VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and prosperous. Let us remember the Japanese today as their country is battered by Typhoon Hagibis. The drenching We are getting in the British Isles seems like nothing by comparison. This week I would like to draw Your attention to those suffering from mental illness. This could be someone You … Continue reading A Prayer for the Mentally Ill
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy. Make sure that You and Your loved ones take some vitamins as the weather is changing and I can already see the locals sneezing and snivelling. Lots of orange juice, please. This week I would like to point out the benefits of the short prayer. Are short prayers not simply … Continue reading A Short Prayer
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that this weekly column finds You well and healthy. This week I would like to pray for one of the magazine team who lost their mother on Saturday morning to cancer just a year after losing their father. Please hold her and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Death comes like a thief in the night. … Continue reading A Prayer for Protection
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well and that Your families are happy and healthy. This week I would like to focus on stress, which is a condition We all experience at one time or another, some more than others. This week let us remember those who are returning home in a rush to dying loved ones, parents standing … Continue reading A Prayer to Heal Stress
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I wish You all the very best this September Sunday. I trust that You and Your families are well and burgeoning. This week I’d like to draw Your attention to asking for help. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat … Continue reading A Prayer for Assistance
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine it is a great honour as always to write these lines for You this Sunday. I trust that You are well and that Your families are healthy. One of the greatest joys in life is having grandchildren. Those of You who are lucky enough to see Your grandchildren should first think of those grandparents who cannot. This could … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Grandchildren
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and happy; that you have managed to relax Your bones at some point over these summer months. Wisdom is one of those qualities that is difficult to define—because it encompasses so much—but which people generally recognise when they encounter it. What does the dictionary say about it? Wisdom, sapience, or … Continue reading A Prayer for Wisdom
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and happy. This week I’d like to focus on patience. I was watching a family have a curry the other night in a Gurkha restaurant. There were four of them – man, wife, daughter and son. The daughter and the wife were engaged in conversation and having a good … Continue reading A Prayer for Patience
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and enjoying the summer. This week I’d like to extend a prayer to those serving in the forces, those who have served in the forces, as well as those serving and who have served in the police. These men and women do and have done extraordinary things – they … Continue reading A Prayer for the Forces
