VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well and that You and Your families are enjoying a happy start to the decade. I am sure You started the year with new hopes and full of gusto. Perhaps Your plans are taking shape. Perhaps they are more of a struggle than You had hoped. Well-laid plans need a good blend of … Continue reading A Prayer for Guidance
VICAR ear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your loved ones are happy and healthy. I trust that Your New Year’s resolutions are falling into place and that the end of the holiday season did not come as too much of a shock for You. It may well be that You have a perfect family, whose members all get on and … Continue reading A Prayer for Families
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that You enjoyed Christmas festivities this year. I trust that You managed time to put Your feet up and are now tackling the twenties with full focus and panache. I hope this decade is a successful and peaceful decade for You and Your family. The decade has started with threats and … Continue reading A Prayer for the 2020’s
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, Christmas is almost here. I trust that You are well and joyous. I pray that Your families are healthy and happy. I hope that You have enough of what You need to make this Christmas a memorable and peaceful one. Now is the time to forget Your troubles and try to enjoy. It’s time to celebrate the Christmas … Continue reading An Advent Prayer
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and happy this Sunday morning. With Christmas just ten days away I trust that You are well prepared! Last week was a momentous week for our country. This week I would like to reflect on those who are not content. I would like to urge those who are delighted … Continue reading A Prayer for the Defeated
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and hopeful this December Sunday morning. I am sure that like me Your weekend has been fruitful and most enjoyable too. This week let us pray for justice, for the light to shine over the choices before us. It is election week and it’s also a time of year when we put … Continue reading A Prayer for Justice
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. I hope that You are not too bored by the election messages emanating from all camps. I trust that You are not too cold either – this is a definite cold snap that greets us as December begins. I notice at this time of year the look on some people’s faces. That … Continue reading A Prayer for the Overwhelmed
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and happy; that you have managed to relax at some point over this busy and stressful month. 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 … Continue reading A Prayer for the Mean
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well and that Your families are happy and healthy. This week I’d like to pray for those of You and those around the world who live day-to-day having to deal with constant pain. This time of year when the temperature drops is when You feel pain. Those knocks and aches seem to come … Continue reading A Prayer for Those in Pain
