Today the Church remembers English saints and martyrs of the Reformation...

A bit of a mouthful, this one!
But a terrible, true story of Christians killing each other over disputes about Christianity during the Reformation. (There's some of the background, here.

...And bringing history right up to date, there's a fairly recent Church Times article, here, that explores what we might still need to learn from the events and deaths during the Reformation.)


We might not burn others at the stake nowadays, but you don't have to look very hard - in online 'conversations'/'debates', or in real life - to see that we haven't learnt all we can from those events 500 years ago...the Body of Christ, the Church, is divided and still fighting amongst itself.

While we are physically separated at the moment, it seems an ideal time to reflect on what separates us even when we aren't stuck at home...


...a prayer for the unity of the Church:

Lord Jesus Christ,
who said to your apostles,
'Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you':
look not on our sins but on the faith of your Church
and grant it the peace and unity of your kingdom;
where you are alive and reign with the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.


♫ Two suggestions today... an anthem: Holy is the true light,
and from only yesterday, Christians coming together to sing 'The UK Blessing'