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went to a tomb to tend to the crucified dead. They came back the first preachers of resurrection. As we, like them, return from the tomb of grief, breathless with your risen life, may we proclaim with unbridled joy what the world is dying to hear: that death is not the end; that love remains what is most divine; and that God continues to live in the beating heart of our humanity. Amen Corrymeela Community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/21c5edbb-1c82-4c91-99b2-b5d78a25a381/Empty+tomb+visited+by+women.JPG 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-40 monthly 0.5 2022-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/700c4710-0b82-4486-be05-6f4dab4dbd41/Grave+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/f0f0cb27-932c-4064-b42d-28d99f611594/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days God of all our growing, take our roots down deep in the long, dark winter season of our grief. Nurture the resurrection life in us, in the secret places of the soil, in the barren, frozen earth, underground, where no eye can see. Send your Spirit where the cold season rages and speak to us the promise of spring. Nicola Slee https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-39 monthly 0.5 2022-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/5bc64699-d43c-43ad-b762-5ec4f0a1defe/Prayer+background+narrow.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. Luke 23.34 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/b68c98bc-b154-43a8-bd25-559f168ddb29/Forgiveness+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-38 monthly 0.5 2022-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/eac4e301-7d3a-45ea-a836-87885978feff/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Glory to God for the child born among us, a gift to be nurtured and cared for, a guest in a world of toil and tears bringing hopefulness, life through brokenness. May we, as on Emmaus Road, recognise him still in smell of baking bread, in fruits of love. For we have a dying and a rising friend and his sap is in us. Sarah Middleton © TMCP 2004 (used with permission) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/39b00632-2a39-4aa9-99c3-39d425fbe9f1/Madonna+side+teal.png 40 prayers for 40 days Jyoti Sahi: Dalit Madonna, from the Methodist Modern Art Collection © TMCP. Used with permission. https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-37 monthly 0.5 2022-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/9fb40c87-7bc3-4eae-bb9b-15e29d2e44c3/Ghirlandaio+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/770a1cf5-99b0-49ab-a514-fdc761d87d7b/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Teach me to accept other people with love, as you do. Help me to take other people as they are and never be cruel or unkind - whatever they look like. Amen Wendy Beckett https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-36 monthly 0.5 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/279b7f9d-99f5-4153-ab30-b050d8dd8448/Prayer+background+ubersupertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Gracious God, be with all those who struggle today with symptoms of dementia in its many forms; mood changes, memory lapses, confusion, helplessness and isolation. May they know in their hearts your comforting embrace amid their daily frustrations, and continue to realise, as names and memories fade, that they are still loved by family, friends, and especially by you. Amen John Birch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/824f9ed7-c3e4-42cc-bfd0-7f0d7b08d54e/Alzheimers+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-35 monthly 0.5 2022-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/71058f9c-97f5-4ca1-a3d5-b4e53a328dff/Prayer+background+supertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Jesus of the sheathed sword, in your name, many swords have been used and many people have perished. Speak to us, teach us, again and again, that violence begets violence. Teach us. Again and again. Over and over. Because we keep forgetting and we need to keep remembering. Over and over. Amen Padraig O’Tuama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/87abdd1d-8268-492e-9ce3-41c5dc09191c/Violence+side+2.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/sun-6 monthly 0.5 2022-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/279b7f9d-99f5-4153-ab30-b050d8dd8448/Prayer+background+ubersupertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Sanctus Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Benedictus Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Sanctus and Benedictus (Latin) Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/04f41459-69da-4d80-9196-35acf153d1f5/Palm+Sunday+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-34 monthly 0.5 2022-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/960ea8e5-76f0-4c28-adb5-165433bc4faa/Bonhoeffer%27s+cell+side+2.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/279b7f9d-99f5-4153-ab30-b050d8dd8448/Prayer+background+ubersupertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days God, I cry to you in the early morning, help me to pray and to gather my thoughts: I cannot do it alone. It is dark inside me, but you do not leave me. I am timid, but with you is my help. I am anxious, but with you is peace. There is bitterness inside me, but with you is patience. I do not understand your ways, but you know the right way for me. Lord Jesus Christ, you were poor and miserable, caught and abandoned like me. You know all the sorrow of humanity. You stay with me, when nobody stays with me. You never forget me, and you search for me. You want me to recognise you and turn to you. Lord, I hear your call and follow. Help me. https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-33 monthly 0.5 2022-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/f74ef4da-6951-4115-adbe-e491c5d6be47/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days O God, who brought us to birth and in whose arms we die: in our grief and shock contain and comfort us; embrace us with your love, give us hope in our confusion, and grace to let go into new life, through Jesus Christ, Amen Janet Morley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/8df1500c-af86-405d-8b47-650a7e440b2b/Lamentation+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-32 monthly 0.5 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/412e9cfc-eb06-4df0-af1c-f1db8b79433c/Munch+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/7e6ec685-9e4e-4394-8021-a2107b6cb093/Prayer+background.