Diners and drinkers in a popular area of London are leaving more than 100 prayer requests a month after they are invited in by a nearby church for a special evening where they light candles, listen to music and pray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congregation members at the Parish of Our Most Holy Redeemer in Clerkenwell<\/a>, in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England, head out on a Thursday night every month after Mass with votive candles and lanterns to invite people in the busy Exmouth Market area into the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vicar Fr Christopher Trundle said the Night Light<\/em> evening, focussed on prayer, contemplation and adoration in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, is attracting up to 150 people, with more than 100 prayer requests left by those visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that congregation members go out into the crowds in Exmouth Market to \u201cinvite people to encounter the love and beauty of God in Jesus Christ\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Diners and drinkers in London are leaving more than 100 prayer requests a month after being invited in by a nearby church to light candles, listen to music and pray as part of a new initiative.
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