Christian prayer thread

[Dutchoma]

Just starting a new thread without any embellishments so it doesn't run out.
Please add any concerns/witterings/names to it.
Love to you all.

Does it matter what denomination bishop it is?

It appears to Dutchoma. Bishop Hugh is lovely and I doubt he'd bat an eyelid at how he's addressed. For those interested: www.debretts.com/expertise/forms-of-address/professions/religion/

I will add my prayers for Dont - thank you for letting us know Oma. I hope you feel a bit better soon Dont

I have been out this evening at a party for the first time in - I realise - over six years. I feel overwhelmed in many ways. So I write only quickly to let you know you are all in my thoughts and prayers. I am reading over the prayers on this thread tonight and praying for everyone who needs it on this thread and beyond

Could you ask his office?
The archbishop of canterbury orefers "Justin". I like that

does it matter as long as it is formal and polite? [non-conformist]

so apparently you should not rant at bishops then.. oops

The correspondence went through a contact form so I just used 'Bishop Hugh' when referring to him. Got a lovely reply later. He was once a monk so is very humble. I like Justin Welby too.

I'm CofE as you know, but would always go with Bishop Firstname unless told otherwise.

I have come down with some kind of stupid cold. I've also got a speeding ticket today, and have been both Christmas and food shopping. And someone at work has wound me up. Apart from that, everything's fine.

Praying especially tonight for Tunnocks in the rawness and immediacy of her grief. Also for our lovely Oma as she remembers Bob... I know that the grief and loss never really goes away, even if it does become more manageable. And also for Dontbesilly and anyone who has lost someone special and finds this time of year hard, including my dear friend V.

Lord, grant to all who mourn a sure confidence in thy fatherly
care, that, casting all their grief on thee, they may know the
consolation of thy love.
Amen
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The last one liked Dr Williams.
But yes, I agree TUO bush first name

bish

prayers for TUO too, for feeling well and less stressed

Thanks nickel. Horrible cold - feeling very 'bunged up' (slightly deaf/can't breathe) but less stressed so that's good. Have spent evening sitting on sofa and doing a little un-taxing Christmas card writing.

A prayer of Ambrose of Milan (c. 334-397)

Let the door of our heart be opened to receive Christ, our Lord and our God. Let the soul of our being be unlocked, to welcome our Saviour, the Redeemer of all. Let the gates of our life be flung wide, for the entering in of the Sun of Righteousness, even the King of Glory. Amen

Just adding prayers to the list, hopefully I'll have access to a better internet connection soon. I'm doing my best to imagine a future life of health, a home, career and children. Rather than on the absence of these at the moment/feelings of how did my life come to this. Advent is my favourite time of year.

Bloomed a better time will come

Tuo I hope you feel better soon. Thank you for the lovely prayers you are posting.

I am just adding my prayers to all.

Thank you all ... amazingly I feel much better today. Still a bit under the weather, but ... [fanfare] I can breeeaaaathe! Yay!

Lovely services today (I did two, plus a carol concert thing where I was involved on the musical side!) and I'm feeling a bit less stressed about Christmas too, after DH took charge of part of the present-buying and I resolved another 'aargh, what to get?' problem online from the comfort of my own home. Hooray for the internet!

A prayer for today.

God our Father,
the angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary
that she was to be the mother of your Son.
Though Mary was afraid,
she responded to your call with joy.
Help us, whom you call to serve you,
to share like her in your great work
of bringing to our world your love and healing.
We ask this through Jesus Christ,
the light who is coming into the world.
Amen

You must be feeling better TUO as you are posting before my bedtime!. Glad to hear you are feeling better.
I went to the carol service at my very local very high anglican church for their lessons and carols service. Was quite annoyed as we were given service books and the first hymn was (obviously) Once in royal which I know off by heart, all five or six verses of it. So chap next to me grabs my service book, turns it to the right page and says: "You need this". So I grab it back, realise that he does not have a book (couples were given one book between them), so I give him my book, which he then kept hold of all through the service even with the hymns that were not so familiar. I know I shouldn't really mind, but I just wanted to concentrate on the service and holding my candle without setting fire to the hair of the person in front of me. He also did that annoying thing of starting an octave higher than he could comfortably manage and then dropping when it got too high for him.

oma, some of us can only manage one octave worth of singing. a bit tough if it starts in the middle of your octave of competance and rapidly goes out the top or bottom of your range you have to adjust. believe me the squeaking out of tune high notes instead would have you wincing!!!! [oops]

Ok, I'll let him off and you) onthat 'score'. He still shouldn't have grabbed my book!

