The closing words of a sermon given by our two Boy Head Choristers at Evensong today. Profound and powerful. St Paul wrote to the Colossians: "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. " The peace I take for granted every single day—our safe streets, our schools, our quiet Sunday mornings—was paid for by teenagers who were basically just older versions of me. I am incredibly grateful for their bravery. But if I am being honest this evening, I am also deeply, profoundly grateful that this is not my task. I am thankful that my hands hold music scores instead of weapons. I am thankful that the loudest sound I have to experience is our organ at full volume, not artillery fire. The Kohima Epitaph says, "For your tomorrow, we gave our today. " Knowing that changes how I see everything, and it changes how I sing. Our gratitude can't just be a polite 'thank you' or a nice feeling we pull out once a year on Remembrance Sunday. It has to change how we live. St Paul tells us to "clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience." If we are truly grateful for the peace these men won for us, we owe it to them to show that peace to each other. We need to live out our thanks every day, being fiercely grateful to God - and to those who went before us - for our freedom and hope as young people today. Sam: As I look back on my time as a chorister, I am filled with true thanksgiving for the incredible gifts of music and lifelong discipline I have gained here. I am profoundly grateful to this choir - and to Dr P - for providing me with a community and purpose that has deeply shaped who I am and the future that is now possible. For all of this, as Alex and I conclude our time here, we take occasion to thank almighty God. Amen. @JonathanHFrost

It is literally insane simultaneously to think that 16 and 17 year olds are mature enough to vote but not mature enough to look at Instagram at 8:30pm. This is comically absurd.

Kemi says nothing revolutionary or outrageous - just succinct home truths that feel so satisfying because we’ve been starved of seeing common-sense views reflected back at us. I love her more and more every day. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Barcelona, you win. Sagrada Família. Just incredible. Watch the whole thing with the sound on

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This is incredible!!

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character."

The choir in the Sagrada Família is putting on the performance of a lifetime. The vocals perfectly complement the stunning visuals of Gaudí’s cathedral!

You’ll free your mind once you realize that the centralized system has been systematically lying to you, your parents, your grandparents, your great-grandparents etc… Your worldview has been engineered before you were born.

Perverse.

We thank all the soldiers, sailors and airmen who sacrificed so much to enable this generation of boys to play on the beach at Gold Beach/Arromanches

Wreaths are placed by the D-Day Wall in Normandy while the choir of Portsmouth Cathedral sing Psalm 23. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🇬🇧 Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com/support

Profound and irrefutable.

Interesting that this seems to go in a different direction to the recommendations produced by Prof Alexis Jay, commissioned by the Archbishops’ Council to review safeguarding - she called for a move to the statutory definition

Today at ‘Gold’ Beach

'We remember all who gave their lives in the battle for Normandy' The British Normandy Memorial holds a service of remembrance on the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings.

The National Anthems of the United Kingdom and France are sung. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🇬🇧 Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com/support

An honour to sing for the @CWGC DDay82 service today at Bayeux Cathedral.

Unfathomable.