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In this time of the Pandemic, we are changing and being changed. What once was urgent in our daily lives is now put on pause. Other more immediate ways of living and dying are transforming us.As we contemplate and experience our collective living and dying, we pray that we can be even more unified as One in God’s Love all across the world. There is great hope in all that is happening in this world, we embrace it all.Now in these unprecedented times, our world is hushed . . . In the quiet and the chaos,we’re witnessing the wellspring of new life, even in the midst of death. All the world is now, perhaps for the first time ever, singularly focused on the healing of one anotherand the healing of “this fragile Earth, our island home.”Almost since time began, this is also the spirit in which our evenings always have begun. At this holy hour of twilight, we are hushed throughout all time, breathing in more deeply, lighting our candles, pausing at the end of the day together to pray into the love of God’s welcoming embrace.In this widened space at the end of the day, our prayers encircle the world continuously. We rest into the power of quietness and the healing touch of God.

The Rev. Maria J. Hoecker


    • Nov 29, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    Celtic Evening Prayer - The First Sunday in Advent | Sunday, November 29, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 16:55


    As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God's expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Healing | Sunday, November 15, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 26:44


    As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God's expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Healing | Sunday, November 8, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 30:36


    As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God's expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Healing | Sunday, November 1, 2020 | All Saints' Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 33:13


    This service of prayers for healing comes to us from Iona Abbey in Scotland. These prayers from the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect our belief that God's purpose for us all is a life of wholeness, as expressed in the life and teaching of Jesus. The ministry of healing is an integral part of our Christian witness. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Healing | Sunday, October 25, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 31:58


    As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God's expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Justice and Peace | Sunday, October 11, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 35:27


    As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God's expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Justice and Peace | Sunday, October 4, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 28:40


    Now in these unprecedented times, our world is hushed... In the quiet and the chaos, we're witnessing the wellspring of new life, even in the midst of death. All the world is now, perhaps for the first time ever, singularly focused on the healing of one another and the healing of “this fragile Earth, our island home.” 

    Blessing of Animals - The Feast of St. Francis | October 4, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 13:21


    In this October 4 prayer podcast, we gather with all creatures great and small in blessing and thanksgiving.

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Healing | Sunday, September 20, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 32:56


    This service of prayers for healing comes to us from Iona Abbey in Scotland. These prayers from the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect our belief that God's purpose for us all is a life of wholeness, as expressed in the life and teaching of Jesus. The ministry of healing is an integral part of our Christian witness. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Healing | Sunday, September 13, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 31:25


    This service of prayers for healing comes to us from Iona Abbey in Scotland. These prayers from the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect our belief that God's purpose for us all is a life of wholeness, as expressed in the life and teaching of Jesus. The ministry of healing is an integral part of our Christian witness. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer - A Service of Prayer for Justice and Peace | September 6, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 25:37


    This week our Hymns and Prayers for Justice and Peace lift up all peoples of this nation and their forebears. Let us Go Forth, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit!

    Celtic Evening Prayer | August 30, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2020 27:19


    Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for August 30, 2020. In this widened space at the end of the day, our prayers encircle the world continuously. We rest into the power of quietness and the healing touch of God. As were all those who have gone before us, we too are comforted and calmed at this hour of twilight by candlelight, music and prayer. 

    Celtic Prayer for Healing | July 19, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2020 27:59


    This week we continue our Sunday, July 19th Celtic Prayers for Healing from the Iona Abbey Worship Book. 

    A Service of Prayer for Healing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2020 24:42


    This service of prayers for healing comes to us from Iona Abbey in Scotland. These prayers from the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect our belief that God's purpose for us all is a life of wholeness, as expressed in the life and teaching of Jesus. The ministry of healing is an integral part of our Christian witness.

    A Service of Prayer for Justice and Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 21:58


    This week our Hymns and Prayers for Justice and Peace lift up all peoples of this nation and their forebears. Let us Go Forth, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit!

