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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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My mind is a jumble of fragmented verses and pieces of songs, but even though it's a mess, it's for Molly. I pray that she will be able to let go of this world without a great deal of struggle.
And I pray for those with her that they will have the strength to let her go.
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Cusanus
Ship's Schoolmaster
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Finish then thy new creation,
Pure and spotless let us be
Let us see thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in thee
Changed from glory into glory
Till in heaven we take our place
Till we cast our crowns before thee
Lost in wonder love and praise
Lighting a candle here at the south edge of the world.
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"You are qualified," sa fotherington-tomas, "becos you can frankly never pass an exam and have 0 branes. Obviously you will be a skoolmaster - there is no other choice."
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Duo Seraphim*
Sea lawyer
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Today's Psalm from the Catholic Missal is Psalm 27, 1,4,13-14. These words were used by Handel in the Chandos Anthem no.9 "The Lord is my light".
1. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2. One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
13. I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
14. Wait for the Lord; be strong; and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord!
The Lord is coming - soonest for Molly and later for the rest of us.
Much love,
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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This Sunday's lectionary strikes me as apt.
Isaiah 40:1-11
Comfort, O comfort my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that she has served her term,
that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the LORD's hand
double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
"In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all people shall see it together,
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
A voice says, "Cry out!"
And I said, "What shall I cry?"
All people are grass,
their constancy is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
when the breath of the LORD blows upon it;
surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades;
but the word of our God will stand forever.
Get you up to a high mountain,
O Zion, herald of good tidings;
lift up your voice with strength,
O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings,
lift it up, do not fear;
say to the cities of Judah,
"Here is your God!"
See, the Lord GOD comes with might,
and his arm rules for him;
his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms,
and carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead the mother sheep.
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Lady A
Narnian Lady
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from Rich Mullins:
and it's hard to step out on them waves;
hard to walk beyond your vision.
Lord it's hard to be a man of faith,
Lord it's hard to be like Jesus....
and it's hard when your soul has been stripped bare;
hard to lift your eyes toward heaven,
Lord it's hard to be a man of prayer,
Lord, it's hard to be like Jesus....
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Siegfried
Ship's ferret
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Father,
Again I ask that you look down in love and mercy on your servant, Molly, and on her family and friends in this time. Let the Holy Spirit comfort us, and reassure us of our salvation through your Son, Jesus.
Yours is the glory and honor forever.
Amen
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Siegfried
Life is just a bowl of cherries!
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babybear
Bear faced and cheeky with it
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12-1am JoyfulNoise
1-2am RuthW & Kit Kat
2-3am Eanswyth
3-4am bessie rosebride
4-5am Nunc
5-6am Nunc
6-7am Siegfried
7-8am babybear
8-9am
9-10am
10-11am Sarkycow
11-12noon Sarkycow
12-1pm JonathanMy
1-2pm
2-3pm welsh dragon
3-4pm
4-5pm jlg
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Siegfried
Ship's ferret
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Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in Thee;
let the water and the blood,
from thy riven side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure;
cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Not the labors of my hands
can fulfill thy law's demands;
could my zeal no respite know,
could my tears forever flow,
all for sin could not atone;
thou must save, and thou alone.
When my pilgrimage I close,
Victor o'er the last of foes,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
and behold Thee on Thy throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in Thee.
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Siegfried
Life is just a bowl of cherries!
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Siegfried
Ship's ferret
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Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell,
And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,
And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then;
One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
-John Donne
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Siegfried
Life is just a bowl of cherries!
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babybear
Bear faced and cheeky with it
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quote:
Originally posted by Siegfried:
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in Thee;
When I was doing my 'official hour' last tiem I was listening to a CD of humns sung in the Celtic style. Rock of ages was one of them, as was Just as I am, and Eternal Father, Strong to save, Abide with me etc.
One verse that got to me was
quote:
Holy, Holy, Holy, All The Saints Adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea.
Cherubim and Seraphim, bowing down before thee,
Who wert, and art, and evermore shall be
Molly is going to be with her Lord, and I am very glad. I am so glad that she will be free from pain and sickness, and also so glad that she will not be disappearing from us. The Great Cloud of Witnesses, the Church Truimphant, will be a bit bigger and a bit more truimphant.
bb
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Moth
Shipmate
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ShadoK will do 8am - 9am (on the train)
Moth 9am - 10am (also on a train).
We will obviously be offline while we are praying, but we won't forget.
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"There are governments that burn books, and then there are those that sell the libraries and shut the universities to anyone who can't pay for a key." Laurie Penny.
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Siegfried
Ship's ferret
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Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
'tis grace that's brought me safe thus far
and grace will lead me home.
Sleep well, Miss Molly. May God's angels watch over you.
