The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday, 7 February, as they have done throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears in English and Gaelic below, will also light candles.<\/p>\n
In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland said:<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time, we are those who wait. In common with every member of our community and our nation, we are those who wait for the renewal of life within the families and communities of which we are a part. The time of waiting has now exceeded anything we might have imagined as we began the first lockdown, and as we wait many have grown weary.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe prophet Isaiah speaks to a people who have waited and whose time of waiting has exceeded anything they might have imagined. (Isaiah 40: 21-31) During the time of waiting, the people of Israel have grown weary. To those people, the word of the Lord comes through the prophet and they are given a vision of \u2018the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth\u2019 who \u2018does not faint or grow weary\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven in the longest times, the word of the Lord speaks to those who have come to the end of their strength with the assurance that: \u2018those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint\u2019. (Isaiah 40: 31)<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are those who wait and our waiting is not in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n
We pray:<\/p>\n
Everlasting God,<\/em> Everlasting God,<\/em> Everlasting God,<\/em> Everlasting God,<\/em> Everlasting God,<\/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, 7mh dhen Ghearran , \u00f9rnaigh aig 7f<\/strong><\/p>\n Tha sinn a\u2019 feitheamh aig an \u00e0m seo. \u00a0 Maille ri gach neach nar coimhearsnachd agus nar d\u00f9thaich, tha sinn a\u2019 feitheamh ri ath-nuadhachadh na beatha nar teaghlaichean agus nar coimhearsnachdan.\u00a0 Tha sinn uile a\u2019 f\u00e0s sg\u00ecth, oir tha sinn air a bhith a\u2019 feitheaamh nas fhaide na bha sinn an d\u00f9il nuair a th\u00f2isich an galar a sgapadh an t\u00f2iseach.<\/p>\n Tha am f\u00e0idh Isaiah a\u2019 labhairt ri sluagh a bha a\u2019 feitheamh, agus a bha air a bhith a\u2019 feitheamh na b\u2019 fhaide na bha iad an d\u00f9il (Isaiah 40: 21 – 31).\u00a0 Bha iad air f\u00e0s sg\u00ecth.\u00a0 Th\u00e0inig facal an Tighearna thuca tron fh\u00e0idh, agus fhuair iad sealladh air \u201can Dia bithbhuan, an Tighearna, Cruithear cr\u00ecochan na talmhainn,\u201d esan nach fann agus nach sg\u00ecth.\u00a0 Fi\u00f9 \u2019s anns na h-amannan as fhaide, tha facal an Tighearna a\u2019 labhairt riuthasan a tha anfhann agus a tha gun l\u00f9th, leis an dearbhadh seo:<\/p>\n \u201cIadsan a dh\u2019fheitheas air an Tighearna, gheibh iad spionnadh nuadh; \u00e8iridh iad suas mar iolair air a sgiathan; ruithidh iad agus cha bhi iad sg\u00ecth, si\u00f9bhlaidh iad agus chan fh\u00e0s iad fann.\u201d (Isaiah 40: 31)<\/p>\n Tha sinn a\u2019 feitheamh, agus chan ann gu d\u00ecomhain.<\/p>\n D\u00e8anamaid \u00f9rnaigh:<\/p>\n A Dh\u00e8 bhithbhuain,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 bhithbhuain,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 bhithbhuain,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 bhithbhuain,<\/em> A Dh\u00e8 bhithbhuain,<\/em> Soidhnichte:<\/p>\n Am F\u00ecor Urramach Marcus Strange, Primus as leth Colaiste nan Easbaigean, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba
\nCreator of the ends of the earth,<\/em>
\nWe are those who wait<\/em>
\nAnd we confess that we have grown weary.<\/em>
\nSpeak to us we ask and hear our cry.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCreator of the ends of the earth,<\/em>
\nWe are those who wait<\/em>
\nAnd who have come to the end of our own strength.<\/em>
\nLift up the weary and strengthen the powerless. <\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCreator of the ends of the earth,<\/em>
\nWe are those who wait<\/em>
\nAnd who have heard your Word echo in our hearts.<\/em>
\nGrant us grace for this time and faith to believe your promise. <\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCreator of the ends of the earth,<\/em>
\nWe are those who wait<\/em>
\nAnd who ask that your promise will be fulfilled.<\/em>
\nLord, in your mercy,<\/em>
\nHear our prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCreator of the ends of the earth,<\/em>
\nWe are those who wait<\/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. Claire Fender, 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
\nCruithear cr\u00ecochan na talmhainn,<\/em>
\nTha sinn a\u2019 feitheamh<\/em>
\nagus ag aideachadh gu bheil sinn a\u2019 f\u00e0s sg\u00ecth.<\/em>
\nLabhair rinn agus \u00e8ist ri ar gaoir.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCruithear cr\u00ecochan na talmhainn,<\/em>
\nTha sinn a\u2019 feitheamh<\/em>
\nagus tha sinn fann, gun l\u00f9th.<\/em>
\nTog suas an fheadhainn a tha s\u00e0raichte, agus de\u00f2naich neart dhan fheadhainn a tha anfhann.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCruithear cr\u00ecochan na talmhainn,<\/em>
\nTha sinn a\u2019 feitheamh<\/em>
\nagus tha sinn a\u2019 cluinntinn mac-talla d\u2019 Fhaclain nar cridheachan.<\/em>
\nDe\u00f2naich dhuinn gr\u00e0s aig an \u00e0m seo, agus creideamh nad ghealladh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCruithear cr\u00ecochan na talmhainn,<\/em>
\nTha sinn a\u2019 feitheamh<\/em>
\nagus a\u2019 guidhe ort gun t\u00e8id do ghealladh a choilionadh.<\/em>
\nA Thighearna, na do thr\u00f2cair,<\/em>
\n\u00e8ist ri ar n-\u00f9rnaigh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCruithear cr\u00ecochan na talmhainn,<\/em>
\nTha sinn a\u2019 feitheamh.<\/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 Claire Fender, \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, 7 February, as they have done throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears in English and Gaelic below, will also light candles. In a joint message, church leaders in Scotland said: \u201cAt this […]","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-71153","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\/71153","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=71153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71153\/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=71153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}