A dark brick wall with a cross on it in lighter brickwork The Wonder of the Cross 40 Days with the Music of Vicky Beeching

Back from General Synod and the glory of a time of retreat & reflection and straight into the first full week of Lent
Some go cyber-silent for 40 Days but many people need this space
So, No #ToPray #ToPonder or #Txt4today
But, yes Daily Lent words on Vicky Beeching’s music & an occasional #LastLaugh

A photo of King Charles III wearing a blue pin stripe suit and blue tie with white crosses on it Pilgrimage is a word less used today….. It is about journeying forward, into the future. while also journeying back to remember the past and learn from its lessons. (King Charles III - Christmas 2025)

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Pilgrimage is a word less used today…..
It is about journeying forward, into the future. while also journeying back to remember the past and learn from its lessons.

(King Charles III - Christmas 2025)

A black and white picture of Eglantyne Jebb Humanity owes the child the best it has to give. (Eglantyne Jebb)

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Humanity owes the child the best it has to give.

(Eglantyne Jebb)

@savethechildren.org

Brianna Ghey sitting at a park bench eating a chocolate bar

Jayden Lowe

#ToPray

On this Transgender 🏳️‍⚧️ Day of Remembrance of your kindness please pray for the repose of the souls of Brianna Ghey, my cousin Jayden Lowe and too many others

Nkosi Sihawukele

A fuzzy grey background of tree branches Poverty is not a fate, It is a condition; It is not a misfortune, It is an injustice. (Gustavo Gutiérrez)

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Poverty is not a fate,
It is a condition;
It is not a misfortune,
It is an injustice.

(Gustavo Gutiérrez)

A social media post by Rev Daniel from Canada There are the ‘feed 100 in case 1 of them would otherwise starve’ people. And there are the ‘Starve 100 in case 1 of them doesn't actually deserve their food’ people. Far too many who claim to follow Jesus fall into the second camp. (Rev Daniel)

#ToPray ✝️

There are the ‘feed 100 in case 1 of them would otherwise starve’ people.
And there are the ‘Starve 100 in case 1 of them doesn't actually deserve their food’ people.
Far too many who claim to follow Jesus fall into the second camp.

(Rev Daniel)

A photo of Gustavo Gutiérrez To know God is to work for justice There is no other path to reach God (Gustavo Gutiérrez)

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To know God is to work for justice
There is no other path to reach God

(Gustavo Gutiérrez)

A solitary figure on a horizon at sunset We cannot attain the presence of God because we're already totally in the presence of God. What's absent is awareness. (Richard Rohr)

#ToPray ✝️

We cannot attain the presence of God
because we're already totally in the presence of God.
What's absent is awareness.

(Richard Rohr)

A screenshot of a social media message The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty (Pope Leo XIV - Dilexi Te)

#ToPray ✝️

The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty

(Pope Leo XIV - Dilexi Te)

Purple text on an orange background When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins. (Benjamin Cremer)

#ToPray ✝️

When you worship power,
compassion and mercy will look like sins.

(Benjamin Cremer)

This text in black on a beige background A reporter once asked A.J. Muste, a Dutch-born American clergyman and pacifist who protested against the Vietnam War, "Do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candle?" Muste replied softly, "Oh I don't do this to change the country. I do this so the country won't change me."

#ToPray ✝️

A reporter asked A.J. Muste, a pacifist, "Do you really think you’re going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candle?"

He replied, "I don't do this to change the country. I do this so the country won't change me."

Two hands with fingers raised to make Peace signs Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him. (Julian of Norwich)

#ToPray ✝️

Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him.

(Julian of Norwich)

A cartoon of sheep safe in a sheepfold holding signs saying ‘All Sheep Matter’ while the shepherd walks towards a cliff edge over which a lost sheep has fallen

#ToPray ✝️

All Sheep Matter!

To the shepherd at least. When will we learn to follow the shepherd?

Tx u @nakedpastor.bsky.social

Cross-stitch sampler with hazelnuts and leaves Tout ira Bien Et tout ira Bien Et toutes Sortes de Choses iront Bien (Julian de Norwich - 1343 - c1416)

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Tout ira Bien
Et tout ira Bien
Et toutes Sortes de Choses
iront Bien

(Julian de Norwich - 1343 - c1416)

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well

A person squeezed into a box For those considering letting God out of the box, I have news for you, God was never in your box. The only one in your box is you.

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For those considering letting God
out of the box, I have news for you,
God was never in your box.
The only one in your box is you.

Bishop Phyllis wearing a white alb kneeling at a prie-dieu We must guard the hatred in our hearts and on our lips: it is hatred and righteous indignation that leads to violence (Bp. Phyllis Spiegel - Diocese of Utah)

#ToPray ✝️

We must guard the hatred in our hearts
and on our lips:
it is hatred and righteous indignation
that leads to violence

(Bp. Phyllis Spiegel - Diocese of Utah)

A cartoon of a village and its church ‘…and again a little while and ye shall see me: because I go to the Father.’ And the disciples have no clue. Uncertainty and cluelessness, the hallmarks of authentic Christian discipleship, thought Daniel, as he preached that evening about the necessity of learning to live with both mystery and promise. Mystery was easy, promise much harder. (Murder before Evensong - Richard Coles)

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‘again a little while and ye shall see me...’ And the disciples have no clue.
Uncertainty and cluelessness, the hallmarks of authentic Christian discipleship… and the necessity of learning to live with both mystery and promise.

