Morning prayer with just Hilda's company. May I pray for you or your concerns today? Leave a message on this thread or DM. May you know God's peace & presence in the midst of whatever is going on for you 🙏❤️ ⚓ #cofepeeps #prayer
Praying for him & for you. Family is tough sometimes 🙏❤️
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My view for a peaceful morning prayer in the garden. May I pray for you today. If so, leave a message here or DM #prayer #peace ⚓ #cofepeeps
It's the Feast of the Queenship of Mary,who said yes & became the Mother of the King. Love this poem by Nicola Slee & my new little icon from Greece, Our Lady of the 7 Wounds. Each of them is related to human griefs around parenthood/caring that many of us have known
There's a lot of room in Mary ⚓
2) I have huge issues with how patriarchal views of Mary as the perfect, silent, sinless woman are used to oppress women in and out of the church but I know She's bigger than any accretion thrown at her and I love her for that too.
Never forget there's a lot of room in Mary! ,⚓
Please read both posts ⚓
1) It's the feast of the #Assumption of Mary, Mother of Jesus today and we're enjoying some time in the garden together. This battered, kitsch, statue of Mary was in a church in Middlesbrough. She's saturated in years of prayers, pleas, & confidences & I love her for that.
Thank you. Calmly but still unresolved unfortunately. It's a terrible & inefficient system. I pity anyone vulnerable, without an advocate or a safety net when payments are delayed
On with the lippy & the sunflowers for a varied morning including Minster team meeting & Job centre appointment (on Brent's behalf) So it's a Mthr Jacqui/Mama bear kind of day I guess. Praying for calm in both roles ⚓ #cofepeeps #mamabear
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This is a prayer space. It's the corner of a room with two small white cabinets. There are religious icons on the wall. There's a statue of Mary, Mother of Jesus, on one cabinet. On the other there are small religious carvings & two angel candle holders. Propped up on the floor there is a painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
May I pray for you today? Leave a message here or send a private message. I have a new painting, done by a friend, of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It's resting here til I find its place. It's reminding me today that God is big enough to hold anything we need to bring & that we are loved without limit.
I will never not laugh at this
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Prayer bowl emptied today & months of prayers from different occasions have been offered to God one last time in the rising smoke. May I pray for you, your intentions, or the things on your heart today? If so leave a message on this thread or DM private intentions ⚓ #cofepeeps #prayer
It's the Feast of Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles. Strong, faithful & brave. Friend of Jesus. Last at the Cross, first at the empty tomb. Steadfast & strong & known by her Saviour. Annual reminder: she wasn't a prostitute. You fabulous women of God out there-Jesus knows you and your worth ⚓
My bones said 'write the poems'
Stunning poem by Andrea Gibson. Such a loss.
Small white dog asleep next to someone wearing patchwork trousers & a yellow t-shirt who is balancing a cup of tea on her lap
One of us fell asleep during morning prayer at home today ⚓ #cofepeeps
Today at home & at church, I'll be holding in my heart & before God everyone who knows trauma related pain & mental health struggles. Hoping you have a safe place & hoping you know God is with you in the tomb as much as the resurrection & is faithful always. Healing is not the same as getting better
This is my bonsai flowering cherry that has gone from bare to blossom to berry over the year. By this tree I've prayed the offices, prayed for other people, & for the world & prayed for the quiet little girl, the suicidal teenager, & the broken curate that are part of the woman & priest I became...
I've always loved how the assurance of who God is sits at the centre of the whole book and informs it 'The one who made the Pleiades & Orion....' 5:8
Got the time of a meeting at church wrong so I've stolen an hour to sit outside a local cafe with a drink & a scone, knit a bit, and indulge in a spot of guerilla praying. #prayer #visiblepresence, #knitting #serendipity ⚓ #cofepeeps
Praying for your ministry and the people who feel safer because of it. (Also praying for the woman)
Heart stopping Nan day fun. I call this one 'Oh no! Where can she be???'
it seems serendipitous that this has come up today
I think they have a point tbh. I completely understand people's distrust of organised religion
definitely but also it's just a truth that there are differing beliefs. Tbh I've had more serious flack from people who say they are Christian
just felt odd rather than rude really