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Rating universities by the salaries of their graduates is the tawdriest thing I have heard for ages. What about contribution to the common good? What about those institutions that form teachers and healthcare workers rather than City bankers?
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Dorothy. 92. She was never confirmed as a child because the family couldn’t afford a dress. Today we made good. It’s never too late to accept the love of Jesus into your heart.
@cofelancs
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I’m trying to understand the thought processes that led to the conclusion that 80 additional nuclear warheads are a higher priority than the UK aid budget. But I can’t.
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So let’s be clear. Three months ago the Tories kicked out Johnson for lack of moral framework. Now they want him back. So has he repented and amended his life? Or does electability now trump everything including basic moral sense? What a cesspit we are in.
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I have Confirmed my first Centenarian (along with 26 rather younger candidates) at the Ascension, Torrisholme
@cofelancs
. This is Anne who, 90 years ago, was ill when she was due to be Confirmed. A long wait, but we got there in the end!
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The tomb is empty. The body is gone. Jesus is alive again and so there is a new creation. Rejoice! Alleluia! Happy Easter everyone!
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14 yr old boy at
#oneLIFEmission
youth event: What is a holy person?
Me: Someone who prays, listens and helps others to know God.
Boy: I think it’s someone who knows that without Jesus they can never be free or forgiven.
Bishop 0. Boy 1.
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It’s sad that it takes a (wonderful)
@coflancs
priest weeping on TV to reveal the catastrophic crisis of poverty that our nation faces, but the wave of generosity it has unleashed shows a national desire to act. We will need much more altruism like this in the months ahead.
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I am longing for an evening when I do not have to weep my way through the
@BBCNews
. We are witnessing an act of the purest and most unspeakable evil.
#PrayForUkraine
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The poor dying at twice the rate of the wealthy, over a million new universal credit claimants, chaos over vouchers for children on free school meals, unprecedented demands on food banks and what are Anglicans arguing about?
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I am outraged beyond words that
@JohnSentamu
has been denied a peerage. His contribution to public life has been beyond outstanding. Institutional racism? It just sounds like racism.
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It seems fitting that we should hear the news of Desmond Tutu's death on the Feast of St Stephen, another who knew the cost of making a stand for the Kingdom. May the Gospel courage of both inspire the whole church in 2022.
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Prayers this morning for Burnley, a town I have grown to love and which now has the highest Covid rates in the country. The reasons are complex and multilayered, but this pandemic is a big magnifying glass for pre-existing social inequalities.
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Looks like the football is going to clash with the carol services and we’ll all find ourselves at Messi Church.
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What we heard yesterday reminds me of the savage budgets of the early 80s which did inter-generational harm and from which many working class communities have never recovered. Will we never learn? ‘Trickle down’ benefits only the rich.
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I love Midnight Mass, I just wish it weren’t at midnight. Midnight is too late for Mass. I want to go to bed.
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To churches
#coronavirus
. Don't cut back! Step up! Essential to stay safe and follow all guidance, but with the fear of long-term social isolation (especially for the elderly) now is the time to show how we serve and whom we serve. And above all, now is the time to pray.
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I’d love to be able to text
@BorisJohnson
to ask him why the UK overseas aid budget has been slashed by 40%.
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Forget drum-kits and bejewelled chalices. This is the most important piece of gear a church needs!
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At the end of September furlough ends, the Universal Credit uplift is scrapped and energy prices are being hiked. A horrendous cocktail for those in poverty. It will be a choice between food or fuel in many households this winter.
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Huge prayers today for priests and all leading worship over the next two days - for stamina, patience and Christ-filled joy.
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The dependency argument about free school meals might have strength in normal times. But we’re in the middle of a global pandemic where workplace instability is causing a chilling wave of hunger. In such circumstances using it is ill-informed and insensitive. Go
@MarcusRashford
!
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Much more than history and heritage. Notre Dame shows the powerful hold that Christian buildings hold over our imaginations, even in secular W. Europe. They are physical symbols of the God who will never abandon his people, even if they forget their need of him.
