Category: Daily Prayer

This is the point in Holy Week when the world turns for Jesus: halfway to Easter and there’s no turning back. Perhaps his Wednesday was as beautiful as ours has been – a day of warmth, a day of glorious sun, a day when you can almost see the trees awakening. Jesus was at the Synagogue...

Good morning, Cornerstone friends on this Wednesday of Holy Week. We have had our weeks of self-examination and preparation; we now have three solemn days ahead to remember what our Lord suffered for us; then the celebration of what he achieved in his time on Earth and through his disciples in each generation since. O God...

Good evening at the end of another day on our journey to Easter. As for me, I will call upon God and the Lord will deliver me. In the evening and in the morning and at noonday I will pray and make my supplication and he will hear my voice. He shall redeem my soul in...

God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with...

The following prayers are courtesy of the dailyprayer.us website The day is done, The sun has set, Yet light still tints the sky; My heart stands still In reverence, For God is passing by. Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as...

Ride on, ride on in majesty! by Henry Hart Milman Ride on, ride on in majesty! Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry; O Savior meek, pursue your road with palms and scattered garments strowed. Ride on, ride on in majesty! In lowly pomp ride on to die: O Christ, your triumphs now begin o’er captive death...

Loving God, we approach Palm Sunday wanting to join with the crowd to praise the name of Jesus. But we acknowledge that, like them, we sometimes join in this praise unthinkingly, gaining more from the celebration of a service than we are prepared to put into it. So we ask you this evening to help us...

Good Morning! Welcome to our time of prayer on this Friday morning, as our Lent journey takes us towards a glorious Easter. Let’s praise God for protection and guidance: Lord of Life, whose loving care has brought us safely to the dawn of a new day, may we give thanks for your constancy – you are...

A reading from St John’s Gospel 7 … then he said to his disciples, ‘Let us go back to Judea.’ 8 ‘But Rabbi,’ they said, ‘a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?’ 9 Jesus answered, ‘Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the day-time will not...

Goooood morning, folks. God is good? All the time. Opening Prayer Almighty God, you fill all things with your presence. In your great love, keep us near you this day. Grant that in all our ways and doings we may remember that you see us. Help us always to know and perceive what things you would...

We close the evening by reciting the Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven Hallowed be Your name Your kingdom come Your will be done on earth As it is in heaven Give us today our daily bread Forgive us our trepasses As we forgive those who trespass against us Lead us not into temptation Deliver us...

Good morning, Cornerstone friends, on this spring day of clouds and gentle breezes, birdsong and blossom. Canticle ‘Bless the Lord’ from The Song of Three 29–30 & 34–35 (Just four verses from a longer prayer, with a fifth added in the Common Worship prayer book to make it relevant to us Christians): Blessed are you, the...

Good evening Living Stones. Janet and I first met when we were students in Coventry and she gave me a book of Helen Steiner Rice poems. I used one of those poems last night and here’s another one, suggested by Janet, which seems to fit in well with today’s anniversary of the announcement of the first...

Today, Tuesday 23 March – it is now one year since the PM announced news of the first lockdown. Let us reflect on the transformation of our lives into a life of servitude and love. Psalm 19: 1-6 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day...

Just close your Eyes     and open your heart And feel your worries     and cares depart, Just yield yourself     to the Father above And let him hold you     secure in his love – For life on earth     grows more involved With endless problems     that can’t...