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Monday, 3 April 2023

Stations of the Cross and Night Prayer

 



Pray the Stations of the Cross with us tonight at 8.00 pm in St Catherine's and at 8.00 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday at St Andrew's and St Mary's respectively. All are welcome. These times of prayer will end with Night Prayer. We are using Stations of the Cross by Henry Shelton with prayers by myself - see below for information about our two collections of Stations.

Our other services for Holy Week and Easter Day are:

Eucharist with footwashing – Maundy Thursday (6 April), 8.00 pm, St Catherine’s (followed by The Watch)

Good Friday Walk of Witness – begins from Our Lady of Good Counsel at 10.00 am
At the Foot of the Cross – 2.00 pm, St Andrew’s

Easter Day (9 April)

Service of Light – 5.30 am St Mary’s, followed by breakfast
Eucharist – 9.30 am St Mary’s
Eucharist – 10.00 am St Andrew’s
Eucharist – 11.00 am St Catherine’s

Mark of the Cross and The Passion are collections of images, meditations and prayers by Henry Shelton and myself. These collections can both be found as downloads from theworshipcloud.

Mark of the Cross is a book of 20 poetic meditations on Christ’s journey to the cross and reactions to his resurrection and ascension. The meditations are complemented by a set of semi-abstract watercolours of the Stations of the Cross and the Resurrection created by Henry Shelton.

The Passion: Reflections and Prayers features minimal images with haiku-like poems and prayers that enable us to follow Jesus on his journey to the cross reflecting both on the significance and the pain of that journey as we do so. Henry and I have aimed in these reflections to pare down the images and words to their emotional and theological core. The mark making and imagery is minimal but, we hope, in a way that makes maximum impact.

Jesus dies on the cross

The sun is eclipsed, early nightfall,
darkness covers the surface of the deep,
the Spirit grieves over the waters.
On the formless, empty earth, God is dead.

Through the death of all we hold most dear, may we find life. Amen.

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Adrian Snell - Golgotha.

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