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Prayers this morning for priests, preachers and all who will be seeking to put into words the indescribable wonder of the Incarnation.
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Isn't the closure of the Houses of Parliament the perfect moment to sell Church House and move CofE headquarters to the north of England? It would free up millions for mission.
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Oddly I feel a sense almost of relief that there is clarity about where we stand. But my prayers this morning will be for those for whom home is not a safe place.
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It's critical that government agrees to extend the school meal voucher scheme into the Summer holidays. It's critical that easily accessible funding is found to enable churches and charities to offer food and support to families over Summer which can be done at very low cost.
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This is a thread for
@BorisJohnson
. Congratulations on the election victory. Your majority makes you the most powerful PM for years and you must now be reflecting on how to use that power. 1/10
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Here’s my general election prayer:
‘Come Lord Jesus. Amen.’
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Why does New Year have to be so late? Wouldn’t it be much better if it started at, say, 7.30 and then we could all have an early night?
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I don't go for the 'Great chance to do church differently' line. Though it had to be done, to deprive God's people of the Eucharist is a nightmare. But I am grateful for two crisis bi-products. The discovery of Zoom and the rediscovery of my bicycle.
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Happy Ascension Day. Or Eid Mubarak. And let’s be united in prayer for the Middle East.
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So the Coronavirus legislation allows 'commemorative events celebrating the life of someone who has died' to take place in church buildings. Does this include the Eucharist? Or does the Resurrection rule it out?
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I was ordained deacon
@durhamcathedral
30 years ago today and so am feeling old! But even more thankful for the most extraordinary journey and for the beautiful people it’s been my joy to minister to.
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I’ve just eaten twice my body weight in Maltesers out of nervous tension.
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Can we now lay aside domestic arguments and the theological weaponising of this terrible pandemic and try and recover our prophetic voice?
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Extraordinary and powerful speech from King Charles III. ‘May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.’
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Today I am giving thanks for 25 years as a priest, for those with whom I was ordained in Durham Cathedral and for those about to receive this precious gift at Petertide.
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Please remember in prayer Marquis from my former Parish who has died aged 19. He was the most joyful and courageous person I have ever met and touched and changed so many lives. His last words? 'Wake me up for the football.' He's woken up now to something even better than that!
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Feeling a bit inadequate this evening as I seem to be the only priest on Twitter who doesn’t have an ‘I met Desmond Tutu…’ anecdote.
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Woke up powerfully struck by the amazing kingdom ambition that
#synod
@churchofengland
showed yesterday. We have committed ourselves to a loving, serving, worshipping Christian community on every significant urban estate. It's revolution! Let's pray for grace to deliver.
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Everyone in a position of leadership in the Church needs to watch ‘The Church’s Dark Secret’ on BBC2. A terrifying study into the abuse of power on so many levels. And on the need to hear the voices of survivors. There won’t be much sleep tonight though.
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I'm finding it to hard to process what we have seen today. Awe-inspiring ceremonial. Heart-stopping music. Beautifully crafted liturgy. Powerful Gospel proclamation from
@JustinWelby
. It's been overwhelming. But through it all such a sense hope and healing.
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Bethlehem 0 AD- God’s son is born in poverty, laid in the straw and offers salvation as free gift to all.
@Harrods
2019 AD - you need to spend £2000 before you’re allowed to go and see Santa.
Where did it all go wrong?
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I’m desperately trying to think of some profound and moving Christmas tweet but I’m done in already! So let’s stick with Happy Christmas!
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I can barely imagine the terror of a forty mile convoy of armoured vehicles heading towards my home. I hope that all Christians, including
@cofelancs
, will commit themselves to prayer and fasting tomorrow.
#PrayForUkraine
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I am not turning the central heating on. Even if I start to display the early stages of hypothermia I am not turning the central heating on.
