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Dear Friends,

 

I received an exciting letter from Bishop Christopher this week appointing me to an Honorary Canonry of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit. What a wonderful honour! So, at some stage I will be installed by one of the Bishops to my seat in the choir area of the cathedral before an evensong service. As an honorary canon I will act as an ambassador for the cathedral and strengthen the links between the Cathedral, the parishes and the diocese. I will be expected to attend three meetings a year of the College of Canons and attend worship there when I can. It is a great honour and I hope you will be happy along with me as it’s been given to your parish priest. I will be entitled to wear a cassock in the Cathedral colour but I’m not sure I can afford that – perhaps I shall make do with just a sash! Thankfully, the Bishop has given me permission to share the good news with you straight away – it would have been a real struggle to keep it quiet! But, enough of all that, on to what I should be writing about!

 

During the last three weeks, the ten o’clock service has been reflecting on prayer and this week we are thinking about intercessory prayer. What is it? It literally means standing in the middle between the created world and God, presenting to Him the needs of that world. Intercessory prayer is prayer for others. An intercessor is one who takes the place of another or pleads another's case. One study Bible defines intercession as "holy, believing, persevering prayer whereby someone pleads with God on behalf of another or others who desperately need God's intervention." Remember Moses pleading with God to save the people of Israel? And, of course, Jesus is the primary intercessor – the one to whom we pray so that He will intercede on our behalf to the Father. That is what we are doing in our intercessions – empowered and guided by the Holy Spirit.

 

 

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Yours, in Christ