We write to let you know our thinking as to Thy Kingdom Come 2020 which runs from Ascension [21 May] to Pentecost [31 May]. Every single day hundreds of millions of our brothers and sisters around the world say the prayer Jesus put on our lips, praying ‘Thy Kingdom Come’. In the past few years, the focus of our […]

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Bt Martin Wroe I lift up my eyes from this lockdownOutside, I cover my faceMy friends become dangerI become threatInside, these walls close inThis safety and this cageInside, we’re too closeAnd, a little distantInside, I’m alone, I’m scaredOutside, I step aside from youHold my breath as you pass I lift up my eyes from this […]

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/archbishop-canterbury-launches-free-dial-worship-phone-line-during The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has launched a free national phone line as a simple new way to bring worship and prayer into people’s homes while church buildings are closed because of the coronavirus. Daily Hope, which is available from today, offers music, prayers and reflections as well as full worship services from […]

A prayer for each of us in this time when we combine living in lockdown and the hope of the Resurrection: Risen, Jesus, Give me courage, strength and generosity to let go and move on, leaving the past behind me, and living the present to the full. Lead me always to be positive as I […]

https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer/todays-prayer Almighty God,who enlightened your holy Churchthrough the inspired witness of your evangelist Saint Mark:grant that we, being firmly grounded in the truth of the gospel,may be faithful to its teaching both in word and deed;through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns with you,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, […]

Dr Charlie Bell, Girton College, Cambridge

https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer/todays-prayer God of hosts,who so kindled the flame of lovein the heart of your servant Georgethat he bore witness to the risen Lordby his life and by his death:give us the same faith and power of lovethat we who rejoice in his triumphsmay come to share with him the fullness of the resurrection;through Jesus Christ […]

Today’s Prayer of the Dayhttps://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer/todays-prayer Almighty Father,you have given your only Son to die for our sinsand to rise again for our justification:grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickednessthat we may always serve youin pureness of living and truth;through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,who is alive […]

https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer/todays-prayer Risen Christ,for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred:open the doors of our hearts,that we may seek the good of othersand walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace,to the praise of God the FatherAmen.THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER