Posts by Rev. Mike Cassidy

VE Day

Thought for the day – 8th April 2020 Brought to us by Rev. Mike Cassidy In these unprecedented times… we will be ‘celebrating’, all over Europe (and around the world), a special anniversary of VE Day during what will surely be recorded as one of the most notorious years of history for the global community.…

Jesus, Light of the World

Thought for the day – Monday 13th April 2020 In these unprecedented times…. This journey through Holy Week is a journey of discovery in a totally unfamiliar world – at least for most of us. Now we experience what those on the margins – those with severe disabilities or illness, the migrant, the refugee, the…

Reflection from Mike Cassidy

In these unprecedented times…. Nobel Peace Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, including during the Ebola crisis) writes: Dear fellow citizens of the world, … It does not mean that we are on our own, every country for themselves. On the contrary, it is the sign of a communal response,…

Hope will not be cancelled

In these unprecedented times….Conversations will not be cancelled.Relationships will not be cancelled.Love will not be cancelled.Songs will not be cancelled.Reading will not be cancelled.Self-care will not be cancelled.Hope will not be cancelled. * Beloved, how are we to pray in these times of pandemic, when country after country imposes stringent stay-at-home orders? When schools and…

“The everlasting arms”

Thought for Today – Wednesday 25th March 2020 These are unprecedented times. We have never known life like this, where so much seems out of control and chaos is on such a grand scale. Perhaps, more than ever before, we are going to experience wilderness fatigue as we all go further into this crisis. A…