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Christians Praying in Cornwall

3 days ago

Fifth Sunday in Lent- full text available at the link in our bio

O Christ, lover and friend,
who felt the desolation of death
and the fear of abandonment
and yet practised ‘yes’ in the midst of each despairing ‘no’,
may we, who also recognise the shape of desolation
and weep,
practise ‘no’ in the midst of each complicit ‘yes’.
No to profiteering and exploitation,
no to indifference and abuse,
no for the sake of the resurrection yes.

Kathy Galloway, from Spring, Ruth Burgess (Ed.), Wild Goose Publications
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Christians Praying in Cornwall

3 weeks ago

Timeline photosA #Prayer for the third Sunday in #Lent.

God of the wild moorland and the comfortable living room; present beside the warm hearth and on the rain-sodden road: in you, we see the worth of each fragile, human life and recognise a planet supporting us, and entrusted to us.

In a world of violence and discrimination, exploitation and suffering, and on this planet where the lives of those who are poorest are the most precarious, do not let us sit back in judgment.

Instead, inspire us to get up, walk further and give more so that peace and security might prosper, and the fruit of the Earth grow well for the good of all; through Christ our Lord we pray.

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Christians Praying in Cornwall

3 weeks ago

Timeline photosMay this eternal truth be always on our hearts… #Prayer
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3 weeks ago

Timeline photosToday we stay and pray for the news that spending on libraries has fallen by 17% despite in-person visits increasing by 68% since the pandemic. God, we pray that libraries would not be under more pressure, and these spaces for learning and community would be financially protected.

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1 month ago

Lent is a season of repentance and renewal. We turn away from our sinfulness and recommit ourselves to following Jesus. See our Lent Prayer & Reflections here bit.ly/3XPqLrH
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1 month ago

Timeline photosMay they be blessed #Pray
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Christians Praying in Cornwall

1 month ago

A verse for Ash Wednesday:

Whoever wishes to be my follower must deny his very self, take up the cross each day, and follow in my steps.

Luke 9:23

Image: Traigh na Suidhe, Iona
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Christians Praying in Cornwall

1 month ago

For people who live in extreme poverty, life seems to be a permanently locked door.

God never changes, but God creates change. The call to repent that repeats throughout scripture is also a declaration that things don’t have to be the way they are. What seems closed can be opened when we open ourselves to God. The Holy Spirit can make a way through even the bleakest wilderness.

This is a belief that we can take into Lent. Through our prayers, we can be a part of opening a door for someone trapped in extreme poverty. However you choose to observe Lent, we pray that it will be a spiritually rich time for you. Let us join together in praying for this season. … See MoreSee Less

Christians Praying in Cornwall

1 month ago

PRAYER OF ST FRANCIS… THE “PEACE PRAYER”

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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Christians Praying in Cornwall

2 months ago

Timeline photos𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮
God, we pray for those who are facing unimaginable hardships and sorrow at this time.

We remember before you the injured and trapped, waiting for help as rescuers struggle to reach them.

We pray for those who have been bereaved, and who are facing life without those they loved.

We think of those who have lost everything, and do not know what to do or where to turn.

We pray for the rescuers, desperate to help and risking their own lives to do so.

God of all comfort, we pray that you will draw near to the broken-hearted, that you will strengthen the hands of those who do good, and that those who are in the midst of this terrible trial will find relief and restoration.

We ask that your people in Turkey and Syria will know your presence with them, and will be strengthened to endure and to witness to your love and grace; and that your people throughout the world will be moved to prayer and to active compassion.
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Christians Praying in Cornwall

2 months ago

#Pray with us today.

Generous God, fill our hearts, inspire our souls, and challenge our minds as we navigate the paradoxes of life, that we may love you in the heights and depths of our being, and so learn how to love our neighbours as ourselves with wisdom, grace and compassion. May our love be humble yet courageous, sensitive not presumptuous, and kind and generous in all things; even as you gave your all in Jesus Christ, and outpour your life through the Holy Spirit, through whose presence we pray. Amen.

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2 months ago

God of the shadows
sharing our pain and our tears and our struggle
draining the cup of what it is to be human
– we watch with you.

God of the night
sharing our fears and our prayers and our restlessness
measuring the road between living and dying
– we watch with you.

God of the dawn
sharing the questions we never dare ask you,
yearning in us for the light of your glory
– we watch with you.

Heavy stone rubble from the Abbey on the table at our service of prayers for healing tonight. We remembered the dead, the dying and every person & community hurt by the disastrous earthquake along the Turkish-Syrian border.

from Praying for the Dawn, ed Burgess & Galloway, www.ionabooks.com
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2 months ago

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Today, we mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Genocide is a deep wound in the heart of humanity – one that we must not turn aside from when called to look upon it. Days like today are vital. They are days for weeping, for remembering, and for declaring ‘never again’.

These events did not happen that long ago. Survivors of the Holocaust still walk among us, as do those from atrocities in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. They call us to remember – and to live lives of light.

Hatred and prejudice have not gone away. They must be resisted daily. There are people all over the world being persecuted, oppressed and killed simply for who they are. We will never be silent about such acts. We will never stop striving to build a better world for all.

‘Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.’ (Romans 12:21)

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2 months ago

Did you know that we have daily online prayers?

Morning prayer 🕊️
Daily, online, 9-9.30am followed by an opportunity to check in for those who can stay.

Evening prayer 🕊️
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 9.15-10pm

We’d love you to join us
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2 months ago

ON THIS BURNS NIGHT, a Scottish Blessing…

May the blessing of light be on you – light without and light within.
May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire,
so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.
And may light shine out of the two eyes of you,
like a candle set in the window of a house,
bidding the wanderer come in out of the storm.
And may the blessing of the rain be on you,
may it beat upon your Spirit and wash it fair and clean,
and leave there a shining pool where the blue of Heaven shines,
and sometimes a star.
And may the blessing of the earth be on you,
soft under your feet as you pass along the roads,
soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day;
and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it.
May it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly; up and off and on its way to God.
And now may the Lord bless you, and bless you kindly. Amen.

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Christians Praying in Cornwall

2 months ago

May your day be filled with blessings
Like the sun that lights the sky,
And may you always have the courage
To spread your wings and fly!

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