Join Tom from the Briars with live guests and prayer every Monday morning at 9:30am, to help us stay connected and start our week in a positive way. If you miss the live stream you can still catch up on NDCYS Live YouTube channel. Hit subscribe and set a reminder for every Monday! We’ll see you there 🙂
Let us start our prayer with the Sign of the Cross.
Eastertide is a time of great joy, happiness and praise. By saying our word of the week this week ‘Alleluia!’ we are offering thanks and praise to God.
The song below ‘O Come to the altar’ is a really beautiful and powerful song. The first half of the song is great to listen to and sing during Lent because it reflects on us coming to Jesus with our sins and sorrows, knowing that Jesus will be there with open arms. The second half of the song is brilliant to listen to after Easter Sunday because its sings ‘Oh what a savior, Isn’t He wonderful? Sing Hallelujah, Christ is risen!’
We invite you to listen to this song in it’s entirety and reflect on the journey you took throughout Lent with Jesus and be joyful that there is a happy ending…Christ has risen!
If you are interested in learning this song, below is a really good tutorial that breaks the whole song down for you. Enjoy it and sing loud and proud- Easter is a time of joy and celebration! 🙂
Resurrection Light- CAFOD Prayer
Risen Christ, when darkness overwhelms us
may your dawn beckon.
When fear paralyses us
may your touch release us.
When grief torments us
may your peace enfold us.
When memories haunt us
may your presence heal us.
When justice fails us
may your anger ignite us.
When apathy stagnates us
may your challenge renew us.
When courage leaves us
may your spirit inspire us.
When despair grips us
may your hope restore us.
And when death threatens us
may your resurrection light lead us.
Amen.
Annabel Shilson-Thomas/CAFOD
We end our prayer with the Sign of the Cross.
Let us start our prayer with the Sign of the Cross.
Every Wednesday The Briars Youth Service are leading us through a series called ‘Making sense of it all’.
During this uncertain time, it can be easy to get worked up and anxious about what is happening in the world. This is completely natural. Now we have just entered the season of Easter which is all about being joyful and giving praise and thanks to the Lord- how can we marry these two emotions together?
Watch the video below and think about how we can find joy in these difficult circumstances?
As Christians, as how can we be the joy and hope in other people’s lives who are struggling and can’t find joy?
Although our routines and where we spend our time are very different, we are still the same people and we have the same needs to keep connected with one another, to love and look after one another.
Just because we aren’t in Church doesn’t mean that we cannot be the Church in our homes and just because we aren’t in school, doesn’t mean that we cannot carry The Becket Way into everything we do in our homes.
Think about how you can bring joy to someones life today or for the rest of the week. This doesn’t have to be something enormous, sometimes the small acts of kindness can bring about the most joy.
Lord Jesus,
when you walked with us on earth
you spread your healing power.
We place in your loving care
all who are affected by Coronavirus.
Keep us strong in faith, hope and love.
Bring relief to our sick,
console our bereaved,
protect those who care for us.
We lift our prayer to you Lord,
and trust in your infinite mercy,
as we wait for the daybreak.
Amen.
We end our prayer with the Sign of the Cross.