It was good to stop and pray for the local churches, the schools, the people who live on the estates, the people who stop at the Blue, in fact, anyone and everyone who lives or works in Bermondsey.
Along the way we read from Mark's Gospel about the ministry of Jesus: how John the Baptist came crying 'prepare the way' - praying that God would prepare the way into people's hearts in Bermondsey.
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| Lucey Way |
for the fishermen to lay down their nets and follow him, praying that people in our community would hear and respond to Jesus's call to follow him.
How the people of his day were astonished at his teaching, 'for he taught them as one who taught with authority', praying especially from this passage for the children of St James's School that they would learn from Jesus.
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| St James's School |
How he reached out with love to the leper, touched him, and made him clean, praying that the people of our community would feel the touch of Jesus in their lives.
How he met with sinners and tax collectors, because he had come 'not to call the righteous but sinners,' praying for the places where our community comes together, such at at the Blue.
How he walked on the water and said to the terrified disciples: 'take heart, it is I, have no fear', praying that we would be courageous, not fearful, in engaging in God's mission, knowing Jesus is with us., as we came to the River and prayed for the city of London as a whole, with its thousands of churches and millions of people: Thy Kingdom Come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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| St Anne's |
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| The Blue |
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| Thy will be done in London as in heaven |
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