    Episcopal Prayers and Litany for Social Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 6:02


    God commands us through Jesus Christ to love one another. In baptism, we promise to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves and to strive for justice and peace, and respect the dignity of every human being. Let us now honor those vows and pray for our nation in this election season, for wise and just leaders, and for the needs of others throughout our country and the world.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | June 14, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 31:12


    Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for Pentecost Day, June 14, 2020. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

    A Confession of Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020 17:02


    Together we offer our prayers for all God's people and our confession during this time of national upheaval, outrage, and fear.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | June 7, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020 31:47


    Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for Pentecost Day, June 7, 2020. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | May 31, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 30:13


    Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for Pentecost Day, May 31, 2020. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | May 24, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 34:05


    Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for the 7th Sunday of Easter. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | May 17, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 30:42


    Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for the 6th Sunday of Easter. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | May 10, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 34:48


    Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for the 5th Sunday of Easter. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

    Mother's Day Reflection and Prayers for Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 12:34


    We lift up a special reflection on the origin of Mother's Day with music and prayers for all who raise us up from generation to generation.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | May 3, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 33:02


    You are invited to light a candle... or three... as the evening's twilight settles into the darkness of night.  These evening prayers are there for you at any time you may be feeling the darkness surrounding you.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | April 26, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 33:00


    You are invited to light a candle... or three... as the evening's twilight settles into the darkness of night.  These evening prayers are there for you at any time you may be feeling the darkness surrounding you.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | April 19, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 33:00


    You are invited to light a candle... or three... as the evening's twilight settles into the darkness of night.  These evening prayers are there for you at any time you may be feeling the darkness surrounding you.

    Celtic Evening Prayer - Easter Sunday 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2020 26:30


    In this time of the pandemic, we are changing and being changed. What once was urgent in our daily lives is now put on pause. Other more immediate ways of living and dying are transforming us.  You are invited to pray these evening prayers and light a candle to shine light into a darkened world. 

    The Great Vigil of Easter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2020 24:37


    On this most holy night, in which Jesus passed over from death to life, the Church invites all faithful people, dispersed throughout the world, to gather in vigil and prayer. For this is the Passover of the Lord, in which, by hearing his Word and celebrating his Sacraments, we share in his victory over death.

    Good Friday Ecumenical Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 37:54


    In previous years, it has long been the tradition to hold an ecumenical Good Friday Service at St. Columba's in Boothbay Harbor.  This year we continue that spirit by inviting everyone near and far to gather for a reading of the Passion and to pray the Solemn Collects.

    The Way of the Cross

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 30:16


    This devotion known as the Way of the Cross is drawn from our Christian tradition which is widely observed by pilgrims to Jerusalem. This is a contemporary offering of prayer at a series of places in that city traditionally associated with Jesus' passion and death. Accompanying the podcast is a PDF link bulletin illustrating contemporary line drawings of the 14 stations, linked on @St.C's website.

    Reflections of The Way of the Cross

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 33:21


    At each of the fourteen stations associated with Jesus' passion and death, Maria+ reads reflections that interweave scripture, tradition, and contemporary action we can take now to live out the Way of Love.  Accompanying the podcast is a PDF link bulletin illustrating contemporary line drawings of the 14 stations, linked on @St.C's website.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | April 5, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 32:40


    You are invited to light a candle... or three... as the evening's twilight settles into the darkness of night.  These evening prayers are there for you at any time you may be feeling the darkness surrounding you.

    The Liturgy of the Palms

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 23:41


    The Liturgy of the Palms readings and prayers have a new twist this year. You are invited to trim a branch from your own yard, one that you would wave for Jesus if he came by your place today. We'll also be doing a Blessing of our Hands... the palms of our hands... with your favorite lotion or oil.

    Celtic Evening Prayer | March 29, 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 30:17


    St. Columba's Episcopal Church, Boothbay Harbor, Maine Celtic Evening Prayer Service for Sunday, March 29, 2020. As were all those who have gone before us, we too are comforted and calmed at this hour of twilight by candlelight, music and prayer. 

    Celtic Evening Prayer Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 4:32


    The Celtic tradition holds that we find God in Christ in our hearts, in each other, and in all Creation.  As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers.Come as you are, let down your burdens, and find your rest in Christ. God's expansive love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, moving ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places.

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