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Christian prayers

This is a personal collection or prayers written to be used in private and public worship, together with a selection of worship resources. There is an influence in all these prayers from the Christian heritage of worship that we have inherited in Britain and Ireland from the earliest days of missionary activity - generally referred to as Celtic Christianity.

In the prayers that I have written, the aim is to make them accessible. Too often, I have found that books of prayers contain many prayers which I could not use in services which I take due to the language used/ thoughts expressed not relating to the congregations that I minister to, and I have sought to redress this by writing prayers that can be used in most situations.

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The prayers naturally gather under various headings as shown below

The Christian Year

- Advent
- Christmas
- Lent
- Easter
- Pentecost
- Harvest

The Natural Year

- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter

The Christian Life

- Repentance
- Acceptance
- Discipleship
- Praise
- Faith

The Celtic Year

- Introduction
- Samhain
- Beltain
- Imbolc
- Lughnasadh

 

 

  

General Themes

Prayers on a theme of 'Calling'

Morning Prayers - 'As I Arise'

Evening Prayers - 'I lay my head to rest'

Encounters with God'
[1] [2]

Encounters with God's People
[1] [2]

Prayers on the theme of 'CREATION' and 'GOD's WORLD'
[1] [2] [3]

Prayers on the theme of 'THE CROSS'
[1] [2]

Prayers on the theme of 'HEALING'
[1] [2] [3]

Prayers on the theme of 'JOURNEYING'

Prayers on the theme of 'BREAD OF LIFE'

Prayers on a theme of 'CALLING'

Opening and closing prayers

Prayers for peace in a fractured world

Prayers on the theme of 'SEASONS'
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Prayers on the theme of 'THE WORLD'
[1] [2] [3] [4]

Traditional Celtic blessings and prayers

ADVENT THEMES AND LITURGIES
-- Angels
-- Celtic Christian Celebration
-- Expectation and hope
-- God's people
-- God's prophets
-- John the Baptist
-- Mary

LENT & EASTER THEMES AND LITURGIES
-- Liturgies [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
-- Lent intercessions
-- prayers for Lent
-- prayers for Easter
-- Ash Wednesday liturgy
-- Palm Sunday liturgy
-- Easter Day liturgy

 

Responsive Prayers

LITANIES
[1] [2] [3] [4]

LITURGIES
-- Spirit
-- Wholeness
-- Healing
-- Body
-- Sacrifice
-- Chosen
-- People
-- Creation
-- Raised with Christ
-- A God of Expression
-- Family
-- Revelation
-- Worship

Hymns

New hymns for worship

Prayers from other sources

Celtic Blessings
Carmina Galetica - ancient Scottish prayers

'God writes the Gospel
not in the Bible alone
but also on the trees
and in the flowers
clouds and stars.'

Martin Luther


There is also a Daily Prayer Cycle which you might like to follow

 

 

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Prayers written by the author on this web site be used freely for Worship, but where reproduced in printed or any other form should include acknowledgement to the author/website (please use the feedback form as I love to know where material is being used!).