Lord, at this time your Passion becomes the most important thing in our lives. Our waking hours are overwhelmed by it. Lead us. Keep us in your care. When all seems lost, ignite that flame of love, that candle flicker to show us the way. And help us to tend that flame. Amen Continue reading March 25th Good Friday

Lord, we have reached Maundy Thursday in Holy Week. Last night’s compline service was a way to reflect on your peace and justice in juxtaposition with the violence of the last few days in Brussels. As we approach the celebration of your last supper this evening in our service and leave in dark and silence with a heavy heart, bring us close to you. Amen Continue reading March 24th Lenten journey

Lord, in the spaces and pauses between activity, lead us into the silence. In tiredness we sometimes find that silence, that point at which our minds become unable or unwilling to process. In that silence, help us to take in a deep sense of your enduring love. Amen Continue reading March 23rd Lenten journey

Lord, sometimes all the day is a prayer. You have compassion Lord on all we do and are. This dialogue rocks me back into wonder as my mind becomes too fixed on the details of the day, compelling me to see you in all things and all people. Through the tiredness and the emotion of lambing and work, you show me miracles and calm me. Hope. Even in Holy Week through the dark liturgy. Amen Continue reading March 22nd Lenten journey

Lord, knowing death is always there in life, it is still hard to remember until we are personally touched by it. To reflect on death as we experience it in this world, as an end to all that we know and seem to be. Your death Jesus, which we recall in Holy Week before the sun rise on Easter day, this death offers us beginnings not ends.Hope to replace despair. Amen. Continue reading March 20th Lenten journey

Lord, new life in the flock yesterday, miracles all. We blunder about trying to second guess what’s happening with the ewes, which will lamb next, whether this one has one or two or more. We do our best but never really fathom your immensely diverse creation. Sometimes our hopes are more than fulfilled, sometimes sadness takes their place. But the ewes teach me patience every year. Bearing the challenges of labour with such sweet patience, standing when they want to rest so that the lambs can feed. Each year an object lesson in how to face life. Thank you for … Continue reading March 19th Lenten journey

Lord, Help me to curb my tongue. It becomes easier as I grow older to give sharp retorts when that is not what I mean or what I want to say. Help me to silence these quick responses and think before speaking. Bringing softness and balance into my contributions where once sharpness was my defence, I now no longer need it, you are my only defence. Amen Continue reading March 18th Lenten journey

Lord, I know the old saying that a trouble shared is a trouble halved, and I believe it. It matters to share troubles with others, it eases how we feel about them. And it matters that you are always there to share and listen to our troubles. But there is another side to this coin. A joy shared is a joy doubled. Hearing of a colleague’s joy yesterday and sharing her happiness lifted me up all day too. And the same happens when I share joys and graces with you in my prayers. The joys are strengthened and become part … Continue reading March 17th Lenten journey

Lord, out of the window I can see a pigeon and a robin sitting together on the telephone wires. The pigeon is so much larger, but they sit accepting of each other. Easy to find analogies as we deal with people of apparently high status, or more education, or more experience, yet we need to find ways to accept each other and empathise with our common humanity. Help me not to judge and label people on outward things Lord, help me to find you in their eyes. Amen. Continue reading March 16th Lenten journey