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days O God, I am here. You are here. Amen. Debie Thomas https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-31 monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/f511d59f-c722-4719-a3c0-b372032733fb/Prayer+background+ubersupertall%2B.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Let the healing start. May it begin in the blood and flood every cell with light. May it infect the heart. (Let the healing start.) May it come as one comforts a newborn at midnight the wild shocking eye closing. (Let it come.) Let it start now as we sit here waiting and talking through days of colour and rain. May it infect the heart and save it. May it lead us into light. (We are open.) Let the healing start. Anthony Wilson (b.1963) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/8964e309-0bf9-4ef5-be02-cf1d5e59db2a/Leper+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-30 monthly 0.5 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/71058f9c-97f5-4ca1-a3d5-b4e53a328dff/Prayer+background+supertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drown'd in sleep, Yet mine eyes the watch do keep, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! Robert Herrick (1591-1674) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/2e47996f-ee98-4041-8f52-23a4197bdcba/Scream+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-29 monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/aa08651a-6ce8-4c88-bf05-147b9bfbbf97/Prayer+background+ubersupertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Where are you God? Can you reach through this fog that envelops me? Can you permeate the stink and bring me back from the brink? You see, I’m drowning in my addiction, succumbing to my affliction. Am I still under your jurisdiction? Or have I ‘sinned’ myself out? Where are you God? Are you hiding? No, you are. I’m abiding. Eira Kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/7a15f912-a433-4f78-81bb-c41dcc16c990/The+Vine+Dee+Beggarly+.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/sun-5 monthly 0.5 2022-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/344de083-d91c-4541-a592-7c4a9b0b85a5/Burning+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/a38c8357-9528-4631-8025-4905bb57a035/Prayer+background+slim.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Our Father in heaven, you are also at home in the air, soil, in the forests and oceans: hallowed be your name. By the care we take of your creation, may your kingdom come. All that you see is good. Your will be done on earth as in heaven - your will to till and to care. Give us today our daily bread, that all may have enough to live life in fullness. Forgive us our sins - our greed, our exploitation, our lack of concern for other species and for future generations - as we forgive those who sin against us by reconciliation with justice and peace. Lead us not into temptation, the temptation to equate dominion with exploitation, and deliver us from evil, the evil of destroying your gift of creation. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours - such things do not belong to us - now and for ever, Amen. So be it. (source unknown) https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-28 monthly 0.5 2022-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/b813a072-a69d-4ce0-ba43-b9b27002e366/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Thanks be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits thou hast given me, for all the pains and insults thou hast borne for me. O most merciful redeemer, friend and brother, may I know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow thee more nearly, day by day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/1225f73e-cbcd-48e8-a29f-81b242692aef/Chichester+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-27 monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/499546d6-5739-4cca-b3a7-d50488635cec/Wesley+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/206cc55f-c7e6-4829-9069-4fa8dc640778/Prayer+background+ubersupertall%2B.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-26 monthly 0.5 2022-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/db576cec-1762-46ce-b439-89040f544a1f/Sunset+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/2ccad55b-55bc-40be-9589-770b59a08daf/Prayer+background+ubersupertall%2B.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening, into the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; no noise nor silence, but one equal music; no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession; no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity; in the habitations of thy glory and dominion world without end. Amen John Donne https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-25 monthly 0.5 2022-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/255d5809-4b4b-4f1c-8429-37b28f63434d/Universal+peace+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/39cbacbf-a6af-42cd-99d9-f4b8926836e2/Prayer+background.