10 March 2021 The day will draw on the wisdom of Julian of Norwich, a 14th Century mystic who lived through a time of upheaval and plague. She provides much food for reflection and prayer on the loving presence of God that is relevant to Lent and a world living with Covid 19. 9.30 Welcomes[…]
Category: Prayer
Countdown to Prayer
7 Web Resources to enrich your prayer life www.sacredspace.ie daily prayer and reflection using a scripture reading for the day www.24-7prayer.com encouraging prayer www.approachestoprayer.info plenty to explore www.prayingincolor.com using doodles and colouring to enable your prayer. www.thykingdom.co.uk Anglican initiative to encourage prayer and praying for people to grow in knowing God www.trypraying.org encouragement to people who[…]
Epiphany
Meditation for the Epiphany Seeing the Light Welcome to this meditation for the Epiphany. It is the sixth and final meditation in the series I’ve been offering through Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. This offers about half an hour of focussed prayer and reflection to help you mark this season, and prayerfully be attentive to God. […]
Christmas Day
Meditation for the Christmas Day The Word became Flesh Welcome to this meditation for Christmas Day. It is the fifth in the series of meditations I’m offering through Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. This offers about half an hour of focussed prayer and reflection to help you mark this season, and prayerfully be attentive to God. […]
Advent 4: Waiting with Expectancy
Meditation for the 4th Sunday of Advent Waiting with Expectancy Welcome to this meditation for the fourth Sunday of Advent. It is the fourth in the series of meditations I’m offering through Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. This offers about half an hour of focussed prayer and reflection to help you mark this season, and prayerfully[…]
Advent 3: Waiting with Humility
Meditation for the 3rd Sunday of Advent Waiting with Humility Welcome to this meditation for the third Sunday of Advent. It is the third in the series of meditations I’m offering through Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. This offers about half an hour of focussed prayer and reflection to help you mark this season, and prayerfully[…]
Advent 2: Waiting with Longing
Meditation for the 2nd Sunday of Advent Welcome to this meditation for the second Sunday of Advent. It is the second in the series of meditations I’m offering through Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. This offers about half an hour of focussed prayer and reflection to help you mark this season, and prayerfully be attentive to[…]
Advent Sunday
Meditation for Advent Sunday This offers about half an hour of focussed prayer and reflection to help you mark Advent and prayerfully be attentive to God. You will need a bible; a notebook and pen would also be helpful for you as you reflect and note things that emerge for you. The sections below take[…]
Jesus the pray-er
I recently gave some time to looking through the gospels at Jesus praying. Not his teaching about prayer, but rather how they show him praying. The context, the nature, the audience (if there was one) etc. And fascinating it was. Particularly in the way it showed how much of him as a prayer there is in[…]
Praying with the Trinity
Praying with the Trinity After many years of using this icon, I still find it enormously helpful to draw me into being with the community of the Trinity. One of the options in the Soul Spark course is to pray with the Trinity – use this link to see this resource A leaflet I have[…]