Tag: Spirit
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Dark times of year
This form of prayer is for use at times of the year when we feel daylight is short and nighttime is long. It is most suitable for late Autumn and Winter especially in Kingdomtide and even an alternate service in Advent. As we start, a candle or candles may be lit or carried into the
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Transfiguration
Transfiguration is normally celebrated on 6 August, recalling when Jesus’s appearance gloriously changed while on a mountain with some of his disciples. This prayer form might be used for a week or two following that day. Lord, it is good for us to be here For your Spirit is with us
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Pentecost
During Pentecost (which we might take to be up until Trinity Sunday) we recall first and foremost the gift of the Holy Spirit. Firstly in the coming of the Spirit on the disciples fifty days after Easter -related in Acts 2, and then on the Spirit’s presence and action in the Church and the world.
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Monday
Many of Monday’s prayers pick up the themes of creation and the Holy Spirit. How lovely is your dwelling place O Lord Almighty! My soul longs, even faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Who is it that we seek? We seek God: Sender,
Book of our Common Prayer 