In the Anglican Church what do we do other than sit or sink to our knees when the worship leader says “Let us pray”?

Those three simple words herald the beginning of a time of prayer - an essential element in all our worship. I often feel there ought to follow a time of quiet when we all get on and do just that – PRAY! There frequently follow far too many words from the leader when we ought to be sharing a time of quiet prayerful contemplation of Almighty God in the company of our brothers and sisters in faith. There are of course times when we pray in solitude as well as in company needing inspiration and information for our prayer. Never fear! Help is at hand!

Within the Anglican tradition of prayer and worship intercessory prayer is rather like a telescope needing to be focused at one moment on the world at large or the church in the world, and at another on the local community or the people with whom we are the Body of Christ in this place.

By the end of September the 1st edition of St. Christopher’s Cathedral Intercession Prayer Calendar will be available to anyone who requests it. This simple publication will provide specific topics for intercession for each day of the month and space on the page for you to add your own topics for regular prayer. The focus will be both world wide, particularly for the church in the diocese and province, and local as we pray for each other in our cathedral congregations and Awali.

This is intended to be the 1st edition of SCCIPC as I invite you to submit your own information and suggestions for the 2nd edition which will appear at the beginning of 2006.
A.H