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Christ is risen! Today we can be sure that the power of self-giving love is greater than that of belligerence and greed. Jesus has triumphed! A happy and glorious Easter to all.
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Please, everyone, read this letter. And please, HM Government, extend the free school meals voucher scheme into the Summer Holidays.
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So much for dictation software. I have just commended a priest for great work in his two parachutes.
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An attack so deliberately attacking young people is revolting, horrific, beyond barbaric. Prayers and thoughts for all involved
#Manchester
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#synod
starts with contemporary worship offered by an excellent worship group. The vulnerability of the Charismatic Movement is that it would be taken out by an energy crisis. Thuribles, candles and bread might seem old hat to some, but at least you don’t need to plug them in.
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The schools decision may have been the only one possible but I am worried sick about hundred of thousands of vulnerable children. Schools and charities will need to make unprecedented levels of provision against 'holiday hunger' this summer. Let's hope there's funding.
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Hard to believe Lily is 105 and still able to attend her great grandson’s Confirmation
@cofelancs
. Actually 105 and a half. The half starts to matter again!
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Confusion reigns in E Lancs where we now have three sets of regulations running concurrently in different areas. Any chance of a one-stop website where you can pop in a postcode and see in clear language what rules apply to you?
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If you can, please stop to pray for a while at 11am for a
@cofelancs
priest dealing with a tragic pastoral situation in their parish, that they may be given the right words to say.
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‘We’ll make sure there’s a cup of tea between services,’ they said St St Christopher’s Blackpool
@cofelancs
. This is a very Lancastrian cup of tea!
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The deeper the darkness, the brighter shines the glory of the light of the Resurrection. The tomb is empty. Jesus is alive! Happy Easter to everyone.
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The Tory party leadership election seems to have deteriorated into a competition to see who can be most spiteful to some of the world's most vulnerable people. I am glad that when my own ancestors fled the pogroms of the 1890s they found refuge and safety in the UK.
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Thanks Boris for giving every single person in the country the most nightmarish conundrum! 'You can see your family and friends at Christmas but you'd maybe better not.' Is clarity too much to ask for from Government?
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PLEASE PRAY THIS PRAYER ON SATURDAY! And retweet like crazy! Feb 22 is the first anniversary of the
#synod
motion to have a Christian community on every significant urban estate in the country. That's impossible - unless we pray...
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Worried by the number of priests I have spoken to today who aren't getting post Christmas breaks. It's hard to carve out the time, but SO important for sustaining the joy of ministry. Hope they can find some time before Lent.
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Prayers tonight for Burnley, for the victims of the stabbings in the town centre earlier today and for peace amongst its various communities.
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Is there a concerted campaign in the C of E to abolish the word ‘Priest’? Just seen an ad for ‘an ordained clergy.’ Aargh!! Read your BCPs!
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'Daddy, why is that old man in a hat taking the service instead of you.' Priest's daughter after a Confirmation. I feel like a line has been crossed.
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My yogurt says it’s ‘fridge door friendly.’ I love the idea of my yogurt and my fridge door chatting amiably and sharing pleasantries whilst I attend to Zoom.
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We cannot delay the re-opening of schools beyond Easter - it would be a catastrophe for a generation, especially the poorest. Vaccination of staff, testing of children, prioritisation of regions, ages and demographics - everything must be done to re-start.
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First this morning I listen to stories of struggling in-work families borrowing clothes, in debt, dependent on food handouts, constantly anxious and stressed. Then next I hear Johnson’s plan to blow the Brexit budget on tax cuts for the highest earners. Priorities?
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Excellent news about Archie Coates becoming Vicar of
@HTBChurch
- an outstanding priest and leader. Wouldn’t it be great to have similarly joined up succession strategies for our estates churches?
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The north of the country is being hung out to dry. It's easy for a London-based administration to do no more than impose ever tighter regulations. Good government must understand and address the impact on family life, local communities, jobs and the economy.
