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who love God and worship him, who know the power of the Holy Spirit and who show God’s love in every part of their lives.
If I was to try to sum up what November means to me in one word it would be ‘Remembering.’ This is the key-note of these weeks leading up to December and our Advent preparations for Christmas.
The remembering begins at the start of the month when on Sunday 3rd November we celebrate All Saints in the morning and All souls in the evening.
All Saints is not just about special holy people from the past; it is a reminder that we are called to be God’s saints in the world, not perfect, but a people who live out Baptism as lights shining in the world with the love of Christ.
Then as we celebrate All Souls, we remember those people whom we love but who have died. We remember all that we shared with them and all that they continue to mean to us. We remember that those we love are a gift to us from God. And at All Souls we remember and celebrate God’s defeat of death in Christ; and so we find hope in our sorrow and loss.
This year Remembrance Sunday falls on 10th November. Our annual time to remember those who have given their lives in war. We remember not only their loss, but we also remember the future that they were denied, we mourn all that might have been, all that they might have contributed to our world. In a time when war is escalating throughout the world it is important that we do not forget, and as we remember we pledge ourselves to build a better world and to be a people of peace.
Finally, on then last Sunday before Advent (24th November) we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. It is a celebration that draws together many of the threads of the Gospel story and on this day we remember that we are a people of hope - hope and not optimism! We hope because in Jesus the love of God has proven to be stronger than violence and death.
We are the people of Christ the king, and every Sunday when we gather in Church to worship, we remember Him.
God bless you this November,
Tim.
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