As we roll around to another Friday, the first line of the 5th Sunday’s prayer feels fitting. It’s difficult to maintain energy, let alone faith and love on a Friday, especially at the end of the school term. Let us pray for a greater faith and love. Father of peace, we are joyful in your …
Almighty God, we confess that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: keep us outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities that may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts that may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our …
Continuing in the prayer book as I have been this week; I’m now moving onto the second Sunday in Lent with the subtitle, ‘Transfiguration’. We beseech you, almighty God, look on the heartfelt desires of your servants, and stretch forth the right hand of your power to be our defence against all our enemies; through …
I’m enjoying reading my prayer book and have now, after yesterday’s post, turned to the next entry, the first Sunday in Lent. On that day it includes another prayer, that reads as follows: Lord Jesus Christ, for our sake you fasted forty days and forty nights: give us grace to use such abstinence that, our …