom,Bless and guide health workers and key workers, with strength and well-being,Bless and guide each one of us, as we adapt to a new way of living. And may the light shining from our windows,across road and wynd, glen and ben, kyle and isle,be reflected in our hearts and hands and hopes. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. The Suffering
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