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PRIMATE DELIVERS LUNCHTIME ADDRESS IN ST. ANNE'S CATHEDRAL
Extracts from the lunch time address to be given by Archbishop Robin Eames, Church of Ireland Primate of All Ireland on Thursday, 21st May at 1.00 p.m.
Archbishop Eames is one of many speakers during the current month of prayer for Ireland.
The speaker on Friday, 22nd May (Referendum Day) will be the Bishop of Connor, The Right Rev. James Moore.
EXTRACTS FROM ADDRESS BY
THE MOST REVEREND DR ROBIN EAMES
ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH
Christians are united when they pray. They are united in their privileged fellowship with the God and Father of us all. That unity is expressed and felt in many ways. As we seek God's guidance we do so as those who not only have the privilege of prayer, but as those who are in communion with a God of love, understanding, compassion and forgiveness.
To-day as we pray we do so as individuals who to-morrow will have the privilege of recording our opinion on questions of immense importance to this community. To-day we pray as individuals for the guidance of Almighty God on how we should make our individual choice. As Christians we seek God's guidance. But as Christians we look into our conscience and we listen to God as we prepare to vote.
Irrespective of the decisions we make to-morrow we pray for our country and all its people. We pray for those who carry great burdens of pain in their hearts and in their bodies because of violence. We pray for those whose memories of the past will continue to haunt them for years. We pray for all political leaders. We pray above all for ourselves that we may be conscious of the presence and prompting of God as this community faces days of choice, days of decisions and days when we all yearn for the healing of our wounds.
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