Remembrance Sunday: ‘I felt my lip begin to waver..’
by Archbishop Cranmer:
At Remembrancetide, the Rev’d Fergus Butler-Gallie reflected on books of the dead in the Church Times. That he was forced out of ministry in the Church of England during his curacy is a cause of great shame and profound sorrow. These paragraphs alone are worth a hundred sermons by the callous priest who harassed him; and a thousand soothing emails or pious assurances from those bishops who have yet to to effect remedy, healing, or even give a public word of appreciation. If she were still here, Her late Majesty and Supreme Governor would have had something to say. But not on Remembrance Sunday, when she would have walked gracefully through fields of crimson – poppies and wreathes; remembering and honouring – and shed a tear for those who sacrificed the possibility of any tomorrow, so that we might live and partly live today.
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