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; lead me from hate to love, from war to peace. Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe. https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-24 monthly 0.5 2022-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/694d27ae-2193-4129-841a-7d4616da53b4/Prayer+background+supertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Lord Jesus, when you were a guest at meals, amazing things happened – water became wine, the hungry were fed, lost souls came home. Come now and be our guest, with us around this table, and, by your presence, make this home a place of infinite grace, a place of new possibility, full of the Life that is you. Amen Neil Paynter (adapted) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/8523ff53-bcf2-4243-9303-f4fc06259282/Mealtime+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-23 monthly 0.5 2022-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/37c48e3b-817c-4220-b420-b2d8b7006a08/Prayer+background+tall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Jesus, fellow traveller and friend, you step out boldly on your journey, chiding our fickleness and fear. As you mark out the road ahead, consecrate us as your companions, so that we keep you in our sight as our pattern and our guide. Teach us to tread your paths of service, granting us courage to follow you, even to the foot of the cross, to the place where, in pain, the glory of your way is revealed. Clare Amos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/f95497f5-7845-4af9-8ad8-7bfc5b7e7361/Road+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/sun-4 monthly 0.5 2022-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/0bed6868-26e4-4cfb-9d4f-04780a1bcba3/Prodigal+son+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/40210e95-e0a5-4797-b4a5-f0128dd94da9/Prayer+background+supertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Our mother who is among us, we dare not try to name you. Your reign of love be made real, on earth and in our lives. May your longing be our longing. Give us what we need for living today. Forgive us for not loving ourselves, and for not being as loving to others as you are to us. Be near to us in our trials, and birth within us what it takes to confront evil. For yours is the family of love we claim as our power and honour. Amen Carol Bradsen https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-22 monthly 0.5 2022-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/8a673e66-ebf6-4c13-8d59-b013ad697702/Calm+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/37c48e3b-817c-4220-b420-b2d8b7006a08/Prayer+background+tall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days I weave a silence on to my lips I weave a silence into my mind I weave a silence within my heart I close my ears to distractions I close my eyes to attractions I close my heart to temptations Calm me Lord as you stilled the storm Still me Lord, keep me from harm Let all the tumult within me cease Enfold me Lord, in your peace. David Adam https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-21 monthly 0.5 2022-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/e140e9e4-0489-4970-951d-22e8d254c2f2/Annunciation+side+2.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/e4b77f74-f951-44e1-aa61-6a1672ce54c2/Prayer+background+supertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-20 monthly 0.5 2022-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/4410a163-5c6f-47dc-a7c8-2a8506a2442e/Prayer+background+ubersupertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Jisas em wasman b'long sipsip, Em i lukautim mi; Mi lindaun long gutpela gras, Na dringim kol wara. Sapos mi go long ples nogut, Mi no ken save pret; Jisas yu stap klostu long mi, Kros b'long yu helpim mi. The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want; he makes me down to lie in pastures green; he leadeth me the quiet waters by. Yea, though I walk through death’s dark vale, yet will I fear no ill; for thou art with me, and thy rod and staff me comfort still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/761f58ae-9683-4399-b171-538356ea39fb/Chapel+side+2.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-19 monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/37c48e3b-817c-4220-b420-b2d8b7006a08/Prayer+background+tall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who wake or watch or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ; rest your weary ones; bless your dying ones; soothe your suffering ones; pity your afflicted ones; shield your joyous ones. And all for your love’s sake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/490f2341-ecdd-4ee3-9dc4-ec563fb029ed/COVID+death+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-18 monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/3cc1b994-2253-41ca-b172-047c30b45b5f/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Christ our reconciler, where your children are divided you also are torn and your heart is broken by the world‘s agony: stretch your wounded hands in blessing over your people, drawing them to yourself and back to one another in love. Amen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/d1222f65-8349-451f-9b80-7f67d530590d/Friends+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-17 monthly 0.5 2022-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/da62818e-2227-4af2-a5da-06d1a7af06c5/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days I do not know how to pray. I do not know what to say. I do not have much time. So? This candle I light is: something of what I have something of my time something of myself that I leave before the Lord. This light that shines stands for my prayer that I continue to offer even