SOME RESOURCES The Celtic Hymnbook (published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd) suitable songs

Celtic Alleluia (3) and Iona Alleluia: (4) Be thou my vision (24) Christ as a light (27) Christ be beside me (28) Christ be with me (30) How blessed are you who are poor, the Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis deo Kingdom of God is yours x 2 (80) (55) Additional words may be added ad lib Goodness is stronger than evil; love is Magnificat, magnificat, praise God, my stronger than hate (68) soul, praise God Here be the peace (73) The proud are downed, the poor raised up, magnificat my soul (129)

A Holy Island Prayer Book– Ray Simpson, Canterbury Press (UK)/Kindle/Amazon St Cuthbert’s Pilgrimage (Christians Aware) Liturgies from Lindisfarne—Ray Simpson, Kevin Mayhew Ltd with CD Rom Material on St Cuthbert can be found on pages 213-232 of ‘Great Celtic Christians– Alternative worship from the Community of Aidan and Hilda, the Celtic Prayer Book Vol 4: Kevin Mayhew and Celtic Daily Prayer: HarperCollins St Cuthbert’s Way

On the internet: Melrose to Lindisfarne www.cuthberts.net/cuddy www.raysimpson.org/about/lindisfarne www.lindisfarne.org Pilgrim Prayers and Songs On Holy Island visit St Cuthbert’s Isle at low tide, Fenwick Lawson’s The Journey in St Mary’s Church, St Cuthbert’s Seat outside St Cuthbert’s Centre, The digital Lindisfarne Gospels in memory of St Cuthbert at the Lindisfarne Centre The English Heritage Museum and Priory The Open Gate Retreat House. Holy Island has a series of leaflets on ‘Holy Wandrers’ and other resources for pilgrims.

