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Prayers for all those taking exams We are keeping in mind and heart all the young people in particular who are facing into exams over these next few weeks. We pray that they will know "the peace of God with surpasses all understanding" (Philippians 4:7) and which is found in their ever-present friend, the Lord Jesus, who by the Holy Spirit "sticks closer than a brother [or sister]". Here are some prayers to help us pray. Prayers for all those taking exams: https://www.churchofireland.org/news/11348/prayers-for-exams# Father God, We thank you that our names are written on the palm of your hand, Not in the way we write things on our hands so as not to forget. But because OUR name is constantly on your mind, Because you KNOW us by name, Because you CALL us by name Because our name is PRECIOUS to you. Today dear Lord we lift to you all those who are preparing for exams. Bring peace to their bodies, Quieten the beats of their racing hearts, Allow clarity to reign in t...

  Today's gospel, Bank Holiday Monday, 2 June " Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. "   Today's gospel      John 16:29-33 His disciples said, ‘Yes, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure of speech! Now we know that you know all things, and do not need to have anyone question you; by this we believe that you came from God.’    Jesus answered them, ‘Do you now believe? The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each one to his home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!’ Sacred Space You can find a devotional guide here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2025-06-02/ Christian Art https://christian.art/daily-gospel-reading/john-16-29-33-2025/ The latest edition of  Dea Scéala,  t he Tuam, Limerick &...

More on love and unity Jesus prays to God the Father for his disciples,  "...that they may be one as we are one." Today's gospel      John 17: 20-26 ‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,  so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. ‘Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. I made your n...