VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust You and Your loved ones are well and healthy this Palm Sunday. That You are looking forward to the Easter break next week. So, do You know what Palm Sunday is all about? You probably have the detail in your memory somewhere. Sunday school? GCSE RS? Here is a quick reminder: Palm Sunday is part of … Continue reading A Prayer for Palm Sunday 2019
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I wish You well. As I write from the rectory I see lambs to one side attempting to escape their field by climbing on a wall and cows the other chomping away on grass which seems at its lushest at this time of year. God Bless You All. Today we should remember our mothers. We all have or … Continue reading A Prayer for Mothering Sunday
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I wish You and all those close to You well this Sunday. There is plenty of nervousness and rising anger out there in Britain. I sense it locally and I see it on the news and across social media. It is a great shame that Brexit negotiations have come to this. We are a First World democracy after … Continue reading A Prayer of Protection
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. This week I feel obliged to mention the Christchurch massacre, which has killed 50 so far. Lone gunman Brenton Tarrant was responsible. In a hate-filled manifesto published online, Tarrant claimed three events in Europe in the spring of 2017 turned him to violence. The first was an attack in Stockholm by an … Continue reading Pointless Circle of Revenge
VICAR This week, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I’d like to gently remind You that Lent has started. It began on March 6th and ends on Thursday, April 18th. Easter feast days are movable days, in that they don’t fall on a fixed date in the normal Gregorian or Julian calendars, which follow the cycle of the sun. Easter instead is determined by the … Continue reading A Lenten Prayer
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I wish You a pleasant and happy Sunday. I trust that March is a good and peaceful month for you (and our country). Spring seems to have arrived early this year or are these days of high temperatures and sunny weather a counterfeit Spring? If we are snowed in over the next few weeks then we know it … Continue reading A Prayer for Spring
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust my weekly prayer finds you well this week and that your families are happy and healthy. It is not my role to criticise economic or political systems. However in Venezuela how can one come to any other conclusion? What we see now as violence prevents a convoy of aid reaching Venezuela from Colombia are the last … Continue reading A Prayer for Venezuela
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and have had a good week. Our garden here is full of snowdrops and daffodils. Have we got through the winter already perhaps? There are times when the throwaway culture we live in gets frustrating. People start on projects but get distracted and take the easier option. Youths drop out of university … Continue reading A Prayer for Perseverance
VICAR Have you ever needed strength to face a situation head-on, but not known what to pray? God is waiting and wants to offer us strength in time of need. Do not be afraid to pray and ask God for His strength to fall upon You. When you are weak, weary or unready to stand, and unsure of what to ask, pray along with these … Continue reading A Prayer for Strength
