Isaiah 66:13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.
As we continue our Lent pilgrimage, we bring before God the world around us, full of contrasts. We pray for the poor and disadvantaged, that we may find a way to help them. We pray for those in power, the rich and famous, that they will turn from avarice and pride and recognise their responsibilities towards others, and learn to serve and share, to have compassion and love.

We pray for all conflict, that it may cease, without reservation. Conflict, not only in the form of war and hostility between nations, but also conflict in our homes and workplaces, churches and friendship groups. May there be only love.

Mothering Sunday brings to mind the deep love that God has for us, just as a mother has for her child. We pray for all who have no one to call ‘mother’, and those whose mothers are no longer around. We give thanks for all who have mothered each one of us, aunts, uncles, grandparents, friends, as well as parents, and we ask for God’s blessing on them all.

Palm Sunday, at the end of the month, gives us pause to remember Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, not with pomp and circumstance, but with humility and service. We pray that we may emulate that humility, service, compassion and love that He taught us to desire.
Zechariah 9:9 See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey