0:00:11 > 0:00:14In the early hours of the 14th of June -
0:00:14 > 0:00:15exactly six months ago -
0:00:15 > 0:00:18the worst fire to be
0:00:18 > 0:00:22seen in the United Kingdom since the Second World War broke out.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24It happened at Grenfell Tower, just six miles
0:00:24 > 0:00:26away from this cathedral.
0:00:26 > 0:00:34And this morning a National Memorial Service will pay tribute to
0:00:34 > 0:00:40those who died, to those who survived and
0:00:40 > 0:00:50the local community response.
0:01:19 > 0:01:25Welcome to our coverage this morning from St Paul's Cathedral, the venue
0:01:25 > 0:01:31of many state occasions, moments of national commemoration. This morning
0:01:31 > 0:01:37for a service that will look and feel very different to those that
0:01:37 > 0:01:42usually take place here. It will reflect the diverse community living
0:01:42 > 0:01:50in and around the Grenfell Tower, and it is rooted in the desire of
0:01:50 > 0:01:54that community that this six-month anniversary is marked and to be
0:01:54 > 0:01:58marked in a manner commensurate with the scale of the loss of life in the
0:01:58 > 0:02:15fire that night. Inside this great building, the seats beneath the dome
0:02:15 > 0:02:19have to be reserved for those who have come here with the most acute
0:02:19 > 0:02:28sense of loss. Those bereaved on the night of the fire, the survivors.
0:02:28 > 0:02:37Those who live with the reality of loveD ones that are no more and of
0:02:37 > 0:02:46homes that have gone. We know 71 lives were lost that night. From a
0:02:46 > 0:02:52stillborn baby to a grandmother in her 80s, people of many cultures and
0:02:52 > 0:02:56religions and countries of origin, and that is reflected in those
0:02:56 > 0:03:00sitting at the front of the congregation, the relatives and
0:03:00 > 0:03:04friends and neighbours who will remember those who were lost that
0:03:04 > 0:03:11night. Members of the Royal family will attend, the Prince of Wales,
0:03:11 > 0:03:16the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
0:03:16 > 0:03:21Prince Harry, who will attend the service and will arrive shortly
0:03:21 > 0:03:25before it begins. My colleague Tina Daheley is on the steps of the
0:03:25 > 0:03:30Cathedral and will speak to some of those attending.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I am joined by Mohammed who lived in the tower his entire life and
0:03:34 > 0:03:38managed to escape with his family. What does it mean to be here with
0:03:38 > 0:03:44your family?The Grenfell Tower fire was a national tragedy and it is
0:03:44 > 0:03:50only fitting we have such a memorial to pay tribute to those who lost
0:03:50 > 0:03:55their lives due to a gross injustice and a crime committed against them.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00It is only fitting we remember them at an iconic national landmark and
0:04:00 > 0:04:04we share this moment with the British public, who were there for
0:04:04 > 0:04:09us in our hour of need.You are with your family and you have a
0:04:09 > 0:04:14two-year-old and five-year old. How did they feel about today?Emotions
0:04:14 > 0:04:21are probably going to sink in when the service starts. Myself, just
0:04:21 > 0:04:26coming in and seeing people from all around, it is getting me emotional
0:04:26 > 0:04:35already. The bereaved, it is bringing a lot of emotions back to
0:04:35 > 0:04:39the surface.How would you describe the people who make up the Grenfell
0:04:39 > 0:04:45community?It was a friendly, neighbourly, diverse community and
0:04:45 > 0:04:50people got on well with each other. We had a great amount of tolerance,
0:04:50 > 0:04:55there was no hatred. We were united in humanity and that is reflected in
0:04:55 > 0:05:00the response of the British public. We had people helping, coming from
0:05:00 > 0:05:07all over the country and all over the community and despite their
0:05:07 > 0:05:12differences, religion, worldviews, they came to help. I believe it
0:05:12 > 0:05:20touched everyone's heart, what happened.Thank you. Mohammed, one
0:05:20 > 0:05:24of the survivors speaking I imagine for many when he talks about how
0:05:24 > 0:05:29emotional this service is going to be. He has come from the hotel room
0:05:29 > 0:05:36where he now lives with his family. There are many other survivors
0:05:36 > 0:05:47living in emergency accommodation at this time. Joining members of the
0:05:47 > 0:06:09Grenfell community, the singer Adele has arrived. And the actress. And
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Marcus Mumford, who played in a charity football match. And Adele
0:06:15 > 0:06:25who has raised money from her concerts.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29We will be hearing some of the stories in the run-up to the service
0:06:29 > 0:06:34and indeed during the service itself, where one of the bereaved
0:06:34 > 0:06:39will be giving a reading. We can hear more now about how the service
0:06:39 > 0:06:51came about. Dr Graham Tomlin, you were instrumental in making this
0:06:51 > 0:06:56happen. They wanted a National Service at Saint Pauls.Can you tell
0:06:56 > 0:07:01us why? There are a number of reasons. Because it is a religious
0:07:01 > 0:07:05building and faith is an important part of the community in North
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Kensington. This is a place where worship is offered is significant.
