Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John This year during the period of Lent (the 40 days leading up to Easter) you are invited to participate in a six-week journey of reflection and prayer with the words of John from The Gospel and First Letter. By learning from Jesus as John presents him, his [...]
Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John This year during the period of Lent (the 40 days leading up to Easter) you are invited to participate in a six-week journey of reflection and prayer with the words of John from The Gospel and First Letter. By learning from Jesus as John presents him, his [...]
Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John This year during the period of Lent (the 40 days leading up to Easter) you are invited to participate in a six-week journey of reflection and prayer with the words of John from The Gospel and First Letter. By learning from Jesus as John presents him, his [...]
Jesus calls the fishermen Fiona Bottcher explained how Mark set the scene for Jesus future ministry of radical love. 21/1/2018, Epiphany 3
Candle Lighting including Prayers of Adoration & Confession We pray in the New Year, lighting these candles as signs of who the newborn child Jesus is for us We lit the first candle for his humanity Child we praise and worship you, for in the vulnerability, the simplicity, and the wonder of your birth [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession God of love, mystery and wonder your message of hope for the world comes to us in the form of a vulnerable baby for whom there was no place. You speak into the hearts of all who suffer offering words of love and comfort to those have no hope [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Loving God, creator of mysteries, giver of joy we worship and adore you for you hold us in your heart soothing our griefs, calming our worries reminding us that you are our home, our place of peace. Christ Child, son of God, vulnerable baby we worship and adore you [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Affectionate, gentle God, you reveal yourself to us in the tenderness of ourselves and others, our actions, our thoughts and our being. You convey your joy in the vulnerable beauty of nature, i n the shrubs and the gum trees, in the life-flow of our fellow creatures. Help us [...]
Advent Candle Lighting prayer We light the first Advent Candle listening for the turning of the season, joining our voices to the cry ‘Keep awake’. We remember the events that have shaped our living this year and pray for Christmas hope, for an end to suffering and despair and for your light to shine [...]