{"id":18082,"date":"2024-05-25T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T23:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/?p=18082"},"modified":"2024-04-28T18:20:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T17:20:05","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-25th-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/25\/prayer-for-the-week-25th-may-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week &#8211; 25th May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Trinity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May has been quite a challenging month for which to write these weekly prayers! First we had Vocation Sunday, then the Ascension, followed by Pentecost and this week it is Trinity Sunday &#8211; but I volunteered to write them, so here goes!<\/p>\n<p>This week we think of the Trinity \u2013 \u2018God in three persons,\u2019 as the hymn writer tells us \u2013 God the Father, Jesus, God\u2019s Son \u00a0and God the Holy Spirit \u2013 different, but all one God. We have a set of table mats:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/May4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18072\" src=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/May4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are all the same. Imagine that each one is a different part of the Trinity, each with a part to play. They can work closely together yet still separately\u00a0 to create a bigger picture, or a larger mat:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/May44.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18074\" src=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/May44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guests are fascinated by these mats and enjoy the puzzle of fitting them together to put back in the box!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/May444.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18075\" src=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/May444.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Together, they form something which is solid and reliable yet they seem to be reaching out. I like to think that we can compare the formation to the Trinity. George Stuart, in \u2018Summer\u2019, an anthology collected by Ruth Burgess, thinks of the Trinity as \u2018God beyond, God within, and God between\u2019 and I think the photo illustrates this \u2013 three in one and one in three. In Revelations 22:12 we read that God says he is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the End.<\/p>\n<p>This is how I think of the Trinity: God the Creator, is limitless, a mystery, beyond our comprehension, God within, is his\/her interaction with the world and us through Jesus, God between, is the gift of Holy Spirit who enables us to understand God\u2019s purpose for us and who enables us to carry on the work that Jesus began. Three in One and One in Three.<\/p>\n<p>Hymn: StF 9\u00a0 Hail! Holy, holy, holy Lord!<\/p>\n<p>A Blessing for Trinity Sunday<\/p>\n<p>May the eyes of the seeing Father watch over us and keep us and ours ever in his gaze.<\/p>\n<p>May the arms of the loving Saviour hold us close and surround each moment of our lives with his care.<\/p>\n<p>May the wings of the living Spirit shelter each of us and enfold all our days and nights with God\u2019s peace.<\/p>\n<p>Amen<\/p>\n<p><em>(Simon Taylor from \u2018Summer\u2019, a Wild Goose Publication)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ruth Parrott &#8211; CoChair North<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trinity May has been quite a challenging month for which to write these weekly prayers! First we had Vocation Sunday, then the Ascension, followed by Pentecost and this week it is Trinity Sunday &#8211; but I volunteered to write them, so here goes! 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