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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Great Ormond Street Lead Chaplain - Rev Dorothy Moore Brooks Good Morning. Right in the heart of Great Ormond Street Hospital is St Christopher’s Chapel, where, as lead chaplain I’ve spent much time. One of the stained-glass windows always catches my eye. It depicts Jesus, surrounded by disciples, but with a little child right in front of him. His hands hover over the child, as if in tender affirmation and blessing. Below these words from the Gospel of Matthew: “Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in the midst.” Many of the children we are privileged to work with come to us in great crises but leave with health and hope restored. However, sadly that isn’t true for everyone. Every year some of our children die, each one leaving a grief that is simply beyond words. In this season of Remembrance, those children of Great Ormond Street are right in the midst of our community’s collective memory. We remember them when we visit a ward and see the bed they once occupied or hear a lullaby that made them smile. We remember them each morning as we turn the page in our Book of Remembrance, in which their names are lovingly inscribed. We remember them when we celebrate major festivals, aware of their friends and families whose celebrations are forever changed. We remember them at our annual Time to Remember gathering, when their names are read aloud and a candle lit in their honour. We remember them because, however short, every day of their life mattered, and always will. And in remembering them we ensure that they are always, in those words of Jesus, “in the midst” and all that we are, and all that do. I pray today for all who mourn, that they might be comforted. Amen.