The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 11 October in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears in English and Gaelic below, will also light candles.<\/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
\u201cAmong the many challenges our society faces at this time is that of finding the appropriate words to describe and express that which needs to be described and expressed. As we have discovered, that is a far more difficult challenge than might have been anticipated.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn seeking to describe and express the spiritual challenges of this time, we turn to Scripture and discover that Scripture speaks to us and for us. This is especially so of the Book of Psalms. Augustine, a Christian writer who lived in North Africa in the 5th Century writes: \u2018If the psalm prays, you pray. If the psalm laments, you lament. If the psalm exalts, you rejoice. If it hopes, you hope. If it fears, you fear. Everything written here is a mirror for us.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time, the 23rd Psalm \u2018is a mirror for us\u2019: \u2018The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.\u2019 The imagery speaks to us and for us. It evokes a memory embedded in our spiritual consciousness that resonates with every part of who we are. Whatever paths we take, even to the \u2018darkest valley\u2019, the Lord leads us so that we \u2018fear no evil\u2019. In our journey, personally and collectively, the Psalm speaks to us and for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
We pray:<\/p>\n
Good shepherd,<\/em> Good shepherd,<\/em> Good shepherd,<\/em> Good shepherd,<\/em> Good shepherd,<\/em> Good shepherd,<\/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, 11mh dhen D\u00e0mhair, \u00f9rnaigh aig 7f<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA-measg d\u00f9bhlanan eile a tha romhainn anns na l\u00e0ithean seo: tha e doirbh dhuinn a mh\u00ecneachadh na tha a\u2019 tachairt agus na tha sinn a\u2019 faireachdainn.\u00a0 Tha sin nas dorra na bha cuid againn an d\u00f9il an toiseach.<\/p>\n \u201cNuair a dh\u2019fheuchas sinn ri d\u00f9bhlanan spioradail ar linn a mh\u00ecneachadh, tionndaidh sinn do na Sgriobtaran, oir ch\u00ec sinn annta faclan a labhradh rinne agus air ar son.\u00a0 Sgr\u00ecobh Augustine, sgr\u00ecobhaiche ainmeil ann an Afraga a Tuath anns a\u2019 ch\u00f2igeamh linn:\u00a0 \u201cMa tha \u00f9rnaigh ann an salm, n\u00ec thu \u00f9rnaigh.\u00a0 Ma tha caoineadh ann an salm, n\u00ec thu caoineadh.\u00a0 Ma tha brosnachadh ann an salm, bidh thu air do bhrosnachadh.\u00a0 Ma tha d\u00f2chas ann, bidh d\u00f2chas agad.\u00a0 Ma tha eagal ann, bidh eagal ort.\u00a0 \u2019S e sg\u00e0than dhuinn a th\u2019 anns gach rud a tha sgr\u00ecobhte ann an Leabhar nan Salm.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIs e Salm 23 ar sg\u00e0than an-diugh.\u00a0 \u201cIs e Dia fh\u00e8in as buachaill dhomh, cha bhith mi ann an d\u00ecth.\u201d\u00a0 Tha an \u00ecomhaigh seo a\u2019 bruidhinn rinne agus air ar son.\u00a0 Tha e a\u2019 d\u00f9sgadh cuimhneachdan agus tuigse taobh ar staigh, aig \u00ecre f\u00ecor dhomhainn.\u00a0 G\u2019e be na slighean a tha romhainn, fi\u00f9 \u2019s \u201cgleann dorcha sg\u00e0il a\u2019 bh\u00e0is\u201d, bidh an Tighearna a\u2019 tre\u00f2rachadh ar ceum, gus nach eagal leinn \u201caon olc no urchaid a theachd\u201d oirnn.\u00a0 Tha an Salm a\u2019 bruidhinn rinne agus air ar son, gu pearsanta agus mar choimhearsnachd.\u201d<\/p>\n D\u00e8anamaid \u00f9rnaigh:<\/p>\n A Bhuachaille mhaith,<\/em> A Bhuachaille mhaith,<\/em> A Bhuachaille mhaith,<\/em> A Bhuachaille mhaith,<\/em> A Bhuachaille mhaith,<\/em> A Bhuachaille mhaith,<\/em> Soidhnichte:<\/p>\n Am F\u00ecor Urramach Marcus Strange, Primus as leth Colaiste nan Easbaigean, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba
\nSpeak to us and for us.<\/em>
\nSpeak to us in the midst of us these times<\/em>
\nAnd, in the words of the Psalmist, speak for us.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSpeak to us at the break of day<\/em>
\nAnd in the evening.<\/em>
\nSpeak to us the words that resonate in the depths of our hearts<\/em>
\nEven as human words fall silent.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nJourney with us,<\/em>
\nEven to dark valleys.<\/em>
\nGo before us<\/em>
\nAnd lead us safe home.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWe confess that we fear the times<\/em>
\nAnd that our souls are troubled.<\/em>
\nLead us to still waters<\/em>
\nAnd restore our souls.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSurely you are with us<\/em>
\nAnd your presence there to comfort.<\/em>
\nComfort us when we are anxious<\/em>
\nAnd strengthen us when we are weak.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIn these present times,<\/em>
\nMay your goodness and mercy be with us.<\/em>
\nIn times to come,<\/em>
\nMay we recall that goodness and mercy has surely followed us.<\/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. Lindsey Sanderson, 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
\nLabhair rinn agus air ar son,<\/em>
\nLabhair rinn ann an \u00e0m ar feuma,<\/em>
\nagus, tro fhaclan an t-Salmaidh, labhair air ar son.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLabhair rinn aig beul an latha,<\/em>
\nagus aig beul na h-oidhche.<\/em>
\nLabhair rinn le faclan a dh\u00f9isgeas ar cridhe,<\/em>
\neadhon nuair a bhios ar faclan fh\u00e8in balbh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBidh maille rinn air an t-slighe,<\/em>
\neadhon anns na gleanntan dorcha.<\/em>
\nTh\u00e8id romhainn,<\/em>
\ngus ar tre\u00f2rachadh dhachaigh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTha sinn ag aideachadh gu bheil an t-eagal oirnn,<\/em>
\nagus gu bheil ar n-anama fo dh\u00f2rainn.<\/em>
\nTre\u00f2raich sinn ri taobh nan aibhnichean th\u00e8id seachad s\u00ecos gu mall, agus aiseag ar n-anam air ais.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGu deimhinn, tha thu maille rinn,<\/em>
\nagus bheir do l\u00e0thaireachd comhfhurtachd dhuinn.<\/em>
\nTabhair dhuinn comhfhurtachd nuair a bhios sinn fo iomagain.<\/em>
\nTabhair dhuinn neart nuair a bhios sinn fann.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nanns na l\u00e0ithean seo,<\/em>
\ntabhair dhuinn do mhaitheas agus do ghr\u00e0s.<\/em>
\nAnns na l\u00e0ithean a tha ri teachd,<\/em>
\ntabhair dhuinn an cuimhne gun lean do mhaith is tr\u00f2cair rinn.<\/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 Lindsey Sanderson, 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 11 October in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears in English and Gaelic below, will also light candles. Churches Together In England continue to pray each Sunday at 7pm and are […]","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-71030","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\/71030","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=71030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71030\/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=71030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}