_Lord Christ, pour you spirit into my heart._ _Heal the wounds that are there,_ _That I may be a healer for others._ . By Terry Waite . This prayer came back to me last year when I heard that Terry Waite was planning to go to Beirut and meet Hezbollah after having...
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Article for The Church Times on A Prayer by St Theresa of Avila
_Lord, I live, yet no true life I know,_ _And, living thus expectantly,_ _I die because I do not die._ . Taken from a poem by St Teresa of Avila . In the preparations for Palm Sunday, alone or in a group, I have found this to be a great support for welcoming Christ...
Article for The Church Times on A Prayer by St Julian of Norwich
I am Ground of thy beseeching: first it is my will that thou have it; and after, I make thee to will it; and after, I make thee to beseech it and thou beseechest it. How should it then be that thou shouldst not have thy beseeching. . Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)...
Article for The Church Times on A Prayer by Queen Elizabeth I
Lord God,.. give me, Thy handmaid, a teachable heart, so that I may know what is acceptable in Thy sight; send from heaven the Spirit of Thy wisdom and rule my heart with its guidance, Amen. (Elizabeth Collected Works, Ed: Marcus, Mueller, Rose, University of Chicago...
Article for The Church Times on Mary Magdalene, Easter 2013
Throughout Holy Week the presence of Mary Magdalene, drawn from all four gospels, guides me as she is near Jesus while he walks the Via Dolorosa. I am with her as she stands with the other women at the foot of the cross, hears his last words, watches Joseph of...