Blaenau Gwent

“Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.”

Weave a silence, O Lord, onto our lips, a silence into our minds and a silence within our hearts. Close our ears to distraction, our eyes to illusion and our heart to temptation, and fill our lives with the glory of your presence. Amen.

God of transforming grace,as Creator, your imagination brings all things into being;as Redeemer, you offer in Jesus a transformed life of discipleship;as Spirit, you make all one and give the gift of vision.We are your people, who long to be transformed so that our world may know itstrue destiny in your love, peace and justice.Help us to find you always alongside us,and to hear your call to be your people, sharing in your work of transformation. Amen.

John 20:1-18Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord.' (v. 18)

Revelation 1:4-18... and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. (vs. 5-6)