Posts by Bryony Taylor (Page 47)

Said Eucharist live on Facebook for St George’s Day

Watch and take part in a spiritual communion service for St George’s day. Follow the order of service by downloading it here: Apologies, the signal dropped just after the gospel reading so the rest of the service is here: https://www.facebook.com/revbryonytaylor/videos/10157339194325756/

What kind of funeral do you want? Take the opportunity now to think it through and share with family

We all really struggle to talk about death and dying. It truly is the last taboo in our society. But every day at the moment on the news we hear the sad news of further (mostly untimely) deaths. As a priest, I spend a lot of time having to confront death and dying as I visit sick parishioners and regularly take funerals. One of the most stressful things for a family organising a funeral is if the person who has…

A simple daily prayer service to say at home during Eastertide

In New Zealand people are not using the term lockdown to describe the current restrictions on our lives, they are using a Maori term: rāhui. Rāhui is a spiritual ritual of temporary reserving, a prohibition placed on an area of land to allow it the time to recover. This “closed season” is often imposed when there is a threat of losing the sacred natural resources so that there can be restoration and healing. Not only does the whole world deeply…

Online Service of Spiritual Communion for the 2nd Sunday of Easter

Welcome to our service on the 2nd Sunday of Easter. Turn your speakers up, make yourselves comfortable and press play! Before you watch you may want to read the Gospel reading which I forgot to include in the video! You can listen here: John 20.19–31 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood…

Sing Resurrection! Join in at 10am Easter Day – use the videos here

A counter-infection of joy and hope for Easter Day Easter Sunday 2020 will be an Easter Sunday like no other before it. We cannot sing the great Easter hymns inside our churches, but we can sing them in this way… At 10am on Easter Sunday April 12th all who want to celebrate the resurrection are encouraged to go outside and sing Jesus Christ is Risen Today and Thine be the Glory at the top of their voices! You could sing…

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