Drawing resources from the early church, Roman Catholics and Anglicans began abandoning common prayer in the 1960s and started giving options within the authorised liturgy ..read more

God of power and might, source of all good, graft in our hearts the love of your name, and bind us more closely to you so that you nourish the goodness you sow in us and, by your watchful care, you tend and guard the good you have nourished; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen ..read more

A couple of videos: reflecting on Sunday's collect, and welcoming to the church where I am Interim Priest in Charge ..read more

O God, you inspire the hearts of the faithful with a single longing, grant your people to love what you command and to desire what you promise, so that in all the changes and chances of this uncertain world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen ..read more

If the bishops and senior leaders of Anglicanism forget to articulate the significance of worship, spirituality, and common prayer to our identity, then it is up to us to keep reminding them - and, more importantly, to be living that in our communities ..read more

Living and gracious God, you have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, and which surpass our understanding; pour into our hearts such longing for you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen ..read more

Once, when he was arguing with a Protestant peasant woman in his village, he asked her, “Where was your Church before the Reformation?” She promptly replied, “In the hearts of people like you ..read more

Grant to us, O God, we pray, the spirit to always think and do what is right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may be able to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen ..read more

Heavenly Father, your Son called Lazarus from the grave and sat at table in the house of Bethany. Like Martha, may we serve him faithfully in our brothers and sisters and with Mary ponder and feed upon his word. This we ask of you ..read more

O God, may your ceaseless mercy cleanse and defend your church, and, since it cannot stand firm without you, guide and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen ..read more