No, he should not have grabbed your book. Sharing is caring (current phrase in our house). I always sing way too low as I cannot reach any high notes at all.

Hello everyone. I have been experiencing the most annoying problems signing in after I changed my phone. I went from Android to an iPhone had or have two email addresses and now everything online I used doesn't match up with passwords.

I am using my old phone as a temporary measure. Somehow it let me sign in so I sized the moment.

I have been messaging the truly wonderful Oma. She has been a huge support.

I am not sure what to expect from Christmas this year. Both our parents are abroad for Christmas and it's my first without my dad.

I have my usual Xmas anxiety. Worried about everything being organised and stuff. I drive myself half mad.

The dc are sorted with gifts apart from one who wasn't sure what she wants but her area looks so sparse. So I worry about it.

Dh has been doing some work in the bathroom and we are behind as there were leaks, wrong parts ordered, delay in new parts coming, paint drying and such. Normally it would be ok but it's Xmas and tools are in the bathroom and the landing along with cabinets and toiletries and again it is worrying me. Ridiculous I know!

I hope to get paid from a customer today and it's always a worry with them so I am praying for a cheque today so it will clear by Friday.

Dh looks forward to Xmas and a family time and I feel it's my job to take this on. I feel like I am on sentry duty making sure that everything is going well and everyone is happy. Yesterday I ran myself ragged and invariably someone had a complaint. A friend doing this or someone lost a charger or a change of plan or something.

I just want a quiet and peaceful pleasant day. I will visit the grave and take a Christmas present for dad but I just want everyone to be reasonably happy. I suppose the TV shows and adverts show tidy houses with everyone happy and only a few show the opposite where something goes wrong.

While I am able to sign in I will do and work out how to sign in when it fails.

Just a quick question, are all your homes absolutely prepared for Xmas and neat and organised and running like clockwork? Dh just reminded me of our new sofa being delivered tomorrow and I had a rise of panic. They change the delivery date after dh booked it off and if it comes in the morning and not in the afternoon we are stuffed......dh is on early shift you see and if we cannot take delivery it's not possible to deliver again before Xmas so dfs said.

Anxiety is awful. I cope with the big stuff staring me in the face but the small stuff and the imaginary stuff or unimportant stuff I struggle with massively.

Anyway I will go as I need to see if my cheque is there. I pray that it is x

Just a quick question, are all your homes absolutely prepared for Xmas and neat and organised and running like clockwork?

oh yes don't absolutely.

ermm... phone right? no ability to scroll back?

psssttttt... Oma

do you think she believed that outrageous lie?

I am just eating breakfast. I have then got to clear the twelve inches of stuff off the box that the new christmas tree might fit onto.

email reli for christamas shopping.

presents? (santa does late deliveries round here) every.bloody.year.

must remember to turn off the stop tap when we go away so the radiator does not leak into the carpet

Christams is getting packed in a bag to take to mums. that is at least going ok.

Dont how much does your DH contribute to organising this 'family time'?

Nothing is organised in my house. Ever. Kind of sort of going in the right direction is as good as it gets for me. Will write more later as working. I add prayers for calm for you.

Don't be silly, Dontbesilly. Nobody real's house is tidy as tidy can be just before Christmas. Only people like me have any kind of organisation in the house now, but I ran round like ragged chicken when I had to look after the children. Now they look after me. At least you are beginning to see that that not everything depends on you, so that is a big step forward. Even if everything is not perfect you need to try and accept it for what it is. The bathroom is definitely not your fault, if the cheque is not there it isn't your fault, if one of the children does not know what they want it isn't your fault. Very little in fact is your fault and even if it is you don't have to be perfect. As someone on another board said: Of course you are not perfect, it would be very boring if you were ad we would none of us want to know you.
BES I have never been in your house. Were you lying? If so, Oma tut!