as I leave this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/3ecd14b4-3f6b-47a7-bbed-d8c3a0fa03c3/Candle+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/sun-3 monthly 0.5 2022-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/d2be092f-01cb-4352-bd0e-c1d91a92e2a8/Prayer+background+tall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days O most compassionate life-giver, may we honour and praise you; may we work with you to establish your new order of justice, peace and love. Give us what we need for growth, and help us, through forgiving others, to accept forgiveness. Strengthen us in the time of testing, that we may resist all evil, for all the tenderness, strength and love are yours, now and for ever. Amen Bill Wallace (b 1933) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/2ecb5d07-d54a-41cc-bc4c-ddb182dd8fa3/Zacchaeus+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-16 monthly 0.5 2022-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/728c5733-00f8-413f-a9d0-ba752619c662/Refugee+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/d2be092f-01cb-4352-bd0e-c1d91a92e2a8/Prayer+background+tall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Almighty and merciful God, whose Son became a refugee and had no place to call his own; look with mercy on those who today are fleeing from danger, homeless and hungry. Bless those who work to bring them relief; inspire generosity and compassion in all our hearts; and guide the nations of the world towards that day when all will rejoice in your Kingdom of justice and of peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-15 monthly 0.5 2022-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/7ffc660c-0074-4d56-b62c-c89cb6b06583/Prayer+background.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Living God where there is waste, let us bring recycling, where there is recycling, let us bring re-use, where there is re-use, let us bring sustainability, where there is sustainability, let us bring justice where there is justice, let us bring love. John Polhill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/27ecca27-6e7b-45c0-87b1-10fa2a153b56/Polluted+paradise+side.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-14 monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/4acfa970-b235-4dbd-9ce3-f3db680cb6df/Prayer+background.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Christ be with me, Christ within me Christ behind me, Christ before me Christ beside me, Christ to win me Christ to comfort and restore me Christ above me, Christ beneath me Christ in quiet, Christ in danger Christ in hearts of all that love me Christ in mouth of friend and stranger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/20614301-f285-4080-bb0d-4ab1774fef8e/Celtic+knot+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-13 monthly 0.5 2022-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/a777fb2b-a3c4-4a66-9a4c-b371d8eb29b4/Trees+side.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/279b7f9d-99f5-4153-ab30-b050d8dd8448/Prayer+background+ubersupertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay great happening illimitably earth) how should tasting touching hearing seeing breathing any—lifted from the no of all nothing—human merely being doubt unimaginable You? (now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened) e.e. cummings https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-12 monthly 0.5 2022-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/064c1e3b-797b-4530-8056-c88e1128c604/Prayer+background+narrow.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/cfd3386a-3af4-4e7e-a1e5-1be216cbad4f/Orthodox+Monk+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-11 monthly 0.5 2022-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/c039f013-f321-47e8-b0a3-362c3f66a60f/Hen+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/226d988c-dd03-45d3-a25f-157067895da8/Prayer+background+supertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Bred dina vida vingar, o, Jesus, över mig, och låt mig stilla vila i ve och väl hos dig. Bli du min ro, min starkhet, min visdom och mitt råd, och låt mig alla dagar få leva av din nåd. Thy holy wings, O Saviour, spread gently over me and let me rest securely - through good and ill - in thee. Oh, be my strength and portion, my rock and hiding place and let my every moment be lived within thy grace. https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/sun-2 monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/32dcaba7-69f3-4d48-9cc0-bd15ebc747fa/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/86e24d09-39dd-4351-9e05-b93dce72175f/Prayer+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-10 monthly 0.5 2022-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/37d3f43f-37ec-482f-aed2-53194ccbac86/Night+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/85048ba9-6046-4e98-ae4a-97b58614d4dd/Prayer+background+slim.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Lord, it is night. The night is for stillness. Let us be still in the presence of God. It is night after a long day. What has been done has been done; what has not been done has not been done; let it be. The night is dark. Let our fears of the darkness, of the world and of our own lives rest in you. The night is quiet. Let the quietness of your peace enfold us, all dear to us, and all who have no peace. The night heralds the dawn. Let us look expectantly to a new day, new joys, new possibilities. In your name we pray. Amen. https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-9 monthly 0.5 2022-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/aed46cd6-3d54-4bcd-9509-164d989d2174/Beethoven+side.