The pain in remembering...

The cold November winds and rain that can become the backdrop for Remembrance Day proceedings are a fitting setting. Gratitude for service and the high price paid for freedom for all are certainly foremost in our minds as we wear our poppies and bow our heads tomorrow. However, the tears, the barren tree branches, and a brisk wind remind us of the raw reality of what we are also recalling; wars and fighting remain, guns have not been silenced, and we lament that conflict abounds nearby and far away from our home and native land. We fell the groaning of creation awaiting the fullness of Christ's return as stand vigil in silence. 

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.” Colossians 3:15


That peace seems very elusive as we move through these acts of Remembrance. The list of military sacrifice grows each year with more names added, human suffering continues in the hands of tyrants, and so many wait for the kind of justice and peace that Christ commanded. Is there hope?

“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom…”  Colossians 3:16


Yes! That peace of Christ comes to us as we pattern our lives after his teaching and model for faithful living. I’m so thankful that the “message of Christ” is part of our student’s everyday life here at LCES in the devotional and learning parts of every day.  The coming  kingdom of God with justice and peace for all is what we work for every day in each lesson and conversation, each challenge and success. May our students grow in wisdom that propagates peace and returns our world back to way God originally created it – beautiful, perfect, and filled with peace. SJ

P.S. Grades 6-8 will be attending the downtown proceedings at the cenotaph tomorrow. Grades 1 -5 will led by our grade three class at a special Remembrance day assembly running from 10:45-11:15am. Parents and friends of the school are most welcome to join us.