What is prayer ? What does it involve and how important is it writes Rev. Noreen Russell as our our Archbishops continue to call on the nation to pray.In other news Captain Tom Moore is fondly remembered for his amazing and insirational response to the Covid crisis, as the nation mourns his loss this week.Preb. Terry Bloor's sermon this week based on a passage John's gospel 1:1-14. God's love for humanity is seen in the person of Jesus Christ who chose to come and live among us . His desire is to be in fellowship with us as he cares and wants to share in our lives Cardinal Basil Hume captures this amazing love that God has for us in a perfect Valentine statement , writes Terry read on ..............Prayers this week have been contributed by David Harman.
Archbishops of Canterbury and York call the nation to pray as the deaths from Covid19 pass the 100 ,000 mark. The enormity of this figure has prompted our bishops to ask the nation to come together to pause and pray daily.Read on to find out when it begins and what time . To other news , this Tuesday we celebrate Candlemas which officially marks the end of the Christmas season and marks the midpoint of winter. The church remembers on this day the presentation of Jesus in the temple. Our sermon this week is written by the Rte Revd. Matthew Parker and is based on Lukes gospel account of Jesus being presented in the temple . It is a biitter sweet story writes Matthew as is our story of this last year . But as the characters in the gospel account witness the hope of the Christ child , for Israel, so we too have that gift of hope that is in Jesus Christ today in our sorrow filled world.This weeks prayers have been contributed by Denise Snowball.
Margaret Bailey a valued member of the community in Swynnerton and Eccleshall will be very sadly missed by all her family , friends and all who knew her. Read the short tribute to her. LIchfield Cathedral continues to roll out the vaccine in a bid to fight the pandemic. , bringing hope and relief to many. Our Bishops sermons continue and this weeks features the Bishop of Lichfield Michael Ipgrave. The bible passage for this week is John 2:1-12 and is the story of Jesus' first miracle at the wedding at Cana and marks the begining of his ministry. Bishop Michael reflects on God's nature of abundant grace, extravagance and kindness in this miracle of turning water into wine , his glory revealed through Jesus . Discover how much water was actually turned into wine you ll be amazed !! Further afield our links with Archdeacon Rev. William Shakespeare Pashi in Uganda writes with news about the difficulties his country is experiencing. Our prayers this week have contributed by Alex Baines .
Read how the cathedral is responding to task of rolling out the vaccine programme plus all the local news . Join us on Sunday morning as we come together with St.Lukes church ,Tittensor for an online morning service starting at 10 am . Details to be found in the newsletter with the link. Along with our service sheet is a sermon written by Sarah Bullock , Bishop of Worcester whose message of trusting in and waiting on God is much needed encoragement in these difficult times .From the gospel reading from John , Bishop Sarah asks what is it that we are being called to do? This weeks prayers are the contributions from the sisters of Grandchamp a community in Switzerland , as we begin the week of prayer for Christian Unity .