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/dc177915-509f-41cf-804b-20f2d7ae9f8f/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days O God, give me strength to be victorious over myself for nothing may chain me to this life. O guide my spirit, and raise me from these dark depths, that my soul, transported through your wisdom may fearlessly struggle upward in fiery flight. For you alone understand and can inspire me. https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-8 monthly 0.5 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/b70890d7-23b5-4404-8573-f54830542411/Tortoise+side.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/9b95d40c-dee7-49c4-acbb-7ee0b225461d/Prayer+background+ubersupertall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Let us praise the one who created the tortoise! God our Maker, we praise you for your creation: for the green earth, the blue skies and fresh waters. We praise you for so many different forms of life, from big animals to small and humble beings, for the rapid leopard as well as for the slow tortoise. In this age of growing speed and unrest we want to especially praise you because in your wisdom you created the tortoise, giving it a slow pace but a long life. Let us consider the tortoise learning the lesson it teaches. Let us value slowness; let us learn patience, respecting the rhythms of creation. Steady our pace that we may more readily consider it, learning new truths for our time. Amen. Luca M. Negro (adapted) https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-7 monthly 0.5 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/9750a796-a868-444a-bfa7-14df63f4749e/Gaelic+cross+side.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/ab32db62-f8c1-4d6e-b543-c6c836e6d034/Prayer+background.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Deep peace of the running wave to you Deep peace of the flowing air to you Deep peace of the quiet earth to you Deep peace of the shining stars to you Deep peace of the gentle night to you Moon and stars pour their healing light on you Deep peace of Christ, the light of the world to you https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-6 monthly 0.5 2022-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/a5b0098a-82a9-4536-9644-ffb64fa793e3/Malala+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/0dac8488-4406-48d8-b590-1d226e9d63f6/Prayer+background+tall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days In you, Father all-mighty, we have our preservation and our bliss. In you, Christ, we have our restoring and our saving. You are our mother, brother, and Saviour. In you, our Lord the Holy Spirit, is marvellous and plenteous grace. You are our clothing; for love you wrap us and embrace us. You are our maker, our lover, our keeper. Teach us to believe that by your grace all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-5 monthly 0.5 2022-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/32dcaba7-69f3-4d48-9cc0-bd15ebc747fa/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Lord God you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. from the Lutheran Book of Worship (Augsburg,1978) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/7b035f38-f86a-42d0-badf-91e324612165/Perils+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/sun-1 monthly 0.5 2022-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/33b9d5c1-d784-4ffa-acd6-e1482d5991ac/Lord%27s+Prayer+side.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/32dcaba7-69f3-4d48-9cc0-bd15ebc747fa/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-4 monthly 0.5 2022-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/2725480d-0aa1-4ee6-b26c-7901f4345835/Ukraine+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/d5bb1bee-4f0e-4e8b-8b4d-781ee91f8ba9/Prayer+background+narrow.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-3 monthly 0.5 2022-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/85a8f796-f298-49e5-b8e1-c281ed839f1c/DoP+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days Image for World Day of Prayer 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/8a36915b-6acc-46e3-a298-c0d2b06403a5/Prayer+background+square.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days God of the past, the present and the future, we thank you that you love us faithfully and uniquely. You loved us before we knew anything about you: you care for us in every moment of our lives; you know our deepest thoughts, our highest hopes and our greatest fears: you know the best and the worst in us, and still you love us. https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-2 monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/e4eebf71-46b6-4d66-9ddd-9eac5e57d7f3/Gazelles+side.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/8dbd4f39-3b8d-467a-bc17-96a6574e57a9/Prayer+background+tall.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Compassionate Creator, we too often ignore the cries and suffering of your creatures. As we acknowledge that one fifth of species is under threat or endangered with extinction, we feel tremendous sorrow. We lament what we have done, or what we have failed to do. As we remember that we, too, are part of your creation, vulnerable and interdependent, may we reach out to our fellow creatures who are struggling for survival. Creation Justice USA (adapted) https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40days/day-1 monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/f775645f-b4e2-487c-b354-7dd0a45f968f/Prayer+background+narrow.jpg 40 prayers for 40 days Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my crying come unto thee Psalm 102.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600aa6af77c7571a285b8f32/69a36a81-c560-4de4-b854-2fe5b7485f00/Owl+side+image.png 40 prayers for 40 days https://www.40words.dioceseofnorwich.org/40-drafts-blog daily 0.75 2022-04-14