A Service of Reflection for Good Friday. CALL TO WORSHIP Let us be silent…let us be still…empty…in Jesus’ presence…saying nothing…being silent…being still. GREETING Come, let us turn again to the living God,the God whose love sears and refines us.For you have torn us and you will heal us,you have stricken us and you will bind us up.After two days you will revive us:On the third day you will raise us up. Let us know you, let us press on to know you:your going forth is as sure as the dawn.You will come to us as the showers,As the spring rains that water the earth.What will you do with us, your fickle people?What will you do with us, who have turned away?Our love is like the morning mist,like the dew that vanishes in the sun.You have hewn us by your prophets,you have laid us low by the words of your mouth.For you do not desire rituals of anxious pleading,nor the bargainings of
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Evening Prayer 9th April
Maundy Thursday. GATHERINGLiberating God, it was the beginning of hope: that night long ago when you prepared to lead your people to freedom. As they readied themselves, you fed them with your grace,so that all sin, pain and bitterness could be set down and left behind when it was time to follow you. Servant Lord, it was the beginning of salvation: In That Upper Room Called Your Heart that night long ago when you prepared your disciples for all the things which were to happen. You humbled yourself by washing their feet, so they could follow you in service and love into a world which would reject you and hang you high on a cross. Gracious God, prepare us for our journey of discipleship, as we pray for reconciliation with one another and with you. (Silence is kept.) Creating and loving God, you kneel to wash our feet,Yet we are reluctant for you to see the wounds and scrapes of
9th April Maundy Thursday 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 8th 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. Wednesdays: 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
8th 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 7th 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 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
7th 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. 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 6th 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. 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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A beautiful, thoughtful and uplifting reflection.
6th 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. 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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