[VIDEOS] In 12 languages - Archbishop's Midday Prayer for the time of the coronavirus

From the Bishopscourt chapel in Cape Town, Archbishop Thabo recites - in 12 of the languages used in the Province = the Midday Prayer he has composed for the time of the coronavirus:

A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - isiZulu



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - isiXhosa



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - siSwati



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - Sesotho



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - Sepedi



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - Portuguese



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - Setswana



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - Afrikaans



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - isiNdebele



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - Xitsonga



A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - Tshivenda


A Midday Prayer on the Coronavirus - English

[VIDEO] Reflections on keeping a balance in a time of coronavirus

Speaking from the chapel at Bishopscourt in Cape Town, Archbishop Thabo shares his thoughts on the principle, learned from his experience of centring prayer, of balance in processing what is happening to us. He reflects on four broad categories of applying balance. He also explains his focus on providing midday prayers in as many languages of the Province as possible.

Archbishop's Eastertide News & Reflections – Wednesday in Low Week

Dear Parishioners, Clergy and Bishops

In our multi-lingual Province, it is important that we share worship resources in as many languages as we can during the coronavirus lockdowns. It's for this reason that in the past few days I've reached out to isiXhosa- and Sesotho-speaking listeners to SABC radio stations in South Africa, seeking to minister via uMhlobo Wenene and with the popular host, Thuso Motaung, on Lesedi FM.

You can hear the interviews below:

[VIDEO] Archbishop Thabo addresses the trauma of COVID-19 & lockdown

The Archbishop responds to a request to make his latest Eastertide reflection available for viewing and listening:

Archbishop's Eastertide News & Reflections – Thursday in Easter Week

Dear Parishioners, Clergy and Bishops

Amid current controversies around the coronavirus lockdown, I want to look at a new topic today: our mental health.

Archbishop's Eastertide News & Reflections – Tuesday in Easter Week

A Zoom meeting with young people

Dear Parishioners, Clergy and Bishops

On Easter Monday I had a wonderful discussion with the youth of our Province, from Angola to South Africa to Mozambique, which they joined on the Zoom video-conference facility.

The young people, including those involved with the Provincial Youth Council and the Anglican Students' Federation, as well as others, were exuberant and irreverent, demonstrating a sense of purpose and energy. They believe this time of the coronavirus will come and it will go, and that it will in the end be resolved. I was also touched by a number of their concerns – for example, that priests will continue to be paid despite lockdowns, and that parishioners ought to keep up their giving.