{"id":70348,"date":"2020-04-26T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/journeying-together-through-hard-times-call-to-prayer-for-sunday-26-april\/"},"modified":"2020-04-26T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T11:28:00","slug":"journeying-together-through-hard-times-call-to-prayer-for-sunday-26-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/journeying-together-through-hard-times-call-to-prayer-for-sunday-26-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Journeying together through hard times: call to Prayer for Sunday 26 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Christians across the world hear the story of the journey to Emmaus, the Scottish Episcopal Church joins again with other churches this weekend in a Call to Prayer at 7pm on Sunday (26 April), reflecting on the challenges of our own journey through this pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen Christian churches and organisations across Scotland are taking part in the joint prayer for the fifth consecutive week, with many of those participating also lighting candles. The prayer appears below, in English and in Gaelic.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon, Vice-Provost of St Mary&#8217;s Cathedral, Glasgow, prepared earlier a five-minute liturgy for the lighting of candles which you may wish to use before joining in prayer with Christians across Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=1816541924\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/obrle.bandcamp.com\/track\/lucernarium-easter-2020\">Lucernarium Easter 2020 by Oliver Brewer-Lennon<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The churches have issued a joint statement with this week\u2019s prayer. It reads:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we continue to journey through this challenging time, we are conscious that the course of our journey will take us to different places. At some points, we will have greater clarity as to where that journey is taking us. At other points, we will be less sure. The two disciples who left Jerusalem to journey to Emmaus were definitely in the latter category. (Luke 24: 13-35) As they journey, they try to make sense of all that they are currently experiencing and, in truth, they are finding it difficult. It is as if the source of their hope has gone. Unexpectedly, they then find themselves in the presence of someone whom they do not recognise. The unrecognised presence listens to their story and, having listened, begins to offer a new way of understanding that story. As they come towards the end of their journey, the unrecognised is revealed as the risen Lord: \u2018The Lord has risen indeed\u2019! The Lord is always with us on our journey and so we pray:<\/p>\n<p>Lord, we are those who journey<br \/>\nAnd who find that journey hard today.<br \/>\nWe are those who journey<br \/>\nAnd long to find our hope renewed.<br \/>\nLord in your mercy,<br \/>\nHear our prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Lord, whether in our own company or with companions beside us,<br \/>\nWe journey on.<br \/>\nWhether sure, or unsure, as to our journey\u2019s end,<br \/>\nCome beside us through the risen Lord.<br \/>\nLord in your mercy,<br \/>\nHear our prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Lord, we pray for others;<br \/>\nFor carers of the living and of the dying;<br \/>\nFor the bereaved and for the anxious;<br \/>\nFor those fearing loss of work and of business.<br \/>\nLord in your mercy,<br \/>\nHear our prayer.<br \/>\nLord, we pray for scientists and researchers;<br \/>\nFor those seeking to understand the challenge we face;<br \/>\nFor those creating potential vaccines;<br \/>\nFor those advising decision-makers.<br \/>\nLord in your mercy,<br \/>\nHear our prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Lord, we pray for those who shape our common life:<br \/>\nIn local Councils and in Scottish Government<br \/>\nAnd in the Government of the United Kingdom.<br \/>\nGrant to them wisdom, compassion and understanding.<br \/>\nLord in your mercy,<br \/>\nHear our prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Lord, we pray for your Kingdom to come<br \/>\nAnd for your will to be done,<br \/>\nOn earth<br \/>\nAs it is in heaven.<br \/>\nLord in your mercy,<br \/>\nHear our prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by:<\/p>\n<p>Most Rev. Mark Strange, Primus, on behalf of the College of Bishops, Scottish Episcopal Church<br \/>\nRt. Rev. Colin Sinclair, Moderator of the General Assembly, Church of Scotland<br \/>\nMost Rev. Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Roman Catholic Church<br \/>\nRev. John Fulton, Moderator, United Free Church of Scotland<br \/>\nRev. Dr David Pickering, Moderator, United Reformed Church (Scotland)<br \/>\nRev. Martin Hodson, General Director, Baptist Union of Scotland<br \/>\nRev. Mark Slaney, District Chair, Methodist Church (Scotland)<br \/>\nRev. May-Kane Logan, Chair, Congregational Federation in Scotland<br \/>\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, Secretary for Scotland, Salvation Army<br \/>\nAdwoa Bittle, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)<br \/>\nRev. Jim Ritchie, District Superintendent, British Isles North District, Church of the Nazarene<br \/>\nPastor Chris Gbenle, Provincial Pastor, Province of Scotland, Redeemed Christian Church of God<br \/>\nBishop Francis Alao, Church of God (Scotland)\/Minority Ethnic Churches Together in