Prayer for this month
From Prayers for an Inclusive Church (Canterbury, 2008)
Pentecost (Acts 2.1-21/John 15.26-7, 16.4b-15)
Spirit of truth:
guide us into all the truth;
consume the lies
that shroud the world in hate;
pray in us
with sighs too deep for words;
and the let the victim’s voice ring out
with hope for a new world;
through Jesus Christ, who goes to the right hand of God.
Amen.
Trinity Sunday (John 3.1-17)
Enfolding God,
Trinity of love,
you are our source, our goal, our life:
may we be born again in you
no more to live
alone and unconnected,
but sharing in the Spirit’s breath
and carried to your heart;
through Jesus Christ, who lifts us up.
Amen.
Sunday after Trinity 5-11 June (Mark 3.20-35)
Difficult God,
whom the world judges mad or worse:
reveal our life’s distortions posing as normality;
enlarge our sense of family beyond those close to us;
and cast down Satan’s kingdom of cruelty and exclusion;
through Jesus Christ, the one who is accused.
Amen.
Prayers to to challenge, connect and transform
I’ve been writing prayers and liturgies informally and for publication for over two decades. As a priest in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, I believe the Church does theology through liturgy. In the space of our celebration, we are held in the presence of God and one another, and transformed by the movement of grace.
As a Christian committed to an inclusive church, I believe in prayers which challenge the boundaries we place around God’s grace and welcome.
Authorised forms of prayer will always be central to my own tradition, but there is also room for different unique voices and experiences to shape our praying. I hope my own small contributions can speak to a need to let God be heard in new ways.
Some of my collects are now approved for use in the Anglican Church of Canada.
Explore
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Prayers for an Inclusive Church
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The Earth Cries Glory
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The Verdant Mysteries
A set of scriptural reflections focusing on Mary and the beauty and worth of creation. Designed to accompany the Rosary.
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Marian Litany of Creation
A litany connecting Marian devotion with reverence for the earth., using titles for Mary drawn from the rich tradition of Christian typology.