He is not here; he has risen...
So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy.
Matthew 28:5,8
Being present to grief
And if, as weeks go round, in the dark of the moon
my spirit darkens and goes out, and soft strange gloom
pervades my movements and my thoughts and words
Shadows, D H Lawrence
Read MoreFalling with us
He sets his face like flint and takes our place,
Staggers beneath the black weight of us all
And falls with us that he might break our fall.
Malcolm Guite, Sounding the seasons
Read MoreMutuality
I know a man of such
mildness and kindness it is trying to
change my life
Mary Oliver, Thirst
Read MoreTo protect and to gather
There is a great desire in his heart: a maternal desire to gather a family together.
Stephen Cottrell
Read MoreReading oneself
Beyond our ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there.
Rumi
Read MoreZeal
In his body and blood is the wildness of God. With a passion of love he comes to bring 'fire to the earth'.
J. Philip Newell
Read MoreHumility
Tell me what it means to you to call him Lord.
Anthony de Mello
Inclusions
I bless you,
In the name of the Holy Three, the
Father, the Son and the Sacred Spirit
Celtic Daily Prayer
Like a cat asleep on a chair
Like a cat asleep on a chair...
at home in the house of the living
PAX, DH Lawrence
A sense of wonder
Here we see Jesus' great love for the earth, for the whole created order and for all creatures within it.
Stephen Cottrell
Read MoreAnd he touched him
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
Leo Buscaglia
Read MoreThe Postures of Jesus
to stand like the sunflower
turned full face to the sun drenched
with light in the still centre
held while the circling planets
hum wth an utter joy
Evangeline Paterson