For more copies contact The Community Office, Lifeboat House, Marygate, From The Community of Aidan and Hilda Holy Island, www.aidanandhilda.org Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 2SQ RRP £0.50 Setting Out 4) Forgetting what is past, Whatever befalls the earth befalls the May you, our God, who dances with we look to the things unseen. sons and daughters of the earth; creation, May the path rise to meet you, We journey in your light. the earth is God’s and we will serve it. plants your likeness in the people May the winds be always at your back, The sun shall not strike us by day, and strikes the world with thunder, May the sun shine warm upon your face, nor the moon by night. Forgiveness send us forth to fill the world with love. And the rain fall softly where you tread, We journey in your light. And until we meet again We look not to right or left, Creator and Saviour, May God hold you in the hollow of his but straight towards your way. we have exploited earth for our selfish On arrival at Holy Island hand. We journey in your light. ends, turned our backs on the cycles of (Hymn numbers are from the Celtic Hymn Book) The rough places shall be smoothed life and forgotten we are your Sing: Ebb tide, full tide (43) As we journey together we place in and the pitfalls shall be cleared. stewards. Now soils become barren, your hands the people and concerns We journey in your light. air and water become unclean, species Pray: we have left behind, thar we may enjoy The proud shall be brought low disappear, and humans are our fellow pilgrims for who they are, and the humble shall be raised up. diminished. In penitence we come to Lord, you are my island, celebrate your presence in each place, We journey in your light. you. in your bosom I nest. and make Christ our constant com- No final home . You are the calm of the sea, panion. have we on this life’s passing seas. There may be silence or a statement of in that peace I rest. We journey in your light. forgiveness You are the waves on the shore’s Some suitable psalms … glistening stones, Suitable verses from these psalm We journey in your light. Sing chant (TAIZE) their sound is my hymn. numbers 23, 27, 40, 42, 123, 125, 139 You are the song of the birds, Psalm 107:1–9, 23–32 Mornings Bless the Lord, my soul their tune I sing. Response after each verse: and bless God’s holy name You are the sea breaking on rock, Give thanks to the Lord, As the day opens before us Bless the Lord my soul, I praise you with the swell. who leads us on. May we open up to you. who leads us into life. You are the ocean that laps my being, Bless this earth, O God, in you I dwell. Refrains to be repeated or sung while Cuthbert gave himself to God while and nourish all its life walking sporting around as a child: Bless this earth, O God, Sing: and help us bless it too. Taize Here be the peace (73) 1) God behind, God before, God above. God who created me God below, God without, God within. Nimble and light of limb Intercessions Before departure In three elements free 2) Bless to us, O God, To run, to ride, to swim Caring Father God, we offer to you You have been with us at the world’s the earth beneath our feet Not when the sense is dim the fuels and forests, beginning, Bless to us, But now from the heart of joy the seas and soil, Be with us till the world’s end. O God the path where-on we walk I would remember Him. the air and animals, You have been with us at the sun’s rising, Bless to us, O God, H.C.Beeching the textiles and technology of the world. Be with us to our day’s end. each thing our eyes will see. May we steward your creation to your You have been with us on our journey Creator of heaven and earth, who called glory and for the benefit of future here 3) Be a smooth way before us Cuthbert from guarding sheep in the generations. Be with us to our journey’s end. Be a guiding star behind us Lammermuir hills to be a shepherd of the In dependence on the God of life, Go before us in our pilgrimage of life. Be a keen eye before us people, help us, inspired by his example, may we cherish the precious earth; Anticipate our needs, Until our journey’s end. to offer friendship to all. the earth of the God of life, prevent our falling, the earth of the Christ of love, and lead us to our eternal destiny. Psalm 121 the earth of the Spirit Holy. 2 followed by a song or chant. May the peace of the Lord Christ go with 7 you (133) Call us out of the darkness of Song, chant or psalm Bible reading Pause for reflection half-belief that the torch of faith 1 Samuel 3.1-10 or 2 Timothy 2:.1 10 may burn brightly in us as it did in Isaiah 11: 6-9 A chant or song him. On one day: The Glory of Creation Holy God of Cuthbert and the saints Sing a chant When Cuthbert was in charge of Go before us now. such as Kindle a flame to lighten the dark For earth and sea and sky in the harmony hospitality at Ripon monastery a young God of the hills, God of the outposts and take all fear away (Iona Community ) of colour, man rode in, tired and hungry and Go before us now. we give you thanks, O God. tethered his horse in the snow. Cuthbert God of the streets, God of the people Or: For the air of the eternal seeping through welcomed him, massaged his cold feet, Go before us now. B. Romans 12:9-13 the physical, and in due course brought him a hot Cuthbert’s last words to his brothers we give you thanks, O God. meal. But the man had disappeared, were: ‘Always keep God’s peace and For the everlasting glory dipping into though there were no marks in the snow. Midday love among you… Live in mutual good- time, Cuthbert thought God must have sent an will also with Christ’s other servants. we give you thanks, O God. angel to test whether he was truly Never think you are superior to other For nature resplendent, growing beasts, hospitable. ‘Do not neglect to show Be with us now, Lord, people who do not share your faith and emergent crops, the energies of the city, hospitality to strangers, for by that some in the middle of the day; way of life’. A Lindisfarne monk we give you thanks, O God. have entertained angels without realizing Keep us in the beautiful attitudes: observed that he put his trust wholly in For the Person you sent to restore us it’, (Hebrews 13:2) Cuthbert’s tender simple, grateful, joyful. God, satisfied with the converse and when we fell away from the goodness of hands warmed cold feet and anointed ministry of angels. your creation, sick bodies: A psalm, or other bible reading. we give you thanks, O God. May your holy angels guard our sleep; For harmony restored through your Spirit Father, take our hands. Cuthbert was making his way southward may they watch over us as we rest and moving upon the turbulent waters of our May your compassion along the river Teviot, teaching and hover around our beds. Let them lives, flow though them. baptising the country folk, and taking reveal to us in our dreams, visions of we give you thanks, O God. May they offer tender touch, with him a boy he was training. ‘Do you your glorious truth. For the honour you give us of lives flow- human warmth and practical care. think someone has prepared your midday ing in the rhythm of your tides, meal today?’ he asked the boy. ‘I have May God and Cuthbert and the angels we give you thanks, O God. On another day: no family or friends in this district’ the watch over us and our loved ones too, For setting each of us, like the stars upon boy replied, and he clearly did not expect especially these we name before you now their courses, within the orbit of your Cuthbert returned to Melrose where he unknown strangers to provide for their … names may be mentioned love, succumbed to the plague, but on learning needs. ‘Cheer up, the Lord will provide Awake may we watch with Christ we give you thanks, O God. that his brothers had prayed for him all for those who trust Him’ Cuthbert Asleep may we rest in peace. night he rose from his sick-bed. He assured him, quoting Jesus’ words ‘Seek Matthew 6: 26-29 recovered, though he limped for the rest first the kingdom of God and all these

