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Official Report
Meeting date:
16 February 2000
Plenary, 16 Feb 2000
Fit is so wrang wi wantin to speir as part o the census aboot foo much money we mak and fit wye we speak at hame.
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 June 2004
Finance Committee, 22 Jun 2004
I hope that the quotation from Robert Burns that is displayed in the Parliament will be:"O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie usTo see oursels as others see us!"
Official Report
Meeting date:
6 December 2000
Plenary, 06 Dec 2000
We met last Sunday evening and spent some time silently reflecting on psalm 62, which reads:"for you O God my soul in silence waits."December 6th is the feast of Saint Nicholas—Santa Claus's other name—and traditionally in some parts of Europe today is still a day for giving and receiving presents.
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 November 2000
Plenary, 29 Nov 2000
In keeping with Scotland's best traditions, which have always encouraged us to look beyond ourselves and our own shores to see how we fit into the larger picture, here is a short prayer from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Let us pray.Blessed are you, O Christ our God, You revealed your wisdom to simple fishermen, Sending down on them your Holy Spirit, And ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 September 2000
Plenary, 20 Sep 2000
Merciful Lord, pride of the humble, strength of the weak, defence of the helpless, our true father and our God, we come before you praying; O Lord, give us a heart of wisdom that seeks your will and follows your commands.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 June 2000
Plenary, 28 Jun 2000
Of course, we always need to make sure that, in the midst of many demands on our energies, we are taking care of ourselves individually, nourishing health of mind and heart, body and soul—that is justice, faithfulness, peace and mercy to self.So many of our communities celebrate and become more alive in and through special ceremonies at this time and some of us, particularly in Selkirk and in Peebles, have been blessed with the weather that crowns the day.I will finish with a Beltane blessing from our Highlands and Islands, which is found in the "Carmina Gadelica", and which we used as Churches and community together in the Cross Kirk of Peebles:Bless ourselves and our children,Bless everyone who shall come from our loins,Bless him whose name we bear,Bless her O...
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 February 2000
Plenary, 02 Feb 2000
A study of Irish history tells of the Whiteboys, the Steelboys, the Oakboys, the Peep o' Day Boys and, last but not least, the Apprentice Boys.
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 January 2000
Plenary, 19 Jan 2000
But we should begin now, here, Among one another, And in solitude.Never again will we stand On the threshold of a new age We that are here now are touched In some mysterious way With the ability to changeAnd make the future Those who wake to the wonder Of this magic moment, Who wake to the possibilities Of this charged conjunction, Are the chosen ones who have chosen To act, to free the future, to open it up, To consign prejudices to the past, To open up the magic casement Of the human spirit Onto a more shining world.As another Iona prayer puts it, O...
Official Report
Meeting date:
17 November 1999
Plenary, 17 Nov 1999
Others might put it in different language, but we all share the same longing. Let us pray. Grant us, O God, a vision of our land, fair as she might be: a land of justice, where none shall prey on others; a land of plenty, where poverty shall cease to fester; a land of equality, where success shall be founded on service, and honour be given to worth alone; a...
Official Report
Meeting date:
27 October 1999
Plenary, 27 Oct 1999
Living God, the creative spark of your love set our world spinning, and brought us to life; your determined love, your commitment to us, took shape in the back streets of Bethlehem, and soon got entangled in politics; the lively power of your spirit is here and now, lifting us out of ourselves, to new horizons. O Lord, all the world belongs to you, and you ...
