A Moment To Pause: Sunday 9th August 2026

Welcome to A Moment to Pause. We join Anne Walker from the Friends Of Saint Eugene, Crewe. Good morning. It's Sunday, the 9th of August. The 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time. The Gospel today comes from Matthew chapter 14, verses 22 to 33. Towards the end of today's Gospel, we hear that Peter doubts that he will be able to reach Jesus by walking on water. He thinks he will drown. Don't literally means two minds. Peter's mind was caught between a reliance on Jesus's judgment that he will be able to do it, and the trustworthy call from Jesus. Let us pray. Doubting people or decisions made for us by other people ruins our belief that in whatever is decided for us is in God's hands. We remind ourselves that our trust is in God alone. In God alone, we face whatever happens to us and also to our loved ones. We offer up our trust by saying, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.