We will remember them

Today is the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, and at the 11th hour we will all fall silent for two minutes to remember the dead.

They shall grow not old
As we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!



Here is a lovely scene in the Chapel of the Resurrection. On the floor around the candle stand we have the November lists. Over 150 members of the School Community have written the names of their departed loved ones and placed them in plain envelopes which are all pooled together. Above them we see the poppy wreath for Remembrance Sunday. But above the reminders of the dead we see the Paschal Candle burning brightly and pointing upwards to the Resurrection Window.

I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness,
Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

Hold thou thy Cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heaven's mornng breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!

Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord,
And may light perpetual shine upon them.

May their souls,
And the souls of all the faithful departed;
Through the mercy of God,
Rest in peace. Amen.