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Let us pray to you, the Lord, the Shepherd of my people – We remain without care. Come and rescue the people of Sudan, come and strengthen the weak, heal the sick and bind up the injured. Help us to uncover and revoke those that are destroying the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, those that are stealing cattle and those that are abusing their political power and wealth. Lord Jesus, protect this country and let her live in love, peace and unity, for ever and ever. Amen.
This is thought to be the first time ‘flash mob’ has been used to generate a ‘random’ act of Christian worship. It took place [April 4], Saturday, at Liverpool One Shopping Centre.
Here is our weekly collection plate, offering a few of the good things that Episcopalians and their congregations have done that made the news this past week. And other news and poems fit to print.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, reflects on the meaning of Easter for our lives.
A character in one of Mary Gordon’s novels, talking about what the various denominations believe, concludes wryly by saying, “and Episcopalians are not required to believe in anything but the beauty of the Burial Service.”
Today a grave holds him
who holds creation in the palm of his hand.
A stone covers him
who covers with glory the heavens.