HUNDREDS of people gathered to remember those who have given their lives in service on Remembrance Sunday in Winchester.
The annual commemoration took place on Sunday, November 9, at Winchester Cathedral.
The service was let by the Reverend Canon Dr Roland Riem, Interim Dean at the cathedral, with the Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Winchester, delivering a sermon.
Welcoming guests to the cathedral, including the High Sherriff of Hampshire, Susan Philippa Elton, The Mayor and Mayoress of Winchester, Cllrs Sudhakar and Vivian Achwel, and Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire Tim Weale, Dr Riem said: “We have come to worship Almighty God, whose purposes are good; whose power sustains the world he has made; who loves us, though we have failed in his service; who gave his Son Jesus Christ for the world; who by his Holy Spirit leads us in his way. As on this day we remember those who have lived and died in his service and in the service of others, we pray for all who suffer through war and are in need.
The service’s First Lesson, Isaiah 2.2-5, was read by the Reverend Josefa Mairara, Chaplain to the Forces, while Mr Weale read the second lesson, Mark 13:1-8.
Bishop Mounstephen addressed the second reading in his sermon.
He said: “There is something very contemporary about our second reading today. For it talks about wars and nations rising against nations. And if it were not contemporary enough, the talk of a building thrown to the ground is all too familiar for those who remember 9/11.”
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Continuing his sermon, the Bishop of Winchester reminded attendees that “one thing we need to do is to develop a proper Christian understanding of time. We need to grasp that history is finite. It has shape and an endpoint to it. And that endpoint is in God’s hand.
“History is finite, and it has an end point to it, and that end point is one of peace and justice, and is firmly in God’s hand.”
Following the service, attendees proceeded to the war memorial in the cathedral grounds.
Wreaths were then laid by Mr Weale, the Mayor of Winchester, representatives of the Royal British Legion and the Armed Forces, as well as representatives of other organisations.
Other guests at the service included Winchester MP Dr Danny Chambers, members of Winchester City Council, and Cllr Mark Cooper, chairman of Hampshire County Council.
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