Good Morning, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine. Vicar is away today. Instead, here is a prayer for those taking part in the London Marathon. Good luck to all of You. To the rest of you, a wonderful, sunny Sunday. Vicar will resume next week. Best regards. You are running, and the race is long. I pray that your eyes, your ears, your heart will … Continue reading A Prayer for the Marathon
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and healthy. I wish You all a peaceful Sunday and a great week ahead. I am told by the Editors that there are increasing numbers of farmers writing in who are fed up with the weather and its effects. Some desperate farmers are worried after losing sheep in Storm … Continue reading A Prayer For Farmers
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, We awake this morning to news of yet another chemical attack in Syria. However bad our own circumstances may be, perhaps through illness or stress, Syria seems to be an endless series of disasters these days. Today let us remember the Syrian people in our prayers. In particular its persecuted Christians. I wish You all a peaceful Sunday … Continue reading A Prayer For Syria
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, Happy Easter to You and Your nearest and dearest. Easter is the greatest of all Christian feasts, and the happy season of Eastertide lasts 50 days from Easter Day until the Feast of Pentecost. St Gregory of Nazianzus said that Easter was ‘like the sun among the stars’ of the other festivals. It is the heart of the … Continue reading Happy Easter
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, We have lost an hour overnight. Time passes too quickly, does it not? I trust that You and Your families are healthy and well this Palm Sunday. Although talk is of more snow at Easter (surely not?!), I can see daffodils and bluebells appearing in our garden, so surely the sun is just round the corner. Fear not. … Continue reading A Prayer to Redeem Lost Time
VICAR Not more snow! Just when Spring seemed to be here, more snow! Unbelievable. I had put the snow shovel away for the year, too. So, here we are, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, already in the fifth Sunday of Lent. And it is worth reminding You that Lent is all about sacrifice. That sacrifice could also mean service. (Lent is a season of … Continue reading A Prayer For Service
VICAR Good day to You, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine. Here’s a Prayer for Humility that I shall be regularly reciting as we make our way through Lent. I wish you a peaceful and blessed Sunday. Have a cup of tea. For those of You not working today, try to put your feet up today and remember to relax. Heavenly Father, I come before Your … Continue reading A Prayer for Humility
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I leave for You today a prayer for Spring. As I sit here suffering from a flu sent from the fiery pits of hell, which neither Lemsip nor a hot toddy seems to make even a dent in, I ask for Your forgiveness for my short contribution to this fine magazine this week. I wonder whether my flu … Continue reading A Prayer For Spring
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust You are well and healthy. That the cold is not getting You down. That the grey skies part and allow the sun to shine on You, at least once in a while. This week I want You to think about old friends. Whoever comes into Your head, please pray for them using the Catholic Prayer from … Continue reading A Prayer for Old Friends
