Workers' Memorial Day Launceston

Rev Geoff McKinnon speaks at the Workers' Memorial Day service at Elizabeth Gardens, Launceston, April 28 2024.  Video by Phillip Biggs

Transcript

00:00 The passing of a loved one or a mate reminds us that our lives are marked by both our frailty

00:07 and enduring connection.

00:14 Times tied may wash their footprints from the shore, but never your love for them, nor

00:21 the unique influence of their life upon your own.

00:29 Such relationship is a sign to us of those things which are eternal.

00:36 The death of someone you love is the death of part of you.

00:46 No one else will ever call out from within you quite those same responses.

00:53 Feelings, ideas, actions.

01:00 The death of someone you love is an ending of one part of a much bigger story.

01:12 Let's just spend a moment in quiet reflection or prayer.

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