The Scottish Episcopal Church joins again with other churches and many thousands of people in Scotland in a Call to Prayer at 7pm on Sunday [10 May], in response to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n
Thirteen Christian churches and organisations across the country will take part in the joint prayer.<\/p>\n
Many of those joining together will also light candles at the time of prayer, which appears below in English and in Gaelic.<\/p>\n
Churches Together In England will also be continuing to pray each Sunday at 7pm and will be using the hashtag #prayersofhope to share the message on social media.<\/p>\n
In a joint message accompanying this week\u2019s prayer, Scottish church leaders said: \u201cAs Scotland locked down in March, so our usual way of life came shuddering to a halt. Travel was restricted to an extent not experienced in any living lifetime. Our way of life changed too. Some faced traumatic, heart-rending personal situations, from illness to hospitalisation, anxiousness for and separation from loved ones. Others experienced new risk through their roles, including those serving in hospitals and care homes, and key workers in other sectors that are vital for life. Yet others faced difficult personal situations: hunger, tension in relationships and worse, and overnight, everyone had to find a new way of living life.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s gospel reading from John Chapter 14, tells of a traumatic time in the life of the disciples and Jesus. After three years travelling together around Galilee, they arrive in Jerusalem amidst an atmosphere heavy with threat. Gathering behind a closed door, in the hour of his own need, Jesus sought to offer comfort and guidance to his followers and friends, telling them of a place in God\u2019s house, and that he was going ahead to prepare a place for them. Thomas, bless him, asked the question which is on the hearts of so many: \u2018Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?\u2019 To which Jesus replied: \u2018I am the way<\/strong>, the truth<\/strong> and the life<\/strong>.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cToday, in these times, we pray that we may sense Christ\u2019s guiding presence.\u201d<\/p>\n Come, Jesus Christ, come my way; Come, Jesus Christ, come my way; Come Jesus Christ, come my way; Signed by:<\/p>\n Most Rev. Mark Strange, Primus, on behalf of the College of Bishops, Scottish Episcopal Church Gairm gu \u00f9rnaigh: Latha na S\u00e0baid, 10mh dhen Ch\u00e8itean, \u00f9rnaigh aig 7f<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNuair a th\u00f2isich an glasadh-sluagh ann an Alba sa Mh\u00e0irt, th\u00e0inig ar d\u00f2igh-bheatha \u00e0bhaisteach gu stad gu h-obann.\u00a0 Chaidh stad a chuir air si\u00f9bhal gu \u00ecre nach fhaca gin againn nar beatha.\u00a0 Dh\u2019atharraich ar d\u00f2igh-bheatha cuideachd.\u00a0 Bha cuid de dhaoine air an cur ann an suidheachaidhean cearbail, br\u00f2nach; le cuid tinn agus san ospadal, cuid fo iomagain mu luchd an gr\u00e0idh, agus air an dealachadh bhuapa.\u00a0 Chuir cuid eile iad fh\u00e8in ann an cunnart, cuid ann an ospadalan agus dachaighean-curaim, agus cuid eile nan luchd-obrach riatanach ann an roinntean eile a tha deatamach airson beatha na d\u00f9thcha.\u00a0 Agus bha cuid eile air am f\u00e0gail ann suidheachaidhean pearsanta a bha doirbh: acras, teanntachdan anns an d\u00e0imhnean – no nas miosa na sin – agus cha mh\u00f2r ann am priobadh na s\u00f9la, bha againn uile ri d\u00f2igh-bheatha \u00f9r a lorg.<\/p>\n \u201cTha an earrann dhen t-soisgeil againn an-diugh, Soisgeul E\u00f2in 14, ag innse dhuinn mu \u00e0m ci\u00f9rrach ann am beatha nan deisciobal, agus ann am beatha \u00ccosa fh\u00e8in.\u00a0 Aig ceann tr\u00ec bliadhna anns an robh iad a\u2019 siubhal air feadh Ghalile, r\u00e0inig iad Ierusalem, le cunnart agus bagairt a\u2019 teannachadh orra.\u00a0 A\u2019 cruinneachadh air c\u00f9l d\u00f2rais d\u00f9inte, ann an uair na h-\u00e0mhghair fh\u00e8in, thug \u00ccosa cofhurtachd agus tre\u00f2rachadh dha luchd-leanntainn agus da chairdean, ag innse dhaibh mun \u00e0ite a bha e dol a dh\u2019uallachadh dhaibh ann an taigh Dh\u00e8.\u00a0 Chuir T\u00f2mas air a\u2019 ch\u00e8ist a tha ann iomadh cridhe a-diugh: ‘A Thighearna, chan eil fhios againn c\u00e0it a bheil thu a\u2019 dol; agus cionnas a dh\u2019fhaodas e\u00f2las na slighe a bhith againn?’ Agus thubhairt \u00ccosa ris: ‘Is mise an t-slighe<\/strong>, an fh\u00ecrinn <\/strong>agus a\u2019 bheatha<\/strong>.’<\/p>\n \u201cAn-diugh, tha sinn ag \u00f9rnaigh gum faigh sinn e\u00f2las air tre\u00f2rachadh agus l\u00e0ithearachd Chr\u00ecosd.\u00a0 D\u00e8anamaid \u00f9rnaigh.\u201d<\/p>\n Thig, \u00ccosa Cr\u00ecosd, thig dham ionnsaigh; Thig, \u00ccosa Cr\u00ecosd, thig dham ionnsaigh; Thig, \u00ccosa Cr\u00ecosd, thig dham ionnsaigh; Soidhnichte: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scottish Episcopal Church joins again with other churches and many thousands of people in Scotland in a Call to Prayer at 7pm on Sunday [10 May], in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Thirteen Christian churches and organisations across the country will take part in the joint prayer. Many of those joining together will also […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nshowing me your way, through these disorientating days,
\nand opening my eyes to your accompanying presence.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nteaching me your truth, through these confounding days
\nand opening my mind to your living Word.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nrevealing to me your life, through these bewildering days,
\n<\/em>and opening my heart to the fulness of your being. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRt. Rev. Colin Sinclair, Moderator of the General Assembly, Church of Scotland
\nMost Rev. Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Roman Catholic Church
\nRev. John Fulton, Moderator, United Free Church of Scotland
\nRev. Dr David Pickering, Moderator, United Reformed Church (Scotland)
\nRev. Martin Hodson, General Director, Baptist Union of Scotland
\nRev. Mark Slaney, District Chair, Methodist Church (Scotland)
\nRev. May-Kane Logan, Chair, Congregational Federation in Scotland
\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, Secretary for Scotland, Salvation Army
\nAdwoa Bittle, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
\nRev. Jim Ritchie, District Superintendent, British Isles North District, Church of the Nazarene
\nPastor Chris Gbenle, Provincial Pastor, Province of Scotland, Redeemed Christian Church of God
\nBishop Francis Alao, Church of God (Scotland)\/Minority Ethnic Churches Together in Scotland (MECTIS)<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>seall dhomh do shlighe, anns na l\u00e0ithean troimh-a-ch\u00e8ile seo,
\n<\/em>agus fosgail mo shuilean-sa, gus an aithnich mi do l\u00e0ithearachd.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>teagaisg dhomh d\u2019 fh\u00ecrinn, anns na l\u00e0ithean breathalach seo,
\n<\/em>agus fosgail m\u2019 inntinn, gus an aithnich mi d\u2019 Fhacal be\u00f2.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>foillsich dhomh do bheatha, anns na l\u00e0ithean aimlisgeach seo,
\n<\/em>agus fosgail mo chridhe, gus an aithnich mi l\u00e0nachd do bhith.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAm F\u00ecor Urramach Marcus Strange, Primus as leth Colaiste nan Easbaigean, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba
\nAn Ceart Urramach Cailean Mac na Ceardaich, Moder\u00e0tor \u00c0rd-Sheanadh Eaglais na h-Alba
\nAm F\u00ecor Urramach Leo Cushley, \u00c0rd-Easbaig Chill R\u00ecmhinn agus D\u00f9n \u00c8ideann
\nAn t-Urramach Iain Fulton, Moder\u00e0tor, Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte na h-Alba
\nAn t-Urramach Daibhidh Pickering, Moder\u00e0tor, Eaglais Ath-Leasaichte Aonaichte\u00a0 (Alba)
\nAn t-Urramach M\u00e0rtainn Hodson, \u00c0rd-Sti\u00f9iriche, Aonadh Baisteach na h-Alba
\nAn t-Urramach Marcus Slaney, Cathraiche Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, Eaglais nam Methodach (Alba)
\nAn t-Urramach May-Kane Logan, Cathraiche, Caidreachas Co-thionalach ann an Alba
\nLt. Col. Carol Bailey, R\u00f9naire na h-Alba, Feachd na Sl\u00e0inte
\nAdwao Bittle, Comann nan Caraidean (Cuagairean)
\nAn t-Urramach Jim Ritchie, \u00c0rd-Neach-Sti\u00f9iridh Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, Eileanan Bhreatainn, Eaglais an N\u00e0saraich
\nAoghaire Chris Gbenle, Aoghaire Roinn-D\u00f9thcha, M\u00f2r-Roinn na h-Alba, Eaglais Chr\u00ecosdal air Saoradh le Dia
\nEasbaig Francis Alao, Eaglais Dh\u00e8 (Alba)\/ Eaglaisean nam M\u00econ-shluagh ri ch\u00e8ile ann an Alba (MECTIS)<\/p>\n