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Prayer and Worship Resources

This page collects links to resources that you might find helpful whilst our regular services in church are put on hold. Many of the pages are updated frequently, so please check for the latest information.

Service booklets

The Order of Mass for 29 November, the 1^st Sunday of Advent, as it would have been used had the church been open.

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The Order of Mass for 22 November, the Feast of Christ the King and the Sunday next before Advent, as it would have been used had the church been open. Normally this would be the Sunday on which stewardship offerings for the coming year are presented. With the present National Restrictions, this will take place when public worship is next allowed, though this order of service includes the appropriate text.

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Resources accessible by telephone

• Diocesan Eucharist Recordings should be available from around 11am. Simply call 01865 920930 and, once connected, dial 0 for the full service or 1 for a short version. Standard call rates apply.
• For those unable to access a church service online, please use the Church of England's Daily Hope freephone number, dial 0800 804 8044, for daily hymns, reflections and prayers

On-line resources

• Parish of Abingdon Resources page. Contains service recordings and other resources. A recording of a Eucharistic Service on the Feast of Christ the King / Sunday next before Advent will be available late morning.
• The Annual Church in Abingdon Bereavement Service had been cancelled this year due to the pandemic. It has however been possible to put together an online service, hosted by All Saints and Trinity Churches, which is now available on YouTube.
• The Church of England, A Call to Prayer for the Nation
• A Novena Of Prayer For The Religious Life from from Friday 20 November to Saturday 28 November, might be of interest to some readers. A booklet, written by a group of monks and nuns in the Church of England is available to download. The themes for the nine days include: for those discerning a vocation, those who live the contemplative life, for Franciscan communities, for those connected with religious communities as oblates, tertiaries, associates and companions.
• A Candle in the Window, news and views from the parish of Abingdon-on-Thames. The ninth issue is now available. Members of St Michael's have contributed articles.
• Silent Reflections at Home materials from:
  • 24 November - Embracing Darkness
  • 27 October - Falling and Rising
  • 29 September - Power in the Darkness
• Diocese of Oxford Church at Home page. The service starts at 10 am each Sunday. The page includes links to the order of service, and additional links including sermon notes. An archive of previous services is available.
• Oxford Cathedral on-line services now include Evening Prayer live-streamed at 6.05 pm on weekdays, and on Sundays a Choral Eucharist at 11.05 am and Choral Evensong at 6.05 pm. Livestream events will appear on the cathedral’s YouTube channel. Recordings of sermons and transcripts are available from the sermons page. A daily Eucharist is celebrated by members of the clergy. The cathedral blog is hosting a series of 30 daily reflections on the Rule of St Augustine written by Fr Richard Peers, sub-dean of the cathedral.
• Church of England Daily Prayer
• Daily prayer for the current day that page also has links to the CoE Daily Prayer app.
• A simple form of Daily Prayer St Peter's Church, Earley, Reading
• Community of the Resurrection: live streaming and recordings of the community's daily round of prayer and praise See Worship and Live Streaming on the Community's web site for details of their services. There is a pattern and rhythm to their worship that some readers might find helpful.

For variety

• Advent Quiet Evenings Bishop Andrew Proud, retired Bishop of Reading, is offering a series of four Quiet Evenings to help people create space, at home, to tend the seed of eternity in the soul and prepare to receive the gift of Christ. Free tickets can be booked via Eventbrite. Each Quiet Evening will be offered online through the Zoom platform, every Wednesday in Advent. Lasting no more than one hour, they will begin with a ten minute reflection, followed by time for personal prayer and meditation. There will be suggestions to help you get the most out of the time. Each evening will end with Compline, night prayer. The themes are:

  2 December 'Stumbling so...-
  9 December 'Readying a place'
  16 December 'Waiting patiently'
  23 December 'Welcoming the Light'
  

• Advent Online Hundreds of Christians have pooled their unique skills to create an incredible library of free resources for churches and individuals this Advent. Contributions have come from across the globe – and from our own Diocese. See the Advent Online page on the diocesan web site and the Advent Online web site to view the full collection of resources. Categories include: music, art, biblical, tradition, prayer, videos, audio, image, text and reflection.
• Announcement from the Diocese of Oxford that the Venerable Gavin Collins is to be the next Bishop of Dorchester.
• Sheffield Cathedral, The Leaves of the Trees: A Reflective Coronavirus Memorial
• Living Well through the Next Six Months, a Diocesan initiative launched by Bishop Steven last week. The web page has an introduction from Bishop Steven and links to a range of supporting materials.
  • Bishop Olivia has produced a series of four films, one will be released each Monday in October, linked to the linked to the theme for October, the beauty of creation and the care for the earth.. The films are accompanied by links to theological and liturgical resources.
  • Care for Creation - a new diocesan newsletter "for anyone and everyone who's ready to explore their Christian calling to care for God's world".
• Bishop Steven's address to Diocesan Synod in November 2020.
• An on-line labyrinth.
• Walsingham
  • Mass will be live-streamed from the Holy House at 9 am every Sunday from 12 July
  • There is a daily live stream of Shrine Prayers at 6.00 pm. A guide to Shrine Prayers is available there together with recordings of previous instances.
• The Community of the Resurrection in Mirfield, live-stream their daily services. See Worship and Live-streaming page on their website for further details, times of services, and service booklets.
• Cathedrals are responding to the pandemic in a variety of ways and range of live-streamed worship.
  • Norwich Our former Team Vicar, Peter Doll, is Canon Librarian of the Cathedral. Of particular interest is the Coronavirus memorial to those who have died from Corona virus in Norfolk
  • Oxford
  • Portsmouth Fr Paul was a priest in Portsmouth Diocese before moving to Abingdon
  • Winchester
  • Sheffield Our former Team Vicar, Peter Bradley, leaves his position of Dean of the Cathedral at the end of 2020.
  • For another cathedral from the Province of York, readers might like to look at the web site of Wakefield Cathedral in the Diocese of Leeds.
• The History of Stations of the Cross A very interesting talk by an American Roman Catholic Franciscan brother. For information about Franciscan brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion see the web site.
• Alone Together Reflections from monks and nuns on isolation and distancing, led by Fr Christopher Jamison, OSB.
• Thriving in Lockdown Br Marc CR speaks about his time in lockdown in this interview with Caleb Ellwood of York Gateway church.
• Some readers may remember The Revd Dr Joe Kennedy, a former curate at St Michael's. He is now vicar of the Parish of Oxton St Saviour, Wirral. The church's web site includes an on-line worship section.

Archives

• Christ Church Cathedral are archiving sound recordings of sermons, services and reflections on their SoundCloud site. There is already an extensive collection of recordings in this archive.
• The Diocese of Oxford also has a SoundCloud archive which includes recordings of services as well as talks given on Local Radio stations by the Bishops and clergy of the diocese.
• Recordings of Diocesan services can be viewed from their Vimeo site.

Service Booklets

Lightly modified versions of the service booklet for the liturgies that would traditionally be used at St Michael's are available to download.

• Palm Sunday
• Maundy Thursday
• Good Friday
• Easter Liturgy (Saturday evening)
• Pentecost.
• Corpus Christi