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I have found an abandoned bag of toffee popcorn in the depths of my larder and it has brought a rich seam of joy to the deep, dark mine of lockdown. Recommended.
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Day 10 of Covid isolation and tomorrow I am free! I had hoped to achieve a great deal, but rather forgot that (even double jabbed) Covid makes you feel ill. I am grateful though that I had a mild version and will pray even more for those with severe symptoms and long covid.
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Heartfelt thanks to the
@WeAreOpenreach
van driver whose speedy reactions probably saved my life today. I was cycling on the Whalley bypass when he shielded me from a BMW whose owner must have been training for a
#worstdriverinLancashire
competition. Phew! And thanks!
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My depression levels have increased by a million after reading about the racist abuse of the fabulous England players. Why? And what are the social media companies doing about it? My thoughts and prayers are with those on the receiving end.
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Amazing project in Blackburn
@cofelancs
- feeding 1000 children a day during the school holidays.
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This dog may look sweet to you but HE JUST ATE MY PURPLE SOCKS!
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Michael Curry’s sermon 85 million times more exciting than FA Cup Final. And he moves faster than Giroud.
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I see no evidence at all that either of these candidates even begin to understand the impact the cost of living crisis will have this winter. Why not tell us the details of their promised emergency budgets? To withhold such information is playing politics with human misery.
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Brian? What kind of name is that for a storm? Everyone knows Brian is a snail.
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A northern Diocese ‘in crisis’ because of a debt of less than 1% of the funds held by some southern Dioceses. This ‘crisis’ is no more than a symptom of a much deeper financial and spiritual institutional sickness. The solution is in Acts 2.
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I've bought an Alexa so at least I'm not the only object in the house that can speak, but I'm very confused by the etiquette. Are you meant to say 'please' and 'thank you'? It's making me feel horribly bossy.
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Wednesday in
#HolyWeek
. If only we had a few more Peters: loud-mouthed, big hearted, transparent, risk-taking, desolate in sin, overwhelmed by grace. Complacent, cosy relationship with Jesus is death. It is the dangerous passion of Peter that sets hearts on fire with the Gospel.
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Vacancy news. St Mary's, Brookfield, London - 28 applications. St Barnabas, Morecambe - 2 applications. It would be good to hear from the unsuccessful 27!
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Some good news to cheer you all up.
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Candlemas - third anniversary of Consecration today. Downs as well as ups (!) but an unmitigated pleasure to serve the parishes and schools of the wonderful
@cofelancs
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Poignant end to the evening with a girl from another group who was complaining about the cold at night. When I asked (foolishly) why she had no sleeping bag or coat she answered simply ‘Because we’re poor.’ That’s who Mary’s Shrine is for.
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Please pray for the people of St Mary's Gisburn
@cofelancs
who meet this morning in terrible grief following the sudden death of their beloved Vicar, John Hallows. Pray also for his wife and family for whom the pain is almost unendurable. May they find peace and hope in Jesus.
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Is
#GrenfellTower
going to be the UK's New Orleans, casting a spotlight on how we treat our poor? Let's hope radical change ensues.
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Doubtless necessary, but this second closure of schools is a catastrophe for families in deprived areas. Seeking to narrow the gap must be our first priority when this is behind us.
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Palm Sunday. 'Hosanna!' the crowd shouts. 'Save us!' And he will save them - not through a secular power grab, but by the cross which subverts all human power and transforms the world with love. God always exceeds our human expectations.
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Palm Sunday in the absence of other Christian feels sad. Hard not to reminisce - the flatulent donkey in Hartlepool, the crazy street processions in Camden. Sad but also necessary as we pray for all those suffering and at risk
#coronavirus
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Pencils. Rulers. Pieces of paper. Kindly people. Not a screen in sight. Voting in this country is an oddly reassuring throwback to the 1950s.
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This is the most powerful statement of Resurrection hope I have heard this year.
The Queen speaks of light overcoming darkness, and the hope that Easter symbolises, in a special message recorded to mark the Easter weekend.
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