God of sinners, As a last resort, many scream for Your help And in distress, beg in Your name; In Your mercy, stretch out Your strong arm to shield The defenseless; Give the privileged knowledge of their responsibility To do justly And love mercy. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God of laughter, Thank you for Laetare Sunday, For the refreshment of Mothering Sunday; For Mary, Virgin and Mother, For our place within Mother Church, For biological mothers, For adopted mothers, And for men and women who are our mother-figures. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

Everyday God; Every day You are with us, And yet often we do not see, Or we see, but fail to appreciate, Or we appreciate, but fail to worship, Or we worship, but fail to love, Or we love, and when our loves fails, We again do not see: Have mercy. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God of unexpected pleasures: Introduce us this day, and every day, To new people and their new ways of being in the world; Help us to enjoy difference, And not fear the other; Above all, O Lord, Keep us ever close And guided by Your boundless love. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God : Gave mercy upon us, Miserable sinners. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

Dear Lord of Healing: We, Your holy people, are broken, fallen persons; Our sharp edges hurt others Both unwillingly and willingly; Grant us the lasting wholeness And peace, Christ alone Won on the cross: For only by His wounds Are we healed. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God our Father: We rejoice we may call You our Father in Heaven, For in Your Son divinity was humbled; By His humility, the lived experience of each man and woman is Held, known, accepted; And by His crucifixion was Judged, transformed, forgiven. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God above all gods, On Your heavenly throne Reigning above earthly powers, You truly see the sin and consequences of human beings: Mercifully grant authority to all who seek Your will to do it, Bind up agents of mayheam, And sheild the faithful. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God of abundance, We thank you for your gift of life, For our sensitivity to Your presence whenever we experience love or care; Hold us firm, As a mother holds tight her child from running into danger, Neither too leniently nor too harshly In love. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God of memory And of forgetting: Hear the silent petitions of Your people; Comfort those who grieve, Especially the newly bereaved, And those for whom grief is a never-ending wilderness; In their peaceful rest, Grant life eternal to the faithful. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God of power and might; You know the needs of Your children: For Your mercy, we remember families who are poorly housed, And who live without reliable electricity or clean water; Reform our unjust society By reforming the hearts of our politicians. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

Father God, We thank You for choosing to reveal Your glory to Mary, That she might bear a son And be salvation for the world; Through heavenly intercession, And by angelic protection, May women and mothers today Truly have no reason to be afraid. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

Sweet Lord; As we prepare to journey with You From adulation with palms, Through stripping and spitting Nakedness and death, To resurrection glory; Be our sweet companion along The Way, And we beg, show us only what we need for our salvation. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

O God, In these frenzied days Preparing the services of Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter: Make our offerings of thanksgiving and praise acceptable in Your sight; May Your Kingdom come To replace self-absorbed anxiety With other-regarding love. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

O Son of David, My Lord and my King, Hosanna! Come, and save Your people: Give hope to those who call out Your name, Give hope to all who are afraid to acknowledge You; And to everyone, And everything in earth, Give judgement Show mercy And save. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God of love: Today many people rejoice in meeting parents and extended family, And in their joy do You rejoice, For wherever there is love You are; Yet today others mourn parents and extended family, For whom You are the eternal bond of love. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

God of the poor: Hear us when we call upon You; Look on us with Your knowing gaze of judgement, To rid us of any illusion to poverty, Both of unspoken wealth And fake meekness of heart, That truly we may be blessed as the last, who will be first. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

Lord God, You are unchanging From moments to eons Always, the same; Our lives a brief wink Of Your love Shared, anticipating more; And through death You are there, Again And familiar Always, the same: And I, Accepting more, shall be. +Amen #Coronavirus #Lockdown3

It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.

🕯 DAY 1: JESUS ‘Before people can discover God as the One who saves, they need to experience God as Immanuel, the One who is with Us.’ Watch this beautiful reflection from Archbishop of York, Archbishop of York for #ThyKingdomCome2021