0:07:10 > 0:07:17There are many local events, taking place, but I think the families and
0:07:17 > 0:07:20those who were bereaved, the survivors come wanted it to be a
0:07:20 > 0:07:25national event. In a way, Grenfell Tower did not just affect the
0:07:25 > 0:07:29community but people across the country and across the world and
0:07:29 > 0:07:34they wanted an event where the whole nation could support the community.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39How will it reflect the multiple faiths and cultures of the
0:07:39 > 0:07:49residents?We have worked closely with many ethnicity, faiths. There
0:07:49 > 0:07:54are different elements. Music from different traditions will be part of
0:07:54 > 0:07:59the service, faith leaders at the front of the service will be sat
0:07:59 > 0:08:03together, making a joint declaration to the community and we hope
0:08:03 > 0:08:06everyone in the community will feel it is their service and belongs to
0:08:06 > 0:08:18them.Thank you for talking to us. In April I met a young girl, just 12
0:08:18 > 0:08:27years old, she made a big impact at a debating competition.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32Firdaws was 12 years old.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34She died in the fire.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Sean Mendez founded a charity, Solidarity Sports.
0:08:38 > 0:08:44They work with children who live in disadvantaged areas,
0:08:44 > 0:08:49He knew her well.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Firdaws was 12 years old.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53She lived on the 22nd floor of the Grenfell Tower
0:08:53 > 0:08:56with her older brother Yahya, her younger brother Yaqub
0:08:56 > 0:09:01and parents, Nora and Hashim.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Firdaws was the type of girl who you could really trust.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Sometimes, you had a younger child who was maybe misbehaving a little
0:09:08 > 0:09:14bit and you were like, "Hey, Firdaws, we need your help."
0:09:14 > 0:09:17And because she had Yaqub.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Her younger sibling, I think she naturally took
0:09:19 > 0:09:21to that caring role.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23She would make these songs and these dance routines with some
0:09:23 > 0:09:33of her friends and her voice just stood out.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44# You're going to miss me.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49She had this beautiful infectious laugh as well.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52When you heard her laugh, you wanted to make her laugh again
0:09:52 > 0:09:53and again and again.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55She did this giggle that just stayed with you.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00I always remember that.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04She was a really good artist, you know, she would do these
0:10:04 > 0:10:08beautiful drawings and cards, she used to create these
0:10:08 > 0:10:15beautiful loom bands and she could do it so fast.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18She was just a bright spark, as someone who walked into the room
0:10:18 > 0:10:20and just illuminated it.
0:10:20 > 0:10:29She took part in a Debate Mate competition.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34There was a roomful of students, she stood out.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39Being involved is amazing. It helps you change the world.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45She was just so articulate.