(Murder before Evensong - @richardcoles.bsky.social)

A table spread with grapes, tomatoes, cheese and wine and the words: A Prayer for those who offer Hospitality Lord Jesus Christ. You provided rest for the weary, bread for the multitude, and wine for the wedding feast. Be with all those who offer succour and service to the weary in Hotels and restaurants, Public Houses and Hostelries. That, having given shelter to others, they may find a place at the Heavenly Banquet where all hungers are met and all thirsts are quenched. We ask this in your Name, the One who is the Living Vine. Amen. (Andrew Dotchin)

#ToPray ✝️ At a Food & Drink Festival

Lord Jesus Christ.
You provided rest for the weary, bread for the multitude, and wine for the wedding feast.
Be with all those who offer succour and service to the weary in Hotels & restaurants, Public Houses & Hostelries…..

A drawing of a village and its church with the words: ‘I would rather not have to exercise my powers. Better to reach a common view in the long run’ Audrey pursed her lips. She found her son's predilection for reconciliation and seeking compromise immensely frustrating. When she challenged him, he responded by saying that he was a priest and pastor not a king or a lord and he had no interest in imposing his will on people. (Murder before Evensong - Richard Coles)

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‘I would rather not have to exercise my powers. Better to reach a common view in the long run’
Audrey pursed her lips.
She found her son's predilection for reconciliation and seeking compromise immensely frustrating…
(Murder before Evensong - @richardcoles.bsky.social )

A drawing of a village and its church and the words: He had thought, when he was a curate, that he would know everything going on in his parish. But he had found he was often the last to know. and when he finally did discover who was doing what with whom it was usually too late to do anything but deal with the damage. Another reason to maintain vigilance. to look for the indicators of distress; (Murder before Evensong - Richard Coles)

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He had thought, when he was a curate, that he would know everything going on in his parish
But he had found he was often the last to know and when he finally did discover who was doing what with whom it was usually too late to do anything but deal with the damage

(Murder before Evensong)

A drawing of a village and the words: Compline had become a habit he now found impossible to give up. But then he loved the threshold of night, when he felt closest to his parishioners, and to those in particular need of his prayers. not only the living but the departed also. (Murder before Evensong - Richard Coles)

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Compline had become a habit he now found impossible to give up. But then he loved the threshold of night, when he felt closest to his parishioners, and to those in particular need of his prayers. not only the living but the departed also.

(Murder before Evensong - Richard Coles)

A cartoon drawing of a village church and the words: ‘We must adapt or die. Dora’ ‘Sometimes we must stay the same or die. Rector….’ (Richard Coles - Murder before Evensong)

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‘We must adapt or die. Dora’
‘Sometimes we must stay the same or die. Rector….’

(Richard Coles - Murder before Evensong)

@richardcoles.bsky.social

A drawing of a village and the words But we bring everything home, whether we like it or not. thought Daniel. (Murder before Evensong)

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But we bring everything home,
whether we like it or not.
thought Daniel.
(Murder before Evensong)
@richardcoles.bsky.social

A picture of Desmond Tutu preaching and the words I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights (Desmond Tutu)

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I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master.
I want the full menu of rights
(Desmond Tutu)

A picture of Bill Bryson and his words: If you believe in god, it's much more fantastic to believe that he created this universe billions of years ago and set in motion this long train of activities that eventually resulted in us. I think that's so much more satisfying, more thrilling, than the idea that it was all done in seven days. (Bill Bryson)

#ToPray ✝️
If you believe in god, it's much more fantastic to believe that he created this universe billions of years ago and set in motion this long train of activities that resulted in us
…that's so much more satisfying, more thrilling, than the idea that it was all done in 7 days
(Bill Bryson)

The book ‘Murder before Evensong’ by the Revd Richard Coles

Feeling grateful as I spend time mining for material for my #ToPray memes and realise how often in my life books 📚 have become my Spiritual Directors.
Tx u @richardcoles.bsky.social 💝

These words on a multicoloured background All of our humanity is dependent upon recognising the humanity in others (Desmond Tutu)

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All of our humanity is dependent upon recognising the humanity in others
(Desmond Tutu)

A woman walking on a path through a brightly coloured woodland and the words: The Bible begins in a garden and ends with trees whose leaves provide healing for the nations. Plant trees! (Bishop Graham Usher)

#ToPray

The Bible begins in a garden
and ends with trees
whose leaves provide
healing for the nations.
Plant trees!
(Bishop Graham Usher)

@bishopnorwich.bsky.social
@churchofengland.org

Desmond Tutu preaching with a raised finger and his words: If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. (Desmond Tutu)

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If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
(Desmond Tutu)

A picture of Francis Bacon in Elizabethan dress and his words: A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back. (Francis Bacon)

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A little science estranges a man from God;
a lot of science brings him back.
(Francis Bacon)