‘Never such innocence,
Never before or since,
As changed itself to past
Without a word – the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages,
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again.’
Extract from MCMXIV by Philip Larkin
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Image: Poppies – Lest We Forget
Photo: ‘Sheba_Also’, Canberra, November 2017, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic licence.
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In St Mary’s prayer cycle for this month, today, Remembrance Day, we pray for all who die or are wounded through war.
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In these unprecedented times, St Mary’s is reaching out and supporting our community in many ways, especially online. But with activities in our buildings greatly restricted, we no longer receive the previous level of financial support from collections at Services, nor from hiring out the church and hall buildings.
If you can help us financially to continue to offer Christ's love to our community in these difficult times, as those before us have done down the centuries, please consider making a donation by debit/credit card and to Gift Aid it if possible, by clicking this link to 'givealittle':
Thank you!
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If you would like to contribute to these reflections, please do email Katherine Cox at kvcox-therapy@gmail.com
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