Sieg
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Curious
Shipmate
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Thoughts, prayers andcyber caresses for Miss M, her family, friends and those on board who are making this final pilgrimage with her.
Curious
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Erin - you are missed more than you could know. Rest in peace and rise in glory - to provide unrest in the heavenly realms.
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babybear
Bear faced and cheeky with it
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8-9am ShadoK
9-10am Moth
10-11am Sarkycow
11-12noon Sarkycow
12-1pm JonathanMy
1-2pm
2-3pm welsh dragon
3-4pm
4-5pm jlg
O Lord hear our prayer,
O Lord hear our prayer,
When we call, answer us,
O Lord hear our prayer,
O Lord hear our prayer,
Come and listen to us.
bb
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GordonThePenguin
Shipmate
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O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!
Lord hear our prayers for your child Molly.
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Chapelhead*
Ship’s Photographer
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I would like to do 5-6pm today.
I will not be online for most of that time, but will be with Molly in prayer.
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Benedikt Gott Geschickt!
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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Dear Lord,
Watch over all who pray.
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Looking forward to my rock moving closer again.
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Beethoven
Ship's deaf genius
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Back at my desk for another day... Will be praying through the day.
The following words are from The Pilgrim's Progress, and have been set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This was going through my head constantly last night:
After this it was noised abroad that Mr Valient-For-Truth was taken with a summons and had this for a token that the summons was true: 'that his pitcher was broken at the fountain'. When he understood it, he called for his friends and told them of it. Then said he, 'I am going to my Father, and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am.
'My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that shall get it. My marks and scars I carry with me to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles, who now will be my rewarder.'
When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river side, into which, as he went, he said, 'Death, where is thy sting?'
And as he went down deeper, he said, 'Grave, where is thy victory?'
So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
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Father, hold Molly in your loving arms. Comfort adn strengthen her, and all who care for her, that they may know your peace.
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Who wants to be a rock anyway?
toujours gai!
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ShadoK
Shipmate
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Checking out now I'm at work. Moth's taking over on another train, so there's a line of prayer across South-East.
God bless you, Molly
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sophs
Sardonic Angel
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I'll do 1-2pm...
Officially....
but i'll be praying for at least the next hour...
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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I'll do 6-7pm tonight. I'll be off-line, but praying.
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I came to Jesus and I found in him my star, my sun.
And in that light of life I'll walk 'til travelling days are done
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Inanna
Ship's redhead
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9-10am Moth
10-11am Sarkycow
11-12noon Sarkycow
12-1pm JonathanMy
1-2pm Sophs
2-3pm welsh dragon
3-4pm Inanna
4-5pm jlg
5-6pm Chapelhead
6-7pm kingsfold
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All shall be well
And all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well.
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Old Hundredth
Shipmate
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Heavenly Father,
into whose hands your Son Jesus Christ
commended his spirit at his last hour:
into those same hands
we now commend your servant Molly,
that dealth may be for her the gate to life
and to eternal fellowship with you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
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If I'm not in the Chapel, I'll be in the bar (Reno Sweeney, 'Anything Goes')
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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Today a friend and I lit candles for you Molly in St James King St.
I have been praying off and on all day. This evening in organ prac I played:
Lo He comes with Clouds descending
Love Divine all loves excelling
Here I am Lord
Nun Komm der Heiden heiland - Bach (BWV 859 I think)
Adagio - Widor (from his second symphony - two versions of it)
Menuet - Boelleman (from the Gothic Suite)
Allegro - Mendelssohn (from the Second Sonata in C minor)
and some Couperin.
All for Molly.
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gbuchanan
Shipmate
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I can't think of much to post here, but just to say that I am praying too.
...I have loved you with an everlasting love, and with bonds of love I will tie you to me.
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Poppy
Ship's dancing cat
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I'll be offline doing housework for the next hour but please let me add my prayers for Molly and her family. May God grant them strength and courage for the hours and days ahead.
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At the still point of the turning world - there the dance is...
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sophs
Sardonic Angel
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An old prayer i use to pray at Scouts...
comfort and succor all who are in need
the sick and the sorrowing
the bereaved and the dying
Sweet Jesus, hold our dear sister Molly in Your eternal arms, keep all who are close to her safe. Lord i pray for Timothy, for Marion, for all Molly's family, for St Seb, for Marmot...and all who have met Molly face to face, hold them as the loose a dear dear friend....i also pray for all who have never met her, for those who will only meet her in Gods presence...Hold and comfort all who have been touched by Molly's life, whether in real life or on the ship, and as you take her back to you, hold all who are grieving, wheter they put their grief into words,here on the ship, or pray in their hearts.
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Margaret
Shipmate
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At lunchtime I'm setting off on a field trip to Glastonbury, where according to legend the first church in England was built by Joseph of Arimathea. Not sure I can believe that, but people have certainly been praying there for a long time, so today and tomorrow my prayers for Molly and all those around her will be coming from somewhere that's been holy to many, many people.
