Remembrance Sunday
On Remembrance Sunday we remember the fallen who selflessly gave their lives for their country.
It is marked on the Sunday nearest to 11 November - Remembrance Day - which is the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War, in 1918 at 11am. The national ceremony is held at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London.
The newly ordained Bishop of the Forces, the Rt Revd Richard Moth, presided at a Solemn Requiem Mass offered for the Fallen at Westminster Cathedral on Remembrance Sunday - 8 November 2009.
The Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force were represented in the congregation and the Mass concluded with the Last Post.
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Remembrance resources
Life4seekers, a website provided by the Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation (CASE), has a special section on Remembrance.
Visit life4seekers.co.uk/remembrance:
- Why do we pray for the dead?
- Remembrance stories
- Pope Benedict XVI on honouring departed loved ones
- Remembrance List - submit the name of a friend or relative to life4seekers' Remembrance List to be held in prayer by visitors to the site.
- What happens after we die?
Liturgy
The Liturgy Office (England and Wales) has a section to help us remember in prayer all victims of war - click for the Autumn Cycle of Prayer.
Prayer
God of power and mercy,
you destroy war and put down earthly pride.
Banish violence from our midst and wipe away our tears
that we may all deserve to be called your sons and daughters.
Roman Missal
Links
Remembrance Sunday - MOD Army website
Life4seekers Remembrance Resources
Bishop Richard Moth, Bishop of the Forces