VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and enjoying the recent spell of sunshine We have been blessed with. This week I would like to celebrate Mothering Sunday with You. In the UK, Mother’s Day is connected to Easter, so like this holiday, the date of Mother’s Day changes every year as Easter’s date changes. Mother’s Day, or Mothering … Continue reading Mothering Sunday
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust You are well and healthy. Please remember to pray for the Ukrainians this week. Also this week I want You to think about old friends. Whoever comes into Your head, please pray for them using the Catholic Prayer from France, below. We all of us have old friends who we have failed to keep in touch with. … Continue reading A Prayer for Old Friends
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magzine, I trust that You are Your families are well and that You are having a joyful and relaxing weekend. The snowdrops and daffodils are either out or emerging and as I write this I see more than an hour of sunshine for the first time in many days. This week then let us look forward to Spring. It … Continue reading A Prayer for Spring
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your loved ones are well and healthy. As the snowdrops and daffodils appear in the countryside We can be thankful that the winter is gone. The war in Ukraine seems to be dominating the news cycle, and so it should. Just when We thought there would be peace across Europe We are faced … Continue reading A Prayer for Peace
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy. I hope that Your families are likewise well and that You are enjoying a peaceful Sunday. Alas, the same cannot be said for Ukraine. It comes as little shock that Vladimir Putin has taken up the role of Hitler of our age. The widespread international condemnation will hopefully morph into … Continue reading A Prayer for Ukraine
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your loved ones are well and healthy. I hope that You are having a good weekend despite storm interruptions. This week I’d like You to pray for harmony and unity. We should try and remember the ideal as written in 1 Corinthians 1:10 – I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our … Continue reading A Prayer for Unity
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that my Sunday message finds You well and healthy. This week I would like to pray for the Gamekeepers, many of whom are having a tough time of things of late. Uncertainty has been cast on their future in parts of Scotland, some have been forced to move off the land they have lived on and … Continue reading A Prayer for the Gamekeepers
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy. As I write, I see snowdrops emerging from our lawn area. I am so looking forward to the Spring! This week I would like to focus on those in our society who have little or no wealth. There are always some who find it hard to afford to heat their … Continue reading A Prayer for the Poor
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I am hoping that You are well and healthy. As We march through the cold and gusty winter I pray that You have found the time to pray and ponder. I hope that You do not worry too much or get downcast now We see less of the sun. This week I would like to focus on family. “Family … Continue reading A Prayer for Family
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy. I imagine that many of You have started a New Year’s fitness regime or diet, like the Squires, and that therefore these days are not as indulgent for You as they might be otherwise. This week let us all pray for good health. One can be the richest man or … Continue reading A Prayer for Good Health
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your loved ones are well and warm. I know this time of year can be trying for many. This week I would like to focus on patience. “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12: 12 It is too easy in these days of modernity to get impatient. There … Continue reading A Prayer for Patience
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well. By now You are likely to be getting used to the daily grind after the Christmas break. Soon it will be Easter! This week I’d like to think of those who are suffering. 2 Corinthians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the … Continue reading A Prayer for the Suffering
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and have enjoyed new year celebrations. Happy 2022! This week as we get back to normality after this Christmas holiday season, please let us dwell on those persecuted Christians. Around the world, many believers are persecuted – imprisoned, even killed – for their faith. Since Jesus laid down His life, 43 million … Continue reading A Prayer for the Persecuted
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and excited for Christmas next weekend. This fourth Sunday of Advent we meditate on the peace that Jesus brings our hearts and our world. Scripture is the place we can find the promises of God. Let us meditate on these truths and allow them to comfort our hearts this … Continue reading Fourth Sunday of Advent
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and looking forward to Christmas. Let’s hope Christmas this year is better than last and that Omicron rather than Christmas turns out to be a damp squib. We are now into the third Sunday of Advent. Today, we celebrate the third Sunday of Advent which is called Rejoice Sunday. Many people will … Continue reading Rejoice Sunday
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. If the First Week of Advent serves as a call to repentance, to “cease doing evil, and to learn to do good,” then the Second Week of Advent reminds us that living an upright life alone is not enough. We must submit ourselves in humility to the will of God. What does … Continue reading Prayer for Second Sunday of Advent
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy this Advent Sunday, the first Sunday in Advent as we build up to Christmas. What is Advent? The word “Advent” comes from the Latin word for “coming”, and the season marks the countdown to Christmas. Churches observe this period by remembering the anticipation for the birth of Jesus, and preparing to … Continue reading Advent Sunday
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are healthy and happy. As We approach Advent which starts next Sunday, We should pray for the peaceful and free Christmas which eluded us last year. The weather is supposed to turn next week and so I thought it a good idea to focus on those at sea, who experience the … Continue reading A Prayer for Mariners
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that Your loved ones are happy and healthy this Remembrance Sunday. This week I’d like to draw your attention to our armed services and their families. Not only do the armed services in the UK have an increasingly difficult time when they are serving – now that they have lawyers to worry … Continue reading Remembrance Sunday 2021
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that this message finds you well and happy. As temperatures drop and autumn winds make leaves uncatchable in our gardens, I hope that You feel fine and that You are looking forward with joy to a decent Christmas this year. Today I would like You to spend a minute or two giving thanks. Thanks for your … Continue reading A Prayer of Thanksgiving
