Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day

Today is Remembrance Sunday and it is annual day to help us be continually reminded to be ever grateful for the freedoms we have through the death, hard work and sacrifice of service men and woman for our country, and in my case, the Commonwealth.  My four great-grandfathers fought for Canada and England in the WW1.  So many were willing to go and fight against tyranny for the freedoms we enjoy.  I want to thank all those who have served both past and present for your sacrifice for our countries.  Also, I want to thank those who are working hard for issues of justice, care and peace in our world.  Who knows how many wars have been averted due to the hard work of many men and women of the years who have promoted peace and brought reconciliation.  As a Christian, reconciliation is our calling as Paul said, “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.  We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: be reconciled to God.  God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God,” 2 Cor 5:18-21.   Lest we forget.

Prayers for Peace

Most gracious God and Father,
in whose will is our peace:
turn our hearts and the hearts of all to yourself,
that by the power of your Spirit
the peace which is founded on righteousness
may be established throughout the whole world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

God, our refuge and strength,
bring near the day when wars shall cease
and poverty and pain shall end,
that earth may know the peace of heaven
through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.