
Deepen our faithfulness to you As I was reading this week's Collect, for The Second Sunday after Trinity, I immediately thought of those words from St Mark's Gospel, "I believe, help my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24). Jesus' … [Read more...]
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A husband, father, and Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) reflecting on life, faith, and the prayers we pray in the Church of England

Deepen our faithfulness to you As I was reading this week's Collect, for The Second Sunday after Trinity, I immediately thought of those words from St Mark's Gospel, "I believe, help my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24). Jesus' … [Read more...]

Help us to keep your law of love Regular readers of this blog will start to think I've got a "hobby horse", as so many of my posts seem to be about "Love". I think it's almost inevitable through the great period of … [Read more...]

Enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth Trinity Sunday is a good day to be praying for our minds to be enlarged with the knowledge of God's truth. We need that to be able to attempt an understanding of the … [Read more...]

Revive your Church with the breath of love My reflection based on last week's Collect was on the phrase, "Fill your Church on earth with power and compassion". This week is on the phrase, "Revive your Church with the … [Read more...]

Walsingham I took myself off to The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham for a few days recently. The intention had been to make it a retreat-cum-pilgrimage; however, it didn't quite work out like that. My health rather … [Read more...]

Fill your Church on earth with power and compassion When you look at the churches around about -- certainly here in England, and much of Europe, not sure the same would be true for all of the world -- it's very often … [Read more...]