We Shall Keep the Faith: Honouring the Heroes’ Courage on 11 November at 11 a.m.
The moment each year that must never fade from memory, when we remember and honour those who bravely fought against evil in defence of a civilised world, a legacy we must cherish and nurture.
Standing against evil lies at the heart of Christianity and its enduring legacy across Europe and the world. Through centuries of trials, the faith inspired courage against tyranny and false idols of power, reminding us that freedom, only rightly understood, is inseparable from moral restraint and a healthy definition of it. The demons of domination, dehumanisation and uniformity may return in new forms, yet the defence of human dignity, justice and true civilisation remains our timeless, daily duty.
We Shall Keep the Faith
BY Moina Michael
Moina Belle Michael (15 August 1869 – 10 May 1944) was an American professor and humanitarian who first proposed the use of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in the First World War.
Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet – to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.
We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.
And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honour of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We’ll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields.
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Post initially published on 11 Nov 2020 and republished in 2021 and 2022. What was true then is still true today.
