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Good morning everyone. I hope you have not had your plans for Christmas affected by the new restrictions and have everything ready and can spend a few minutes with us all. Those of us joining will remember those who are too engrossed in preparations and cannot join in. Psalm 25 verses 3 to 9 Make me...
Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain By Li Po (China, 701-762) The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains. [translated by Sam Hamill] Good evening and welcome to Evening Prayer That this evening may be holy, good and peaceful, let us...
I was passionate, filled with longing, I searched far and wide. But the day that the Truthful One found me, I was at home. by Lal Ded (Kashmir, 14th century) [translated by Jane Hirshfield] Good morning and welcome to Morning Prayer The night has passed, and the day lies open before us; let us pray with...
The Props assist the House By Emily Dickinson Until the House is built And then the Props withdraw And adequate, erect, The House support itself And cease to recollect The Auger and the Carpenter— Just such a retrospect Hath the perfected Life— A past of Plank and Nail And slowness—then the Scaffolds drop Affirming it a...
IF by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in...
Led by Revd. Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Order of Service Introit A child is born in Bethlehem Welcome and Bidding Prayer Dear People of God: In the season of Advent, it is our responsibility and joy to prepare ourselves to hear once more the message of the Angels, to go to Bethlehem and see the Son of God lying...
It’s been a year of disturbance without time or space to settle or rest. How to make a home for a Saviour in this awkward place? Lord, may we seek you in doorways or spots we know well. Keep us ready for discipleship, to go and to tell. Amen
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[The following is a list of music from the Service of Holy Communion on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 20 December 2020] Prelude Improvisation on “Gabriel’s Message” Improvisation on the piano by Adrian Boynton on the tune of a Basque folk carol, originally based on a 13th century carol Angelus Ad Virginem Introit Bogoróditsye Dyévo Words from Luke...
By Rt. Revd. David Oakley Bishop of Northampton [Please note that the following is transcribed from the above recording and hasn’t been fully checked for accuracy.] He was in the world and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own and his own...
Preacher: Rt. Revd. David Oakley, Bishop of Northampton Celebrant: Revd. Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Prelude – Improvisation on “Gabriel’s Message” Introit – Bogoróditsye Dyévo Composed by Arvo Pärt. Prayer of the Week It’s been a year of disturbance without time or space to settle or rest. How to make a home for a Saviour in this awkward place? Lord, may...
Good evening everyone. Welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. 1 week from Christmas! I don’t know about you, but I have found that, despite so much of my life being different this year from any other December I can remember, the days of Advent seemed to have passed very quickly. I notice that, on the radio and...
Good morning to you all joining us to welcome this fresh Friday with prayer. O Lord, who lights our way in the early morning darkness, thank you for this brand-new day. Open our eyes to the beauty of this life, open our ears to the cries of those in need and open our mouths with words...
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son...
God Prepares the Way for Salvation There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. John 1: 6–8 NIV® Elizabeth and Zechariah...
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