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
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well. These early months of the year are often a financial struggle for many families, perhaps after a Christmas splurge, perhaps as tax bills await. The Citizens’ Advice Bureaux are full at this time of the year, debt counsellors are at their busiest, and, unfortunately, too many take their own … Continue reading A Prayer for Help with Finances
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You and Your families are healthy and well. This week I would like to draw Your attention to violence and its futility. On a day when two bombs at a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines have killed 27 people and injured dozens more; the morning after a man was slashed in the face … Continue reading A Prayer for Peace
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. I have been away resting my bones and now look forward – refreshed – to my third year on the magazine with No Article Sunday. This week I’d like to look ahead to a successful 2019. The new year gives us a chance to plot and plan. In those plans should be … Continue reading A Prayer for 2019
VICAR Happy Christmas, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine! God Bless You and Your Families this Christmas Tuesday. As You sit back to swig another glass of wine, or tuck into another mince pie, please remember those who are alone this Christmas – that they may find solace. Please remember the homeless this Christmas – that they may find warmth. Remember too the poor this Christmas … Continue reading Happy Christmas
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, this Sunday I wish You all well and trust that You and loved ones are healthy and happy. This week I would like to focus on persecuted Christians around the world. A growing number of people it seems, as many countries fail to prevent harm coming to those of the Christian faith. For the 16th year in a … Continue reading A Prayer for Persecuted Christians
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy. I write to You this week from Norway, where I am staying for a conference. And this week I would like us to think of those men and women who man our cargo ships and all those other workers out at sea – the navies, the fishing communities and others … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Seafarers
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I hope my weekly missive finds You well and healthy. That You are enjoying the mild weather and are not too exhausted, as many seem to be at this time of the year. This week I would like to draw your attention to the innocent victims of others’ evil. Particularly, I’d like You to think of those wives … Continue reading A Prayer for the Embarrassed
