Quote for the Week

We shall rest and we shall see, we shall see and we shall love, we shall love and we shall praise, in the end that is no end.

Prayer for the Week

Lasting peace

Lord God, grant us peace, for you have given us all things, the peace of quitness, the peace of the sabath, a peace with no evening,

Quote for the Week

Emma is clever and attractive and somewhere in the recesses of her mind she is aware of what she is doing. At one point Knightly says to her ‘I shall not scold you. I leave you to your own reflections.’ ‘Can you trust me with such flatterers?-Does my vain spirit ever tell me I am wrong?’ ‘Not your vain spirit, but your serious spirit.-If one leads you wrong, I am sure the other tells you of it.’

Prayer for the Week

Disquiet

You have made us for yourself and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

Quote for the Week

Let me put it this way, nations depend on rules, fair rules. Sometimes they are written down, often they are not, but either way, they give shape to our values, guide us towards our rights, of course, but also our responsibilities, the obligations we owe to each other.

Prayer for the Week

For peace

O God, who wouldest fold both heaven and earth in a single peace: let the design of thy great love lighten upon the waste of our wraths and sorrows; and give peace to thy church, peace among nations, peace in our dwellings , and peace in our hearts; through they Son our saviour Jesus Christ

Quote for the Week

Alexander Skobov who was jailed for 16 years in Russia over his anti-war views said in court: ‘Today I will be asked whether I plead guilty. Well, I am the one making the accusation here! I accuse the stinking corpse of a regime and the ruling Putin clique of preparing, unleashing, and waging an aggressive war, of committing war crimes in Ukraine, of political terror in Russia, and of the moral corruption of my people. I ask the regime’s henchmen present here; do you admit your guilt in being complicit in Putin’s crimes?’

Prayer for the Week

For those imprisoned for their beliefs

Uphold O God all those persecuted or imprisoned for their beliefs Be to them a rock on which to stand A song of all things overcome

Quote for the Week

There is only one higher stage possible for civilised man and that is to unite the profoundest scepticism with the deepest faith

Prayer for the Week

Rest

In you alone O Christ my soul in stillness rests

Quote for the Week

Leaf to bud, caterpillar to butterfly, tadpole to toad or frog, I was surrounded by miracles. I was surrounded by magic as though Merlin had passed through and casually touched the island with his wand.

Prayer for the Week

In times of anxiety

Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices.