Remembrance Sunday

We Remember

Remembrance Sunday | November 9th

Today, on Remembrance Sunday, we pause in quiet reflection to honour the immense courage and sacrifice of all those who have served and given their lives for our freedom.

It's a day to remember the cost of peace and to stand in gratitude.

A special thank you to Barry Cathcart for the moving sound of the pipes today. The music provided a beautiful and solemn backdrop for our remembrance.

As we reflect today, we also keep in mind that this Tuesday, November 11th, is Remembrance Day, when we will pause again at the eleventh hour.

Father of all, remember your holy promise, and look with love on all your people, living and departed.

On this day we especially ask that you would hold forever all who have suffered during war, those who returned scarred by warfare, those who waited anxiously at home, and those who returned wounded, and disillusioned; those who mourned, and those communities that were diminished and suffered loss.

Remember too those who acted with kindly compassion, those who bravely risked their own lives for their comrades, and those who in the aftermath of war, worked tirelessly for a more peaceful world.

And as you remember them, remember us, O Lord; grant us peace in our time and a longing for the day when people of every language, race, and nation will be brought into the unity of Christ’s kingdom.

This we ask in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.