About beginning to pray

Prayer begins with practising being in the presence of God.

About singing from the same hymn sheet

It is so wonderful to find someone with whom this is true,
both literally - and metaphorically!

About submission, freeedom and slavery

Submission chosen is freedom.

Submission enforced is slavery.

A prayer about compassion

Thank God for the gift of compassion.

A prayer about the wonder of the world

Help us, dear Lord, each morning, 

to awake to the wonder of the world.

About Jesus coming to us and our going to him

Jesus, you came to us through the mothering of Mary
and she brings us to you through her mothering of us.

Thank you, God, for the gift of mothering.

On the presentation of the child Jesus in the temple

How did the Temple exalt 
when Jesus was carried over its threshold by Mary and Joseph; 
the fulfilment of the Old Testament
and the promise of the New?

Did the pillars and stones shout for joy?