The Reader: This Easter, give thanks for our health workers

Today, I’ve emailed the hundreds of thousands of children across London who attend our churches and church schools. This Easter won’t be like any they’ve known.

I said I was sure the children are finding the situation frightening, but many of us, older and younger, are feeling the same. Whether you’re worried about your family, an older friend, or if you’re one of the NHS staff keeping us safe but facing danger every day in the ICU, it’s okay to be afraid.

Before I was a bishop, I was a nurse. I understand how hard our healthcare workers are working. Please join me in praying for them this Easter. We can pray that God will help them, that God will give them the wisdom to know what to do, and that God will protect them.
The Right Rev Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London

Editor's reply

Dear Bishop Sarah

Whether it is Easter or Passover, which begins today, it can feel unsettling not to be able to celebrate events as usual.

But we can still mark them, even in a small way. So buy a chocolate egg or cook a special meal, take a moment to reflect, and look forward to this time next year, when we will gather with loved ones again.
Susannah Butter, Comment Editor

Transport staff deserve credit​

I hope to correct an omission that seems to occur whenever London’s key workers are mentioned. Very rarely are transport workers in that list. Many Londoners who need to go to work rely on bus, tram, Tube and train drivers to get them there safely. Behind the scenes are the people who maintain, clean and schedule the services.

I have worked in the London bus industry for 40 years, mostly as a bus driver. Although we do not seek personal elevation, we would like to see transport workers included in your excellent paper or on TV news bulletins.
Philip Hoskins, South Croydon