Eggs and Ashes

Chris Polhill Ruth Burgess &

Description

Modern, relevant resources to accompany readers through Lent and Easter for many years, with material for Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Mothering Sunday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week, as well as suggestions for a Lent discipline.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Christian worship
• Christian liturgy

Informations

• Publié par: Wild Goose Publications
• Date de parution: 07 décembre 2004
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781905010943
• Langue: English

Extrait

Eggs and ashes
Eggs and ashes
Practical & liturgical resources for Lent and Holy Week
Ruth Burgess & Chris Polhill
Contents of book © the individual contributors Compilation © 2004 Ruth Burgess & Chris Polhill
First published 2004, reprinted 2007, 2010 by
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General contents
Introduction
Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Lent discipline
Opening and closing responses for Sundays in Lent
Mothering Sunday
Additional liturgical resources for Lent
Palm/Passion Sunday
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Easter vigil
Easter Sunday
Sources and acknowledgements
Notes
Index of authors
About the authors
 
Contents in detail
 
Shrove Tuesday A short liturgy for Shrove Tuesday This is an egg The desert waits
 
Ash Wednesday From dust we came Marked by a cross Ash Wednesday responses from Iona   Three prayers for Ash Wednesday:
To you we shall return
How can I find my way back?
A time of turning round Come back to God   Ashes and penance: Ashes Penance Be our way, our truth, our life  
Lent discipline   Introduction   Following the Lent discipline From quark to planet   Week 1 – Use of transport  
Actions/Research & campaigning At jet speed or walking pace The contradictions of our lives The gift of travel Cyclist’s prayer Forgive us our failing A travelling prayer Transporting goods Sudanese-style   Week 2 – Use of water  
Actions/Research & campaigning Living water Water Clean water A water blessing Water stories and prayers Crescent-shaped terraces Stemming the flood waters in Bangladesh   Week 3 – Use of energy  
Actions/Research & campaigning Lord of energy, teach us to pray The be-attitudes Our thoughtless wasting Choices The parable of the churchgoer and the asylum-seeker To be … satisfied Praise God The essence of banality Grid-free power   Week 4 – Reducing waste and pollution  
Actions/Research & campaigning Prayer of Franciscan conservation Prayer at a supermarket checkout Objects Waster wannabe Reusing The rich young ruler Chip fat fuels lorries   Week 5 – Shopping thoughtfully  
Actions/Research & campaigning Calling for justice Bless our choices Living gently Supermarket psalm Creation psalm The sea – a conversation Prayer of reconciliation Look in our hearts, Lord Christ, we pray   Week 6 – Maintaining and increasing biodiversity  
Actions/Research & campaigning Weaver, thread and pattern Litany for creation Prayers of celebration and blessing God made them Credo Creator of space and mustard seed Agricultural biodiversity in India   Research and campaigning sources on the Internet
 
Opening and closing responses for Sundays in Lent   1 st Sunday of Lent Creator God Mysterious God Round about us God is among us Wanderers, gatherers Wherever we travel   2 nd Sunday of Lent Gathering God From what we know God watches over Adventurous God When we are happy Strong and mysterious When Abraham chuckled Jesus calls us Our homeland is on earth Hold firm, take heart Secure on a rock In the goodness of God   3 rd Sunday of Lent Pilgrim God We are God’s people Wise God Teach us truth Blazing in a bush Holy God   4 th Sunday of Lent God of darkness and light Shield us God God dances in light Shine in our lives Young and old Our message is this   5 th Sunday of Lent Loving God The love of God In winter and springtime Holy God, give me a happy heart God of the past God on the road God of glory Keep our eyes on the prize
 
Mothering Sunday Under your wings You let us go Out of your womb When we cry The image of God A good enough parent You father and mother us The pictures of you in our minds Come, Mother God With deep gratitude Hear our prayers Family
 
Additional liturgical resources for Lent Plumb line prayer Not a good day A statement of faith Searching Credo A bit of hope – Lent It’s us again Gracious and patient God Lead us on our journey A pilgrim people Broken The quiet insistence of your Word Resurrecting God hears all kinds of prayers Gladly we pray O God, you are my God What should we render to Caesar?
 
