{"id":31449,"date":"2026-11-01T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T12:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=31449"},"modified":"2026-11-01T12:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T12:56:40","slug":"we-love-them-and-we-miss-them","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?ctc_sermon=we-love-them-and-we-miss-them","title":{"rendered":"We love them&#8230;and we miss them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Two messages from Ruth Edy<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>The book by David Winter, mentioned in this morning\u2019s sermon is&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>100 Days in the Arena<\/em>,&nbsp; published in 1977,&nbsp; ISBN 0-87788-270-3<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me<br \/>\n<\/em><em>All his wondrous compassion and purity<br \/>\n<\/em><em>O thou Spirit divine, all my nature refine,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u2018Til the beauty of Jesus be seen in me.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The writer was Albert W.T. Orsborn<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Gospel Reading<\/u><\/strong><strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Matthew 5.1\u201312<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><strong>All &nbsp;&nbsp; Glory to you, O Lord<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;\u2018Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness\u2019 sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.&nbsp;Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in&nbsp;heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>This is the Gospel of the Lord&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>All <\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Praise to you, O Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two messages from Ruth Edy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The book by David Winter, mentioned in this morning\u2019s sermon is&nbsp;&nbsp; 100 Days in the Arena,&nbsp; published in 1977,&nbsp; ISBN 0-87788-270-3 &nbsp;Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me All his wondrous compassion and purity O thou Spirit divine, all my nature refine, \u2018Til the beauty of Jesus be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":28078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[359],"ctc_sermon_series":[471,397,361],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[347],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-31449","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_book-matthew","ctc_sermon_series-all-saints","ctc_sermon_series-ordinary-time","ctc_sermon_series-sunday-morning","ctc_sermon_speaker-ruth-edy-llm","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/31449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/31449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31451,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/31449\/revisions\/31451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_topic&post=31449"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_book&post=31449"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_series&post=31449"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_speaker&post=31449"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_tag&post=31449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}