Reconciling God, we pray for those in rural communities who feel lonely. May those who work on the land and who live in remote villages feel your presence, your comfort and your strength. May justice and peace reach out and touch their lives. As we become more aware of country-dwellers' struggles with depression, isolation, confusion and uncertainty, may we all work together to build a sustainable future.Cisco 350-023 test
May those in town and country, cities and villages be reconciled to you. We pray in the name of the Good Shepherd. Amen.
New Ministry Hopes to Engage Young Adults in Conversations About Faith; Lilibulero - 'The War of the Two Kings’; Rathlin welcomes visitors from St Columba’s Knock; Institution Of New Rector Of Garrison
Fracking - "Threat to God's creation”; Progress on Diocese of West Yorkshire; Cathedral statistics 2012
Egypt's day of shame: Scores killed and hundreds more injured as government declares war on Islamists; Urgent prayers needed for Egypt; Egypt: Only steel bars saved Suez priest, family
Stephen McIlwaine writes for Contemporary Christianity - The BBC’s Fergal Keane recently filed a report from South Africa where he recalls how few people, in the closing days of Apartheid, had much hope for the country, most expecting it to be torn apart by a bloody race war. No one imagined that within a decade, South Africa would be a successful non-racial democracy.
Grant, O Lord, that the light of your love may never be dimmed within us. Let it shine forth from our warmed hearts to comfort others in times of peace and in seasons of adversity, and in the bright beams of your goodness and love may we come at last to the vision of your glory; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St Columbanus (c.550-615)
Avoid 'relapse' to violence: Archbishop; New CE president; Bishop Harold comes aboard at Moira Holiday Bible Club; Christ Church Cathedral Heritage Week; Clergy appointment
Archbishop Justin visits Anglicans in Barbados; Church of England 'hijacked' for pro-EU cathedral service; Methodist youth back Nicaragua street child campaign
Christopher Howse writes in the Daily Telegraph how the hurriedly written words of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers' gained an equallly rushed tune, making it unforgettable.
Help us, O Lord, never to nurse the grievance that separates us from you and from one another. Grant us grace to forgive those who have wronged us. May we know that no sin is so great that it cannot be confessed; no wound so deep it cannot be healed and no sinner so lost that grace cannot bring them home. Amen.
William Booth (1829-1912)
Anglican liturgists focus on healing and reconciliation; Amnesty calls for public inquiry into Omagh bombing; Events upcoming; Premier in NI
Student interest in religion, beliefs and values welcomed; Bishops condemn Home Office 'go home' campaign; Salvation Army must be confident in Word of God, says new leader
Brian Spencer, Alex Kane and Liam Clarke have commented on the past week’s confrontations in Northern Ireland. Spencer asserts Sinn Fein doesn’t speak for Ireland. Kane and Clarke question the lack of tactical thinking in the Unionist base. Excerpts and links to their comment follows.
Creator God, you breathe life into all you have made; through design and diversity, colour and complexity, matter and mystery, you astound us by your power, your imagination, your involvement. We praise you, we worship you, we live for you.
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Church's mini-village plan for Ballymena meets opposition; Eminent theologian Seán Freyne dies; DUP seeks Dickson schools meeting; Walking the wards - hospital chaplaincy; Ireland criticised for not offering asylum to whistleblowers - Canon Comerford; Genealogy Lectures
Civil rights group responds to UK Home Office 'go home' vans; Blessing for fundraising bikers; New Sydney Archbishop; Zimbabwean women forced to flee homes for refusing to reveal their vote; Chinese house church leader Samuel Lamb dies
It was the Swinging Sixties, the world was in the grip of Beatlemania, hemlines were rising and bouffants, beehives and free love were all the rage. But in the midst of this cultural revolution, 18-year-old Eleanor Stewart from Oxfordshire decided to turn her back on a life of parties and boys and enter a convent as a nun. The news was met with relief by her parents and a mixture of consternation and unbridled hilarity by her friends.
Lord God, we become used to your blessings, and assume that you will continue to bless today the things you have always blessed in the past. Remove the scales from our eyes, that we may see the things you wish to bless in our own day, and give us holy imagination to perceive what you will bless tomorrow. Amen.
Friends of Armagh Cathedral 75th anniversary concert; ‘Protestant’ theatre group is launched; Creative Spirituality Day; Dublin Interfaith Walk to Mark International Day of Peace; Exciting times at JIMS Kilkeel
Regulator issues charity pay warning; Boardroom pay at charities 'not excessive', claim charity chief executives; Art exhibition comes from Cairo to St Paul's; Gay couple may sue Church of England to wed in church
We pray for our families and friends
that the power of the Holy Spirit
may be in our lives,
so that we may live fully with his gifts
of wisdom and understanding,
of knowledge and right judgement,
of courage and reverence,
and of wonder and awe
in God’s presence.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
New book casts doubt on origins of St Patrick; Villiers regret over IRA park name; Chamber Choir of Sheffield University at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; New rector
Kirk maintains its resistance to the unjust bedroom tax; UK Salvation Army welcomes appointment of André Cox as new international leader; C of E Pensions Board publishes 2012 annual results; Fears for future of 'famous' organ; Further school abuse claims reported
The Independent - Britain is now the most unequal country in the Western world, an authoritative new United Nations report reveals. The gap between rich and poor is as great as in Nigeria.
David Chillingworth , Bishop of St Andrews and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church writes in his weblog
We bring before the Lord
those who have recently
been baptised or confirmed
- or who are about to be -
that they may be true to themselves
and may live their faith
in a genuine and credible way.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Revd GM Kingston; Police and fire games memorial service; Petition calls for chaplains move at Antrim hospital to be scrapped; Fine Gael minister backs gay marriage referendum; Shrink who said he could 'cure' gays wants us to act more like wolves; Meeting with Bishop Casey led to revelations; 49-year-old Nulty becomes country’s youngest Catholic bishop
Joy as Christchurch's Cardboard Cathedral prepares to open; Final report from the World Anglican Youth Encounter in Rio
; Episcopal Church sends out 28 young adults as missionaries; Madagascar's theological college celebrates 135th anniversary
With its plans to sponsor credit unions to put pay-day lenders out of business and its backing of a consortium bidding for more than 300 RBS branches, the Church of England, under Archbishop Justin Welby, is looking to become a significant player in consumer lending. Andrew Lilico writes in The Daily Telegraph.