VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You have had an excellent weekend so far and that You are looking forward to the week ahead. This week I would ask You to kindly focus Your minds on the women who are abused. 1 in 5 adults experience Domestic Abuse during their lifetime. This equates to: 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6-7 men. … Continue reading A Prayer for Abused Women
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You and Your families are well. As You sit in rainy Britain are You at all envious of others on beach holidays, as they look forward to another day of sunshine and relaxation on golden sands? Enviousness is the topic of this week’s prayer. The green-eyed monster that creates so much negativity in Our world. … Continue reading A Prayer for the Envious
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I hope You are well this Sunday in our green and pleasant land, as the rain falls, again. This week I want to focus on those who are adventurous, without whom our world would be a far less civilised place. We as humans must explore. We must see and discover new things or we degenerate. God made us … Continue reading A Prayer for the Adventurous
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and enjoying the summer, wherever You are. This week I’d like You to pray for the elderly in our society and across the world. I’d especially like You to pray for any elderly people in Your family. God promises to stay by Your side from birth until your final days. “I will … Continue reading A Prayer for the Elderly
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well this July morning. As holidaymakers in Rhodes escape forest fires and Russian missiles land on Odessa, let us pray for those worse off than Us today. To help You pray I have listed some gobbets from the Bible below which will help guide You: Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your bountiful … Continue reading Prayers for the Week Ahead
VICAR I trust that You are well, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine. How is Your faith? The reality is that should a loved one be in danger or an event confront You that is totally beyond Your control, You will likely be forced to pray. So, why do You not pray when the event or danger are not there? Maybe You can try to … Continue reading A Prayer for the Faithless
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. As rural readers will see when they are out and about, there’s plenty to do for arable farming in July. Haymaking and silage collection carries on, with the baling a key component. A square bale is usually used to feed horses, while round bales are typically for cattle. Potatoes will still be … Continue reading A Prayer for Safe Hay Making
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well. As July begins I wonder if You are hard at work or in summer holiday mode? I know my magazine colleagues are already on their loungers. This week I would like to focus on resolve. The ability to focus on something important is a gift that some of us … Continue reading A Prayer for Resolve
Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy. This week I’d like You to think of those who are enslaved and to pray for them. From the Archbishop of Canterbury: Slavery is all around us, but we are too blind to see it. It is in our hands, and yet we are too insensitive to touch it. The enslaved … Continue reading A Prayer for the Enslaved
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and healthy. Happy Fathers Day to all You fathers. Today the wind is battering the house with rain. The brown grass outside is gradually turning green. Leaves are flying everywhere. And I can see the family car is white – it has been brown with dust these last weeks … Continue reading A Prayer of Thanks for Rain
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. The summer feels like it is really here and many congratulations to all Manchester City supporters who must be delighted with last night’s result. No matter where we are on our spiritual journey, we all need guidance through life’s challenges. That goes for children too. As parents, we expect our children to … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Children
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. I know some of You will by now be praying for rain. Welcome to Trinity Sunday 2023. Trinity Sunday is a day to celebrate and give thanks to the Holy Trinity. The doctrine of the Holy Trinity in Christianity is that there is One God who is the Father, the Son and … Continue reading Trinity Sunday 2023
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well and enjoying the clement weather. This week I would like to draw Your attention towards Light. One theme that is all over the Bible is that of light — and what it means in relation to God, and in relation to Your faith. In non-religious terms, light can symbolise hope, goodness, wisdom, knowledge. Throughout … Continue reading A Prayer for Light
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well. As we look around us on this sunny weekend, we see Nature’s glory emerging. I trust that You get a chance to get out and about this weekend and get to enjoy the flowers in the parks and meadows. What does the Bible say about nature and the environment? Acts … Continue reading A Prayer for Nature
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. I hope that You are having an excellent Coronation weekend so far. God Save King Charles III. This week I would like You to pray for our leaders. That they may grow wise and manage well. Also, that they may come to serve their people in humble and righteous ways. It is … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Leaders
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are keeping well. I hope that Your families are well also. It is easy to watch the news and think that the world is falling apart. Ukraine continues to be a bloodbath. Now Sudan seems to have succumbed to warring. It is easy to become despondent and give up on the outside world, retreating into … Continue reading A Prayer for the World
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well this weekend and that yesterday’s washout of a day was not too depressing. Good luck to those taking part in the London Marathon today. And Happy St George’s Day. This week I would like You to think of the lonely people near You. This could be You. It could be a family member or … Continue reading A Prayer for the Lonely
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. Hopefully some of You were lucky yesterday in the Grand National. This week, horses aside, I would like to reflect on Easter. Too often on the big feast days the focus is on getting the lamb in the oven or making sure stockings are filled. Easter is the most important of the … Continue reading A Prayer for Reflection
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, I trust that You are well and healthy. It is already the fifth Sunday of Lent. The year is passing quickly. The Scriptures for this Sunday remind us that the God who created all things can release us from anything that keeps us in bondage. The raising of Lazarus from the grave invites us to put our faith … Continue reading A Prayer for Lent
