Prayers of Intercession - Follow Me

Carl Kylberg "Venez a ma suite (Följ med)" (Come, Follow Me)

Prayers of Intercession written for the Choral Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 26th January 2022 (Year A, Epiphany 3) based on texts from 1 Corinthians 1.10-18 and Matthew 4.12-23.

Prayers of Intercession - Dreams and Wonders

The Dream, Marc Chagall, 1931

Prayers of Intercession for Morning Prayer on Saturday 5th November 2022 at St Augustine’s College of Theology, based on text from Daniel 4.1-18 and Revelation 4. 

The prayers of intercession this morning take the form of a litany. The response to each petition is “We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.”

Prayers of Intercession - All Souls Requiem at The National Musicians Church

Symphony Orchestra, John Albert Cooper (1894-1943), Leeds Art Gallery

Prayers of Intercession written for the Requiem for All Souls at Holy Sepulchre, the National Musicians’ Church on Wednesday 2nd November 2022 based on readings from Revelation 7.9-17 and Matthew 5.1-12.

Prayers of Intercession – Season our lives with the foretaste of your Kingdom

Motoi Yamamoto, Salt Installation 

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 30th September 2021 (Year B, Trinity 17, Proper 21) based on readings from James 5.13-end and Mark 9.38-end

Further Prayers written for Morning Prayer on Wednesday 22nd September

An Illuminating Path, David LaChapelle, 1998

Further prayers written for Morning Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer, held by telephone conference call from St Stephen Walbrook on Wednesday 22nd September 2021 and based on readings from Mark 13.1-13, Wisdom 13.1-9 & Psalm 107.

Further Prayers written for Morning Prayer on Wednesday 8 September

Chris Offili - The Holy Virgin Mary, 1996

Today we remember the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.

Prayers of Intercession - Love that shows no variation or shadow

Chila Kurami Singh Burman, Remembering A Brave New World at Tate Britain, 2020. Photo by Joe Humphrys. 

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 2nd September 2021 ((Year B, Trinity 13, Proper 17) based on readings from Mark 7.1-8, 14, 15, 21-23 and James 1.17-end.

Prayers of Intercession - I am the bread of life

The Bread of Life by Hermel Alejandre, 2015

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 5th August 2021 (Year B, Trinity 9, Proper 10) based on readings from Ephesians 4.1-16 and John 6.24-35.

Further Prayers for Morning Prayer - Wednesday 16th June 2021

Job Rebuked by his Friends, William Blake, 1793

Further prayers written for Morning Prayer at St Stephen Walbrook on Wednesday 16th June 2021, based on readings from Psalm 79, Job 22 and Romans 10.1-10.

Prayers of Intercession - That We May All Be One

Christ the King - Source : 'Holy Textures' a blog by David Ewart

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 20th May 2021 (Year B, Easter 7) based on readings from John 17.6-19

Let us pray to God our Father as His Son prays for us;

Prayers of Intercession - Ascension Day

Bagong Kussudiardja (Indonesian, 1928–2004), Ascension, 1983

Prayers written for Ascension Day based on text from Luke 24.44-end  references from the hymn ‘Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise’ by Charles Wesley  and ‘O clap your hands’ a musical setting of Psalm 47 by Orlando Gibbons.

Prayers of Intercession - Living Stones

Cecily Brown, untitled (Blood is thicker than mud), 2012

Prayers of intercession written for Morning Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer, to be read at St StephenWalbrook on Wednesday 5th May 2021, based on the text of 1 Peter 2.1-10

Prayers of Intercession - The Good Shepherd

A Good Shepherd by John Ndevasia Muafangejo, 1974

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 29th April 2021 (Year B, Easter 4) based on readings from John 10.11-18 and Psalm 23.

Let us offer our prayers to the Lord, our Shepherd.

Prayers of Intercession - Track and Trace the Risen Christ

Doubting Thomas, Michael Smither, 1968

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 15th April 2021 (Year B, Easter 2) based on readings from John 20.19-end and giving thanks for the life of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 

As Thomas tracked and traced the wounds of the Risen Christ, may we be bold enough to bring our doubts and fears, our delights and disappointments, our needs and thanks to the Lord our God, in prayer.

Back at the Empty Tomb - A Prayer for Easter Monday

The Empty Tomb - Richard Bavin, 2013 - Methodist Modern Art Collection

Lord, as we rise this day,
  fill our lives anew with the truth of your empty tomb.

 

Roll away the darkness that distracts and divides; 

   that we may all reflect the light of your love.

 

Roll away the heavy weight of injustice and inequality;

   may the explosive power of your resurrection reveal the path to peace.

 

Roll away all suffering and sorrow;

   restore us with your promise of new life; renew us with a passion for the possible.

 

Roll away our fear and pride;

   reveal your strength through our weakness. 

 

Roll away our silence;

   let us speak only the Good News of Christ crucified.

 

May all who come looking for the risen Lord this day, discover that we have already been found;
  by our Saviour, Jesus Christ. 

Amen.

 

A prayer inspired by Mark 16.1-8 read at Morning Prayer on the first day of the St Augustine’s College Residential Week, Easter Monday 2021

Image : Richard Bavin, The Empty Tomb, 2013 (Methodist Modern Art Collection) 

 

  

Prayers of Intercession - Parish Carol Service

Madonna and Child, Barbara Hepworth, 1954

Prayers written for the Parish Carol Service at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 17th December 2020 inspired by lines from famous Christmas Carols.

Prayers of Intercession - Lead us through the wilderness

 

John the Baptist by Caiphas Nxumalo, 1970

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook at 12.45pm on Thursday 10th December 2020 (Year B, Advent 2) based on readings from Isaiah 40.1-11 and Mark 1.1-8

God our Father, we look for the day when your Good News is told by the whole world. Strengthen us, your church; that we might proclaim with one voice your message of salvation. We give thanks for our Bishops, Priests and Deacons and all who point others towards you. Prepare us, with their guidance and through the power of your Spirit, to live each day according to our baptismal promises; emptying our lives so that we might discover the fullness of your love.

Prayers of Intercession - Come to us Lord

Anselm Kiefer - nubes pluant, 2016

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 3rd December 2020 – the First Week in Advent.

Prayers of Intercession - Make All Things New

Make All Things New, James B. Janknegt, 2005

Prayers of Intercession written for Morning Prayer on Wednesday 2nd December 2020 based on Revelation 21.1-8

Prayers of Intercession - Sacred Gifts

Sacred (Treasure of the Mountain) by Nicholas Roerich, 1933

Prayers of Intercession written for the Choral Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 19th November based on the readings from 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11 and Matthew 25.14-30