Archives for December 2012

Though absent long, your Lord is nigh.

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Sunday saw us celebrate Advent Sunday with an Advent Carol Service of readings and music. Certainly part of our Anglican Patrimony! Into that service, I carried all I had gained, from our Advent groups: An awareness of God’s expansive, welcoming love and an awareness of my inability to let go in order to let God […]

Advent Carol Service 2012

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Around fifty people came to the Advent Carol Service held at S Agnes on Sunday 2 December. Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Laudate 112) Prayers Collect for Advent Sunday Choir: Adam lay ybounden Peter Warlock Reading 1: Micah 5:2–4 Hymn: Come thou long-expected Jesus (Laudate 100) Reading 2: Isaiah 35 Hymn: Wake, awake for […]

Vast and Eternal: Reflections on our Adult Advent group.

Monday 3 December 2012

Thursday night saw 8 of us gather at Sharon and Graham’s for some of their wonderful hospitality and our adults’ Advent group. The resources we used can be read below. I found that I got so much out of the evening. Sharing this kind of prayerful study of scripture and spiritual thoughts is a real […]

Advent Resources

Sunday 2 December 2012

With our groups underway, and our tiny steps to develop our corporate prayer life this Advent, I thought this might be a good time to mention some on-line resources for nurturing that which God is bringing to birth in us at this time of preparation. The Loyola Press and Ignatian Spirituality websites has a whole range […]