Category Archives: Monthly Prayersheet

Includes a short biography of Blessed Caesar de Bus (1544-1607) [15th April] and St. Pius V (1504-1572) [30th April]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Reflections for Easter Sunday: Born in a grave (Rex Chapman); Fresh Springs (Society of the Sacred Cross); Lord Jesus (William N. Richard and James Richardson)

Includes a short biography of St. Colette (1381-1447) [7th February] and Blesseds Jacinta and Francisco Marto (1910-1920; 1908-1919) [20th February]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; The Witness of Four Older People from St Luke’s Gospel:- Zaccariah, Elizabeth, Simeon and Anna

Includes a short biography of Blessed John Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308) [8th November] and St. Columban (543?-615) [23rd November]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; CALLED TO BECOME by Edwina Gately; and WHEN FLUSTERED by Fr. Michael Hollings & Etta Gullick

Includes a short biography of St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) [4th October] and St. Luke [18th October]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; A Prayer to St. Francis of Assisi; and SEPARATION FROM THOSE WE LOVE by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Taizé song for prayer and an excerpt from Joshua, 1:9

Includes a short biography of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) [5th September] and St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) [13th September]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; and A Modern Idea of ‘The Lord is my shepherd’ by Toki Miyashina; O God- by John Baker, former Bishop of Salisbury

Includes a short biography of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153) [20th August] and background to the Transfiguration of the Lord [6th August]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; and A Hug (Anon), A Hug (Ann Lewin) and Bless My Sleep (Margaret Leighton)

Includes short biographies of St. Pancras (289-304?) [12th May] and Saint John I (470–526) [18th May]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Prayers for Our Lady (Caroline Sheridan (1779-1851)) and A Splash of Colour (Kathy Keay).

Includes short biographies of St. Benedict the African (1526-1589) [3rd April] and St. Martin I (d. 655) [13th April]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Good Friday Prayers- Christ on the Cross by Elizabeth Jennings and Simon of Cyrene by Ann Lewin

Includes short biographies of St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315?-386) [March 18th] and St. Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538-1606) [March 23rd]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Prayer for a sleepless night by Beverly S. Gordon and a quote from Thomas Merton.

Includes short biographies of St. Ansgar (801-865) [Feb 3rd] and St. Peter Damian (1007-1072) [Feb 21st]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Candlemas Prayer by Ann Lewin; and A Prayer for all of us to shine with the Light of the Lord by Cardinal Newman (1801-1890).

Includes short biographies of St. Damasus (305?-384) [December 11th] and the Blessed Jacopone da Todi (d. 1306) [December 22nd]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; A poem – “Mary’s Burden” by Eleanor Farjeon; and “Dear God” by Fr R.V. Bogan

Includes short biographies of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) [October 16th] and St. John of Capistrano (1386-1456) [October 23rd]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; “Signs” by Piers Plowright (1937–2021); and “Trust” by Hannah Whittal Smith (1832-1911)