Eternity

Stephen Hawkings' A Brief History of Time has sold ten millions copies. My prayer tweet the day after his death was 'Lord, now give him a brief history of eternity'. The Dean of Westminster Abbey announced that his ashes would lie next to those of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin in the Abbey and said:'We believe it to be vital that science and religion work together to answer the great questions of the mystery of life and of the universe'.

Several mornings a week for the next 35 years, Stace left his wife, Pearl, around 5am to go around the streets
of Sydney and chalk the word “Eternity” on footpaths, railway station entrances and anywhere else he could think of. It is
estimated that he wrote the word around 500,000 times over the 35 years.

As a tribute to the man known as Mr Eternity, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was lit up with the word “Eternity” as part of the
celebrations for the beginning of the year 2000 Sydney New Year’s Eve celebrations, as well as part of the Sydney 2000
Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. A simple man of faith with a love for what Christ had done in his life, he had to tell the world.

Our Australian Community of Aidan and Hilda members then prayed:
We thank you for the life and witness of Arthur Stace. You took him from the gutters of life and placed a spirit of love in his soul
that can only come from you. His devotion to you influenced the lives of so many people and continues to do so today. May
your Holy Spirit ignite in us a similar flame of love. A love for the outcasts, poor and forgotten.

Amen.