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Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. Do you remember getting lost? Perhaps this happened to you as a child, or perhaps you remember panicking when a child was lost while in your care. It’s many, many years ago when that last happened to me, but I still recall what it felt like, and even...
Welcome to Friday morning, almost halfway through November. Let us greet the day in prayer. Creator God, we thank you for today and its promise of renewal, its significant hope. May we take up your invitation to live as people of hope, to greet everyone we meet today, online or in the real world, with a...
A reading from Psalm 40 1 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth,...
Where to find hope? And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5: 5 NIV® The announcement of this second lockdown set me thinking on how to approach the situation positively. The word ‘Hope’ came to mind. Hope,...
Good morning on Armistice or Remembrance Day. Some familiar lines from wartime poets: They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. Laurence Binyon When you go home tell...
Let us remember with gratitude those who in the course of peace and the service of others, died in time of war. The Last Post Two minutes’ silence Reveille They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the...
[The Act of Remembrance will be found right at the foot of this post.] Prelude Improvisation on “O Valiant Hearts” Tune SUPREME SACRIFICE Composed by Charles Harris. Improvisation on the piano by Adrian Boynton, Director of Music of the Church of Christ the Cornerstone. Preacher: Revd Paul Le Sueur Celebrant: Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Introit: Justorum animae...
By Revd Paul Le Sueur It is 1950 and a twelve-year old boy is standing with others in his school quadrangle on a cold and bleak November morning. It is 11.00 am in the morning and high up on the school tower a bugler is playing The Last Post. A solemn silence falls and for two minutes...
Living God, you call us into a deeper relationship with you.
You hear the cry of the weak and you value each of us, whatever our circumstances.
We praise you for your abundant generosity, for your astonishing grace
and we give thanks that we are called to reflect those qualities in our own lives.
Remember us Lord as we remember those who have fought the good fight
and now rest in your love and peace.
Amen
Good evening, everyone. Perhaps you had been looking forward to seeing a firework display at this time of year. Perhaps not. Fireworks are not the only things which some people assume that everyone will enjoy, without stopping to consider that there may be some people for whom the beauty of the display is tainted by more...
Good morning, Cornerstone Friends and my Family in Faith! What a week this has been so far and today is still to come. Despite events of certainty, we remain in a world of turmoil and change. We thought we had learnt how to live with a communicable disease, but we are once again putting life on...
A reading from Psalm 78 1 My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old – 3 things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their descendants; we...
We Are Interdependent Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgement. Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others? Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve – You only need a heart full of...
Good morning, good people, on this last day before we enter this period of four weeks of ‘lockdown’. We need to be assured of God’s abiding love for us to give us perseverance and his grace to know how we can share that love in these strange times. Let us consider his holy word and pray...
Good evening, everyone. Today, as you know, is All Saints Day, and tomorrow, 2 November is the Commemoration of All Souls. All Souls Day is an occasion to contemplate mortality and grief, resurrection and hope. In the context of the present pandemic, it provides an important opportunity to celebrate the lives of all who have died...
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