November 2020

10 Buckden Roundabout November 2020 Church News Weekly Prayer Roster Each week during the year the Churches, in their prayers, remember the residents of particular streets in the village, those who work in the parish and village organisations. Those to be remembered this month are: 1st November School Lane, Buckden Primary School (pupils, teachers and teaching assistants, governors, vol- unteers, midday supervisors, all support staff) 8th November Scouts, Cubs and Beavers, Guides, Brownies and Rainbows, Playgroup and Day Nurse- ry, Buckden out of Schools Scheme, Buckden Towers Youth Retreat Centre 15th November Mayfield, Springfield Close, The Osiers, Stirtloe 22nd November Vineyard Way, Burberry Road, Swan End, Lark End, The Library and its librarians 29th November The churches of the village: St Hugh ’ s, St Mary ’ s, Buckden Methodist Church, also Perry Baptist Church, members of home groups from these and other local churches, ministers and all who make our churches welcoming and worshipful places Thought for the Month There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven: A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted. A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking down, a time for building. A time for tears, a time for laughter; a time for mourning, a time for dancing. A time for throwing stones away, a time for gathering them up; a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embrac- ing. A time for searching, a time for losing; a time for keeping, a time for throwing away. A time for tearing, a time for sewing; a time for keeping silent, a time for speaking. A time for loving, a time for hating; a time for war, a time for peace. (Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 8) In the nature, there is a time for autumn. Time when the days become shorter more and more, when the sun gives way to the cloudy and rainy weather, when the plants wither, when, especially in the past, people in their house- holds prepared food supplies for winter and when we begin to heat our houses. So, we cannot say that this season is lost and dead. It simply brings new challenges, adjusted to the time. The open question is: How is its impact on our spiritual life, on our relationship with God? Are we able to use it for good? It seems that circumstances around us are against us but as Christians, we believe that everything is in God ’ s hands. And He still gives us an opportunity to cooperate with his grace. Despite different problems, there is enough space to show our involvement for the good of our brothers and sisters next to us. In November, it ’ s a special time to remember our predecessors who “ rest in peace ”. Their tried their best that our lives were better now. Many of them worked hard and made efforts to improve the reality. Some of them laid down their lives defending freedom and independence of our land. Maybe physically their graves are far but they should be present in our hearts, full of gratitude for them. And the colour of the poppies from Flanders fields reminds us their sacrifice, sometimes given in a very young age. They didn ’ t die in vain. Jesus said: I am the way the truth and the life (John 14:6) and we believe that they live in Christ. They do not return to us but we join them a day (cf. 2Sm 12:23). Now is the time to prepare well this meeting by our work in each dimension. And we are aware that Jesus from the height of his cross look upon us with open arms which are ready to embrace us with love. Fr Krzysztof Stawicki, CMF St Hugh ’ s Catholic Church