of his life, and he ministered to survivors other things shall be given to you’. Creation Prayer— any time Reflection in the plague-ridden villages After building up the boy’s faith by quoting such Scriptures, Cuthbert saw an God of life Declaration Wounded healer, we pray for those eagle flying overhead and said to the boy: You are the Rock known to us who suffer, that you will ‘This is the eagle the Lord has instructed from which all earth is fashioned. This we know, the earth does not belong heal them… (names may be mentioned). to provide us with food today.’ Shortly You are the Food to us; Help us also to visit our own wounds as after, as they continued to walk, they saw from which all souls are fed. the earth is God’s and we will serve it. we walk and allow you to touch them, the eagle settle on the river bank. At You are the Force This we know, we did not weave the web Cuthbert’s direction the boy ran to it and from which all power lines travel. of life; Amen saw a large fish in its mouth, which he You are the Source brought to Cuthbert. the earth is God’s and we will serve it. 3 who is creation’s head. 6 ‘Why did you not give our fisherman his Evenings especially to make for those places The ducks and the sea otters praise half of it since he was denying himself? that were far away in steep and you said Cuthbert. So the boy gave half to the Bounteous God of land and sea, rugged mountains, which others Cuthbert and the risen ones praise you eagle. They asked some local folk if they wherever we go is yours. dreaded to visit and whose poverty May all creation praise you could cook the fish on their fire. They You led our forebears by cloud and fire, and ignorance kept other teachers and give you glory for ever. shared it with them, worshipping the Lord you lead us through the days and years. away. Giving himself up gladly to and giving thanks. Then they set out to You led your saints by sign and sail, this devoted labour, he instructed Reader the mountains. your presence goes before us now. them with such devotion that he Based on the account by an anonymous would often leave the monastery for Choose one of the fruits listed in this monk of Lindisfarne Psalm 107:1–9, 23–32 or a week, and sometimes for up to a verse, as a prayer focus for the next stage Response after each verse: month. Bede of the walk Think about God’s Providence in nature, Give thanks to the Lord, and the virtue of gratitude….. who leads us on. Reader Matthew 18:12-14 Galatians 5:22

Let us pray: Ezekiel 34:11-16 or John 10:1-10 Or: God be our light in the dark B. After many brothers at Lindisfarne Our shelter in the storm We would become your Now robed in stillness in this quiet place left for Ireland following the new And our companion evermore. Cuthbert people, emptied of all I was I bring all that I am - regulations required by the Synod of O Christ, shepherds of your sheep, your gift of shepherding to use and bless. Whitby, Cuthbert was sent there from Melrose to be prior of the re- peace makers and hospitality givers Cuthbert’s Prayer, St. Aidan’s Chapel, Night Prayer with Cuthbert open to change and partnership, Spirit Bradford Cathedral maining brothers, who complained led, in solitude and costly service. much. Cuthbert was always kind Cuthbert’s call to serve God began as he Kate Mcllhagga Cuthbert’s Folk May our prayers rise like incense, and our and cheerful, and would pray at night on the little St Cuthbert’s Isle. sat under the night sky and saw Aidan’s hands like an evening off’ring (131) holy soul escorted to heaven by angels. Chant or song The brothers gradually mellowed. His life drew to a close also under the We bring to God night sky, for although his little Lead us from death to life, someone we have met The serenity of Christ from falsehood to truth, and kindly Cuthbert be ours hermitage on Farne Isle had high, stone, or remembered today... walls, its roof was open to the heavens. From despair to hope, from fear to someone who is hurting The serenity of Christ, trust; King of tenderness. and needs our prayers Let the sun go down and the earth Lead us from hatred to love, a troubled situation in our world Help us to make the transition from war to peace. from criticism to joy. become still, and let the Son of God someone whom we find hard to forgive draw near. Let peace fill our hearts, our world, We bring ourselves to God that we may our universe. God of renewal, lead us grow in generosity of spirit, clarity of Either: The Universal Peace Prayer mind and warmth of affection. From complaining to appreciation From stagnation to creativity A. In the darkness we can see the Amen. splendour of the universe - blankets Our Father … From coldness to love From ourselves to you. of stars, the solitary glowings of the Pause planets. In the darkness the wise The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Most glorious Giver of Life three found the star that led them to Either: you. In the darkness of dreams you Holy Spirit be with us all. A. None of those present would presume May hills and islands praise you May male and female praise you speak to your people to hide from Cuthbert the secrets of As day begins to fade, let treasures their hearts, but they all made open Darkness and light praise you Stars and moon praise you of dark draw near. confession of their sins because they You called Cuthbert out of the realised that these things could never The sheep and the butterflies praise you darkness of night to be the Fire of 4 be hidden from him… He used 5 the North.