Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Silence at the War Memorials Today

 


Prayers and readings used in Westminster Abbey today

Lord our God, daily we experience hate and war in our world. We pray for peace and healing among nations, for a spirit of co-operation where conflicts embitter people, and for reconciliation where enmity threatens life. This we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

 

ETERNAL Father, the darkness is no darkness to you, and the night is as clear as the day. Accompany and protect us as we enter the night; give us eyes that watch for the dawn and hearts to learn again the lessons of love, that reconciled to one another and to you we may walk through this world’s perils and sorrows as children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

from LITTLE GIDDING V by Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965)

WHAT we call the beginning is often the end

And to make an end is to make a beginning.

The end is where we start from.







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