Palm/Passion Sunday   Opening and closing responses for Palm Sunday:
Shout Hosanna
Lead us into Holy Week A prayer on the way to Jerusalem Welcome to the city (but one wee word of advice) Going up to Jerusalem Palm Sunday is always happening A home liturgy for Holy Week Palm Sunday evening
 
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week   Readings and responses:
A bruised reed
God’s constant love
Generous God
God of Jew and Gentile A story from Iona One man and his boss Terrible love Scented love Bird’s-eye view I owed him one Havens of welcome The Judas and Mary in us The way of the cross A job’s a job
 
Maundy Thursday A Passover meal for thirteen Prayer before going to church on Maundy Thursday The cloud of witnesses A story from Birmingham A prayer before the washing of feet If I , your Lord and Master It makes me weep rivers that bit Here’s a man
 
Good Friday “ Stations of the Cross Musical settings to four Stations of the Cross   Holy places 2004:
Via Dolorosa
Women at the wall
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The flowers of the field Why is he getting wrong? I don’t understand adults Seeing the face of Christ (George’s story)   People of the Passion:
The soldier
The priest
The Pharisee
Three poor bastards
The Roman centurion
The family Good Friday in a northern town He and she and we At the cross In your hands Hope   Three prayers for Good Friday:
The denial of your image
Our inhumanity
Religious power abused God help us In the silence Leading home the child of God
 
Holy Saturday We wait in hope Conversation in a graveyard Turning the ashes Dust, dust and ashes Not beyond my ken
 
The Easter vigil Wait and see   Prayers for the Easter vigil:
At the lighting of the new fire
The lighting of the Easter candle
The liturgy of renewal
Blessing of the Easter garden
Brighten this holy night Thanks be to you
Sanctus
Prayer after communion
 
Easter Sunday The first gold of dawn God has made laughter for us Easter celebrations from Holy Rood House This is the Good News We gather in God’s name Lead us Lord The Sabbath day was over God is on the loose Tell them how much we love them It took tough love Maggie’s teeth Symbols of resurrection Deep in the heart of God

Key to symbols
     Prayer
   Reading
     Biblical reflection
    Liturgy
   Responses
     Song
    Story
    Sermon
 
Introduction
This book began as two pieces of work – a Lent discipline, written for The Year of Justice and Care in the Lichfield diocese, and a Stations of the Cross, written for a congregation in South Tyneside. From there it grew and grew.
Our intention has been for this to be a resource book, so while there are some complete liturgies included, most of the material consists of the stuff that liturgies are made of – stories, prayers, biblical reflections, songs and responses.
The material is arranged chronologically, and we have tried to classify it into types for ease of reference. There are also pieces that can be used in a number of contexts, according to local needs.
Our grateful thanks to all our contributors for the rich and imaginative material they have sent us. It has been a joy to edit this book.
Special thanks are due to a number of people; to Bernadette and Pete Atkins for proof reading and wise comments; to John Polhill for his encouragement; to Gary Polhill and Louise Hayward for their commitment to environmental issues; to Jane Darroch-Riley, Alex Thompson, Tri Boi Ta and Sandra Kramer at Wild Goose Publications for their support, skills and encouragement, and particularly to Neil Paynter for his sensitive and competent editing and cheery e-mails.
Working together has been a learning process for both of us. Working on a common task builds not only community, but also negotiating skills and books.
Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill, August 2004
For Bishop Mike and Bishop Peter with thanks and love
Shrove Tuesday

 
A short liturgy for Shrove Tuesday
For this liturgy you will need the following ingredients: flour, salt, milk, an egg; and the following tools: a mixing bowl and a whisk.
Reader 1:  Come with me, come wander, come welcome the world, Where strangers might smile or where stones may be hurled; Come leave what you cling to, lay down what you clutch And find, with hands empty, that hearts can hold much.