Scotland (MECTIS)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tha sinn fhathast a\u2019 siubhal tron \u00e0m doirbh seo, agus tha sinn mothachail gum bi ar turas gar toirt gu h-aiteachan eadar-dhealaichte. Ag amannan, bidh sinn a\u2019 faicinn nas soilleire far a bheil an rathad againn a\u2019 dol. Ag amannan eile, cha bhith sinn idir cho cinnteach &#8211; \u2019s ann mar sin a bha e dhan dithis dheisciobail air an rathad gu Em\u00e0us (L\u00f9cas 24: 13 &#8211; 35). Fhad \u2019s a bha iad a\u2019 siubhal, bha iad a\u2019 feuchainn ri thuigsinn a h-uile rud a bha a\u2019 tachairt mu thimcheall orra agus, ann an da-r\u00ecribh, bha e f\u00ecor dhoirbh ri thuigsinn. Cha mh\u00f2r, ar leotha, gun deach an d\u00f2chas gu l\u00e8ir aca air thoirt bhuapa. Gun d\u00f9il aca idir, nochd cuidgein nach b\u2019aithne dhaibh nan l\u00e0thair. Dh\u2019\u00e8ist an neach neo-aithnichte ris an sgeulachd aca, agus, nuair a bha e air a cluinntinn, th\u00f2isich e ri mh\u00ecneachadh dhaibh d\u00f2igh eile gus an sgeulachd sin a thuigsinn. Nuair a th\u00e0inig iad gu ceann an turais, bha an neach neo-aithnichte air aithneachadh mu dheireadh thall mar an Tighearna air \u00e8irigh: \u201cDh\u2019\u00e8irich an Tighearna da-r\u00ecribh\u201d! Tha an Tighearna daonnan maille rinn air an t-slighe. Mar sin, d\u00e8anamaid \u00f9rnaigh:<\/p>\n<p>A Thighearna, is sinne an fheadhainn a tha a\u2019 siubhal,<br \/>\nagus an-diugh tha ar turas cruaidh oirnn.<br \/>\nIs sinne an fheadhainn a tha a\u2019 siubhal,<br \/>\nle miann airson d\u00f2chas \u00f9raichte.<br \/>\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, \u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n<p>A Thighearna, tha sinn a\u2019 siubhal air adhart: cuid againn nar n-aonar, cuid againn le companaich ri ar taobh.<br \/>\nTha sinn a\u2019 siubhal air adhart, cuid againn cinnteach mu cheann ar turais, agus cuid againn nach eil idir cho cinnteach.<br \/>\nA Thighearna na h-aiseirigh, c\u00f2isich maille rinn air an t-slighe.<br \/>\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, \u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n<p>A Thighearna, tha sinn ag \u00f9rnaigh airson daoine eile;<br \/>\nairson na feadhainn a tha a\u2019 frithealadh na tha be\u00f2, agus na tha a\u2019 b\u00e0sachadh;<br \/>\nairson na feadhainn a tha fo bhr\u00f2n agus fo iomcheist;<br \/>\nairson na feadhainn a tha iomaganach mun dreuchd aca.<br \/>\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, \u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n<p>A Thighearna, tha sinn ag \u00f9rnaigh airson luchd-saidheans agus<br \/>\nluchd-rannsachaidh;<br \/>\nairson na feadhainn a tha a\u2019 feuchainn ris an d\u00f9bhlan a tha romhainn a thuigsinn;<br \/>\nairson na feadhainn tha a\u2019 feuchainn ri banadach a chruthachadh;<br \/>\nairson na feadhainn a\u2019 toirt comhairle do na riaghaltasan.<br \/>\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, \u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n<p>A Thighearna, tha sinn ag \u00f9rnaigh airson nan uile aig a bheil \u00f9ghdarras,<br \/>\nann an comhairlean iondail, ann an Riaghaltas na h-Alba agus Riaghaltas na R\u00ecoghachd Aonaichte.<br \/>\nTabhair dhaibh gliocas, truas agus tuigse.<br \/>\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, \u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n<p>A Thighearna, tha sinn ag \u00f9rnaigh gun tig do R\u00ecoghachd,<br \/>\nagus gun d\u00e8anar do thoil air an talamh mar a nithear air n\u00e8amh.<br \/>\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair, e\u00ecst ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/p>\n<p>Soidhnichte:<\/p>\n<p>Am F\u00ecor Urramach Marcus Strange, Primus as leth Colaiste nan Easbaigean, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba<br \/>\nAn Ceart Urramach Cailean Mac na Ceardaich, Moder\u00e0tor \u00c0rd-Sheanadh Eaglais na h-Alba<br \/>\nAm F\u00ecor Urramach Leo Cushley, \u00c0rd-Easbaig Chill R\u00ecmhinn agus D\u00f9n \u00c8ideann<br \/>\nAn t-Urramach Iain Fulton, Moder\u00e0tor, Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte na h-Alba<br \/>\nAn t-Urramach Daibhidh Pickering, Moder\u00e0tor, Eaglais Ath-Leasaichte Aonaichte (Alba)<br \/>\nAn t-Urramach M\u00e0rtainn Hodson, \u00c0rd-Sti\u00f9iriche, Aonadh Baisteach na h-Alba<br \/>\nAn t-Urramach Marcus Slaney, Cathraiche Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, Eaglais nam Methodach (Alba)<br \/>\nAn t-Urramach May-Kane Logan, Cathraiche, Caidreachas Co-thionalach ann an Alba<br \/>\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, R\u00f9naire na h-Alba, Feachd na Sl\u00e0inte<br \/>\nAdwao Bittle, Comann nan Caraidean (Cuagairean)<br \/>\nAn t-Urramach Jim Ritchie, \u00c0rd-Neach-Sti\u00f9iridh Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, Eileanan Bhreatainn, Eaglais an N\u00e0saraich<br \/>\nAoghaire Chris Gbenle, Aoghaire Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, M\u00f2r-Roinn na h-Alba, Eaglais Chr\u00ecosdal air Saoradh le Dia<br \/>\nEasbaig Francis Alao, Eaglais Dh\u00e8 (Alba)\/ Eaglaisean nam M\u00econ-shluagh ri ch\u00e8ile ann an Alba (MECTIS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Christians across the world hear the story of the journey to Emmaus, the Scottish Episcopal Church joins again with other churches this weekend in a Call to Prayer at 7pm on Sunday (26 April), reflecting on the challenges of our own journey through this pandemic. 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