Melvyn Bragg looks back
Back in the Day
We all look back
To see the way we came
What brought us here?
How did we come to be?
The person that we are
And is it fair?
Well life’s not fair
Let’s state that to begin
What gets us through is love
If love is in
And if it’s not
We do the best we can
Though many fall
And fail and pack it in
You will be scattered
And I all left alone
The world will give you trouble
Heart of stone
But all the hurt and harm this world can give
I have overcome
So you may live
Do not walk the road of life alone
Call upon the Lord
At every turn
Be brave the Lord admonishes today
Believe in him
Let that candle burn
Brian Fahy
30 May 2022
+ Rachel Cooke, in the Online Guardian, reviews a memoir, Back In The Day, by Melvyn Bragg, recalling his early life in Cumbria. Atmospheric and emotional, the book brought back to Cooke the things that really matter, and made her feel so glad, in her own life, ‘to be tethered to certain people and certain places.’
+ The Gospel today speaks about the catastrophe of Christ’s imminent death and the scattering of the disciples. In the world you will have trouble, Jesus says. Making our way through life it is the great blessing to have family and friends to support us, and in our heart of hearts to have the burning flame of faith in God.
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