Join a year-long prayer journey
People are being invited on a year-long prayer journey to develop their spiritual lives.
From meditations and reflections to prayer walks and labyrinths, each month people will be guided through different ways of praying, either alone or with others, with a series of online resources.
The Year of Prayer course is compiled by the Church in Wales’ Spirituality Group and begins in September on the Church’s website.
The prayers offered will be a mix of prayer for our personal journey and prayer for the wider community and world. Each month there will be a theme, a Bible passage, a reflection, a particular way of prayer and suggestions for music, art and books for further prayer.
Bishop John, who chairs the Spirituality Group, invites everyone to take part.
“Prayer not only helps to deepen our faith, but takes us beyond ourselves to the wider world. To sit quietly at home in prayer has been shown to help improve our general well-being. It is a time to bring to God whatever we feel we need to say.
“An old prayer has the words ‘in the changes and chances of this fleeting world’ which relates to the world of today; all that has been experienced in recent years; the ongoing call for justice and peace, an end to conflict and war, the concerns for a sustainable environment and climate.
“I am very pleased to be able to invite you, and encourage you, to join in a Year of Prayer. It opens up, very simply, a different approach to prayer each month. Some you may be familiar with, some you may like, some may be new, some may not be the right way for you.
“Importantly, it is to pray in the way you are most comfortable with.”
You can join the Year of Prayer here.