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Jonm
Shipmate
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hope that you can send messages from lynx. Off to St. Bart's now
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Og: Thread Killer
Ship's token CN Mennonite
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Prayers for now and prayers for the future.
Praise to the Lord, Who over all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen how thy desires ever have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?
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sophs
Sardonic Angel
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still round the corner there may wait
a new road or secret gate
and though i oft have passed them by
a day shall come at last when i
shall take the hidden paths that run
west of the moon and east of the sun
(Lord of the Rings)
oh lord hold molly, i can think of nothing else to say...just keep her in your love. Amen
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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Here's another Emily Dickinson poem.
Vanished
She died--this was the way she died;
And when her breath was done,
Took up her simple wardrobe
And started for the sun.
Her little figure at the gate
The angels must have spied,
Since I could never find her
Upon the mortal side.
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sophs
Sardonic Angel
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to the Sea, to the Sea, the white gulls are calling
the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying
west, west away the round sun is falling
grey ship, grey ship do you hear them calling
the voices of my people that have gone before me?
i will leave, i will leave the woods that bore me
for our days are ending and our years failing
i will pass the wide waters, lonely sailing
long are the waves on the Last Shore falling
sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling
in Eresea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover
where the leaves fail not; land of my people forever
(Legolas' song of the Sea)
Sail on silver girl, sail on by.
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
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Sparrow
Shipmate
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I can do 8-9pm tonight.
The golden evening lightens in the west;
soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest.
Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest;
Alleluia!
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Mr Pete
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I'll be at prayer tonight....
will include Molly.
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May God give you his deepest peace and most massive joy. Always
Mr.Pete.
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Scot
Deck hand
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I'm here, watching and praying for the next hour.
scot
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“Here, we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” - Thomas Jefferson
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Deck hand
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On your child Molly,
Lord have mercy.
On your child Molly’s mom,
Lord have mercy.
On your child Molly’s dad,
Lord have mercy.
On your child Molly’s sister,
Lord have mercy.
On your child Molly’s brother,
Lord have mercy.
On your child Marian,
Lord have mercy.
On your child Timothy L,
Lord have mercy.
On your child St. Sebastian,
Lord have mercy.
On all of us, your children,
Lord have mercy.
Amen.
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“Here, we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” - Thomas Jefferson
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Scot
Deck hand
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The sun is rising outside of my window as I write. The night is passing, and the new day is coming.
Glory be to God who has shown us the light!
Lead our sister Molly from darkness to light,
Lead her from sadness to joy,
Lead her from death to immortality.
Glory be to God who has shown us the light!
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“Here, we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” - Thomas Jefferson
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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Back on line and still in prayer.
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Looking forward to my rock moving closer again.
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Spong
Ship's coffee grinder
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3-4pm Inanna
4-5pm jlg
5-6pm Chapelhead
6-7pm kingsfold
8-9pm sparrow
9-10pm
10-11pm
11-12pm Sp-O-On-n-g
I may not come online at all, but will be praying then.
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Spong
The needs of our neighbours are the needs of the whole human family. Let's respond just as we do when our immediate family is in need or trouble. Rowan Williams
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Inanna
Ship's redhead
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Signing in for my shift. Though, like all of us I'd guess, I've been praying on and off through the day.
Lord, have mercy on your servant Molly.
Grant her rest and peace.
May your face shine upon her, now and for always.
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All shall be well
And all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well.
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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Here for my hour. Peace to everyone who has been praying for Molly.
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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For none of us has life in himself,
and none becomes his own master when he dies.
For if we have life, we are alive in the Lord,
and if we die, we die in the Lord.
So, then, whether we live or die,
we are the Lord's possession.
I trust that God is with Miss Molly, helping her and preparing to claim her as his own in heaven.
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flev
Shipmate
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Adding my prayers to everyone else's.
Can do 8-9am both tomorrow and Sunday, but will be offline.
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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From the BCP:
Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope, that we may know thee as thou art revealed in Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of thy love. Amen.
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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As the day turns into evening here, may the Lord God look down upon all who pray and comfort them. May all who pray feel His love. May all who are affected by grief at this time feel strength in each other. God bless our sister Molly. May she be free from pain and warm in the arms of our love.
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Looking forward to my rock moving closer again.
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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If I say, "Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night," darkness is not dark to you, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to you are both alike. Psalm 139:10,11
Jesus said, "I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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It has been snowing here for the past 24 hours, a quiet, slow, gentle, peaceful snow, slowly covering the world in a cozy blanket of fluffy white. As I watch it, I find myself hoping that Molly is also being wrapped -- gently, slowly, peacefully -- in God's love and care.
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