Lord, grant us courage to trust your grace and live in the love you have bestowed on us through Christ, our Lord. Amen. --Eternity for Today
Down church plant has an encouraging start; Bishop of Derry Commends Positive Leadership in City; Diocesan Evangelists wanted; First Organ Recital on Restored St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Organ
Revd Canon Dr Kenneth Kearon honoured in Ghana;
Anglicans in strong partnership with Bible Societies
As we rejoice in the gift of this new day,
so may the light of your presence, O God,
set our hearts on fire with love for you;
now and for ever.
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Dr Gladys Ganiel of ISE commented in the Irish Times correspondence column: Sir, – Archbishop Michael Jackson’s observations on “Facing up to Failings in Church of Ireland’s View of the other” (Opinion, October 22nd) come as no surprise to me, as they confirm many of the findings of survey research I conducted in 2009 as part of the Irish School of Ecumenics’ Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism research project.
Faithful God,
let your word be the treasure of our hearts,
that we may delight in your truth
and walk in the glorious liberty of your Son Jesus Christ.
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Pat Storey is a soon to be bishop who doesn’t mind dropping you a message on Facebook. She’s made history by becoming the first female to ever have been given the title in the Anglican church in Britain or Ireland. At the end of next month Pat will move to Kildare. It’s no small promotion. She’ll move from overseeing the parish of St Augustine’s from the ‘wee church’ on Derry’s Walls to overseeing the activities of 18 churches in her new parish of Meath and Kildare.
Lord, protect us from the deceit
of flattering tongues and lying lips;
give us words of life which speak your truth
and bless your name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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The following article has been written by the Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, as a follow–on from part of his address to the Diocesan Synods of Dublin and Glendalough in Taney Parish Centre on Tuesday October 15 2013. (See CNI - Irish news yesterday).
Most high and holy God,
lift our eyes to your Son
enthroned on Calvary;
and as we behold his meekness,
shatter our earthly pride;
for he is Lord for ever and ever. Amen
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Jonathan Swift, whom T. S. Eliot called “colossal,” “the greatest writer of English prose, and the greatest man who has ever written great English prose,” died on 19 October 1745. Every year on a Saturday near that day, a gathering of admirers meet for a symposium in his honour, in the Deanery of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, where Swift lived and worked for the last thirty years of his life, writes Claude Rawson, Maynard Mack Professor of English at Yale University
Grant, we beseech you, merciful Lord,
to your faithful people pardon and peace,
that they may be cleansed from all their sins
and serve you with a quiet mind;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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David McCann really got me thinking when he asked recently: Are we giving young people a fair go in Northern Ireland? - writes Brian John Spencer on Slugger O’Toole
Compassionate God,
as you know each star you have created,
so you know the secrets of every heart;
in your loving mercy bring to your table
all who are fearful and broken,
all who are wounded and needy,
that our hungers may be satisfied
in the city of your peace;
through Christ who is our peace.
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What is ‘secular’ of the age should not be a matter of fear or loathing for the Christian - Archbishop Richard Clarke writes in The Irish Times
Jesus, our companion,
when we are driven to despair,
help us, through the friends and strangers
we encounter on our path,
to know you as our refuge,
our way, our truth and our life.
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Make your ways known upon earth, Lord God,
your saving power among all peoples.
Renew your Church in holiness
and help us to serve you with joy.
Guide the leaders of all nations,
that justice may prevail throughout the world.
Let not the needy be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Make us instruments of your peace
and let your glory be over all the earth. Amen
‘As Christian disciples we need to be aware of what should be the most important aspects of what we are, and what we most clearly are, to ourselves and to others … and to God.’ - Archbishop Clarke.