Here, in the ‘Celtic’ tradition, are prayers from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community for the whole of life: for starting an engine, for keeping us engaged and on the road to God’s Kingdom; for taking a daily walk, for refugees travelling dangerous seas; an Iona Abbey kitchen prayer for chopping carrots, making bread and sanitising surfaces, and a Harvest supper prayer of sharing; prayers for personal healing, and for our deeply wounded world; a prayer for self-knowledge, and another for doing the laundry and remembering ‘lost socks’ …



Lord God …

we bring you everything,

and tip it out in front of you …



And now we pause a while in silence,

waiting for you to show us what we need to understand …



(from a prayer by Roddy Cowie)