Good Friday

I was invited to join the Walk of Witness in Swadlincote today and was delighted to accept.

This was the largest and best event that I can remember over the years.  Last year it absolutely poured down with rain.  This year we were pretty lucky.

We met up outside the Royal Mail sorting office and then we marched up through the High Street. Churches Together staged a re-enactment of the Crucifixion of Jesus and there was a great musical accompaniment too by New Chapter. I want to share with you a prayer that was said today by Mrs Tilling of Gresley Mission Room.

Lord Jesus Christ, broken on the cross, tortured there in body, mind and soul, you know what it means to suffer.
So now we pray today for the broken people of our world,
those who have experienced something of your pain.
Reach out in love, and make them whole.
We pray for the broken in body, those injured in accidents, those maimed in war, those disabled by disease.
 Reach out in love, and make them whole.
We pray for the broken in mind, those tormented by fears, those wrestling with depression, those who have suffered a mental breakdown.
Reach out in love, and make them whole.
We pray for the broken in spirit, those whose dreams have been destroyed, those whose love has been betrayed, those whose faith has been crushed.
Reach out in love, and make them whole.
Lord Jesus Christ, you came to make us all whole, to mend broken lives, to restore broken people.
Reach out in love, and make them whole, for in your name we ask it. Amen.

It was a great way to start Easter in South Derbyshire.

I hope every one else has a peaceful Easter.