Remembrance: We all need to rededicate ourselves to peace

Episode 64 November 11, 2023 00:02:58
Remembrance: We all need to rededicate ourselves to peace
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Remembrance: We all need to rededicate ourselves to peace

Nov 11 2023 | 00:02:58

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Show Notes

Dominican friar Fr Samuel Burke OP is a chaplain in the Royal Navy currently serving on HMS Duncan in the Mediterranean. He gave a poignant reflection on remembrance and honouring our war dead on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day.

It was broadcast on 11 November, Armistice Day, known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth.

"If, during the two minutes of silence, the enormous shadow of grief and the haunting prospect of future loss can't provoke each of us to rededicate ourselves to peace then, frankly, nothing will.

"Whatever else you choose to think about during the still moments later today and tomorrow, be sure to make good that solemn promise that we renew each year. We will remember them. They were not so different to us.

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