The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 13 September in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer will also light candles. English and\u00a0 Gaelic versions of the prayer are available below.<\/p>\n
Churches Together In England continue to pray each Sunday at 7pm and are using the hashtag #prayersofhope to share the message on social media.<\/p>\n
In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland said:<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us\u2019. The language of forgiveness is integral to the Lord\u2019s Prayer and to the rhythm of the Christian life. Forgiveness is integral to our relationship with the God who forgives and grants to us the possibility of a new beginning. In response, we are called to forgive others. Forgiveness speaks to us about the renewal of relationships that have been broken. In so doing, it takes us to a place where pain has been experienced and healing is necessary. The word of forgiveness offers the possibility of healing and renewal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Apostle Peter asks a question that many of us have asked: Are there limits on the number of times you have to forgive? The question is a good one to ask because, humanly speaking, forgiveness is not easy. In response, Jesus tells a parable about mercy and forgiveness and the summary of it is that; we should forgive from the depth of our heart because we have been forgiven from the depths of the heart of God. (Matthew 18: 21-35)\u201d<\/p>\n
We pray:<\/p>\n
God of forgiveness,<\/em> God of forgiveness,<\/em> God of forgiveness,<\/em> God of forgiveness,<\/em> God of forgiveness,<\/em> 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, 13mh dhen t-Sultain, \u00f9rnaigh aig 7f<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Maith dhuinn ar fiachan, amhail mar a mhaitheas sinne dar luchd-fiach\u2019.\u00a0 Tha maitheanas aig cridhe \u00d9rnaigh an Tighearna, agus aig cridhe na beatha Cr\u00ecosdaidh.\u00a0 Tha maitheanas aig cridhe ar d\u00e0imh leis an Dia a dhe\u00f2naicheas dhuinn maitheanas agus cothrom gus t\u00f2iseachadh as \u00f9r.\u00a0 Agus mar sin, tha sinn air ar gairm gus mathaineas a thoirt do dhaoine eile.\u00a0 Is ann tro mhaitheanas a bhios sinn ag ath-nuadhachadh d\u00e0imhean a chaidh am bristeadh.\u00a0 Agus mar sin, bidh maitheanas ann far an robh pian agus far a bheil feum air sl\u00e0nachadh.\u00a0 Bidh facal a\u2019 mhaitheanais a\u2019 tairgsinn dhuinn cothrom sl\u00e0nachaidh agus cothrom ath-nuadhachaidh.<\/p>\n Chuir an t-Abstol Peadar an ceist air \u00ccosa a bhios sinn uile a\u2019 cur air aig amannan: d\u00e8 cho tric \u2019s a bheireas sinn maitheanas do dhaoine a pheacaich nar n-aghaidh?\u00a0 \u2019S e ceist mhath a th\u2019 ann, oir chan e rud furasta a th\u2019 ann am maitheanas.\u00a0 Mar fhreagairt, dh\u2019innis \u00ccosa dha cosmhalachd air tr\u00f2cair agus maitheanas, agus is br\u00ecgh na sge\u00f2il gum bu ch\u00f2ir dhuinn maitheanas a thoirt gu saor agus gu h-iomlan, oir b\u2019e sin a rinn Dia an toiseach air ar sg\u00e0th (Mata 18: 21 – 35).<\/p>\n D\u00e8anamaid \u00f9rnaigh:<\/p>\n A Dh\u00e8 a\u2019 mhaitheanais,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 a\u2019 mhaitheanais,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 a\u2019 mhaitheanais,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 a\u2019 mhaitheanais,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 a\u2019 mhaitheanais,<\/em> Soidhnichte:<\/p>\n Am F\u00ecor Urramach Marcus Strange, Primus as leth Colaiste nan Easbaigean, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba
\nWe thank you that love abides in the depths of your heart<\/em>
\nAnd that you will to forgive us through Jesus Christ.<\/em>
\nKnowing this to be so, we cry out to you.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWe thank you that you know our hearts<\/em>
\nAnd that you accept us as we are.<\/em>
\nWe turn to you in the hope of forgiveness.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWe thank you that your promise is sure<\/em>
\nAnd that there is forgiveness with you.<\/em>
\nWe embrace you, knowing that you have already embraced us.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCreate in us a pure heart,<\/em>
\nThat we might love more deeply all who are made in your image.<\/em>
\nAs we have been embraced by you, we embrace the world of your creation.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMay love abide in our hearts as it abides in the depths of your heart.<\/em>
\nAs we have been forgiven through Jesus Christ,<\/em>
\nMay we celebrate this gift in the company of all your people.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRt. Rev. Dr Martin Fair, 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)
\nRev Fred Drummond, Director, Evangelical Alliance (Scotland)<\/p>\n
\nTha sinn a\u2019 togail taing dhut airson do ghr\u00e0idh iomlain,<\/em>
\nagus airson do mhaitheanais a fhuair sinn tro \u00ccosa Chr\u00ecosd.<\/em>
\nLe earbsa nad ghr\u00e0dh agus nad mhaitheanas, tha sinn a\u2019 glaodh riut.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTha sinn a\u2019 togail taing dhut, oir is aithne dhut sin gu h-iomlan,<\/em>
\nagus gu bheil thu a\u2019 gabhail rinn mar a tha sinn.<\/em>
\nTha sinn a\u2019 tionndadh riut, ag guidhe gun de\u00f2naich thu do mhaitheanas dhuinn.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTha sinn a\u2019 togail taing dhut, oir tha do ghealladh earbsach,<\/em>
\nagus tha maitheanas ri lorg annad.<\/em>
\nTha sinn a\u2019 dl\u00f9th-gabhail riut, le fios gun do ghabh thu rinn mar-th\u00e0.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\ncruthaich annainn cridheachan glan,<\/em>
\ngus am bi gr\u00e0dh nas iomlaine againn air gach aon a rinneadh nad iomhaigh fh\u00e8in.<\/em>
\nMar a ghabh thu rinn, gabhamaid ri do chruthachadh gu l\u00e8ir.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDe\u00f2naich gum mair gr\u00e0dh nar cridheachan, mar a mhaireas e nad chridhe fh\u00e8in.<\/em>
\nAgus mar a fhuair sin maitheanas tro \u00ccosa Chr\u00ecosd,<\/em>
\ngum biodh sinn a\u2019 mealtainn an t\u00ecodhlaic seo maille ri do shluagh gu l\u00e8ir.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAn Ceart Urramach M\u00e0rtainn Fair, 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 (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 c\u00f2mhla ann an Alba (MECTIS)
\nAn t-Urramach Fred Drummond, Sti\u00f9iriche, Caidreachas Soisgeulach (Alba)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 13 September in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer will also light candles. English and\u00a0 Gaelic versions of the prayer are available below. Churches Together In England continue to pray each Sunday at […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70998","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\/70998","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=70998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}