Remembrance Sunday

 We shall remember them..

We remember those who have lost their lives as a result of war;

Young soldiers, dispatched to far-away places, never to return

And civilians, young and old, caught in the crossfire of conflict.

Loving God, bring healing to families torn apart by war.

Comfort those who mourn for their loved ones.

Lord, hear us,

Lord, graciously hear us.

In the month of November we pray for all the dead and think particularly of all those who have died from Covid throughout the world.

Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual peace shine upon them. 

May they rest in peace. Amen

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him. We can tell you this from the Lord’s own teaching, that any of us who are left alive until the Lord’s coming will not have any advantage over those who have died. At the trumpet of God, the voice of the archangel will call out the command and the Lord himself will come down from heaven; those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise, and then those of us who are still alive will be taken up in the clouds, together with them; to meet the Lord in the air. So we shall stay with the Lord for ever. With such thoughts as these you should comfort one another.