0:10:45 > 0:10:52You should be realistic. As unrealistic it is to think poverty
0:10:52 > 0:11:00will disappear, as Bill Gates said, we have to raise the bar.She would
0:11:00 > 0:11:05have gone on to achieve amazing things in her life. Now she is gone,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09we will never see her again.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11On June 14th, Firdaws was with her brothers,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Yahya and Yaqub, and their parents, Nura and Hashim.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20The whole family died together in the Grenfell Tower.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23To make sure that we never forget Firdaws and her family,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25we have launched the Hashim Family Legacy.
0:11:25 > 0:11:35It's all sparked by Firdaws and her last dream,
0:11:35 > 0:11:39which was to go to Disneyland - and, sadly, she never got to go.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42And we hope to make many other children's dreams come true.
0:11:42 > 0:11:52It's a way of doing something positive from such a tragic event.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01She was one of the 18 children killed in the fire along with her
0:12:01 > 0:12:11brother, Yaqub, six, and her brother Yahya, who was 13. He wanted to be
0:12:11 > 0:12:17an Islamic religious teacher and his relatives said he would have been a
0:12:17 > 0:12:29pride to his religion. A character in a forthcoming Philip Pullman book
0:12:29 > 0:12:37has been named after one of the members of the El-Wahabi family. We
0:12:37 > 0:12:41will never know what the children lost that night would have grown up
0:12:41 > 0:12:45to achieve. They were young lives cut short. We can go back to Tina.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49I'm with the Alves family - Miguel, Fatima, Ines and Tiago -
0:12:49 > 0:12:50who managed to escape the tower due
0:12:50 > 0:12:52to the quick thinking of Miguel.
0:12:52 > 0:13:02What does it mean to be here today? It means a lot. It recognises our
0:13:02 > 0:13:05suffering. It is important for the memory of the people who passed
0:13:05 > 0:13:13away.Who will you be remembering today?A small boy who came with us
0:13:13 > 0:13:20every morning. On my way to work and on his way to school. I always
0:13:20 > 0:13:27remember him. He is such a nice boy. A nice person.Tell us what you
0:13:27 > 0:13:33grabbed when you escape from your flat? I left with my revision notes.
0:13:33 > 0:13:39You went on to sit your chemistry GCSE, the next day, wearing the
0:13:39 > 0:13:43clothes you a skateboarding, which is hard to believe, why was it
0:13:43 > 0:13:48important to do that?It is one of my favourite subjects. Science I am
0:13:48 > 0:13:58best at and I thought why not, I had revised. What grade did you get? I
0:13:58 > 0:14:06got and A.There is always hope moving forward, but what I want to
0:14:06 > 0:14:12say is today is not a day of survivors, it is the day of the
0:14:12 > 0:14:16bereaved to make sure our thoughts and prayers are with them. We may
0:14:16 > 0:14:28have come out of that fire alive... Thank you for talking to us. Inside,
0:14:28 > 0:14:35the congregation, about 1500 people in the cathedral today. They will
0:14:35 > 0:14:40honour the events of six months ago. At the far end, dressed in green,
0:14:40 > 0:14:46under the dome, you can see the Ebony steel band. There are 20
0:14:46 > 0:14:51musicians. They are based in London. Many of them live close to Grenfell
0:14:51 > 0:14:57Tower. They played for the survivors in the aftermath of the fire, and
0:14:57 > 0:15:05they will play during the service. It is the first time they have
0:15:05 > 0:15:11played inside the cathedral.
0:15:11 > 0:15:17The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has just entered the cathedral, he is
0:15:17 > 0:15:20meeting members of the congregation. The Lord Mayor of London will be
0:15:20 > 0:15:23greeting the Royal family when they arrived shortly before the service
0:15:23 > 0:15:31begins. St Paul's has been a focal point in many moments of shock and
0:15:31 > 0:15:37crisis, crowds came here in the aftermath of the London terror
0:15:37 > 0:15:45attacks in 2005. Before that, for the September the 11th attacks. And
0:15:45 > 0:15:49although the focus today is very much on those you see sitting
0:15:49 > 0:15:55directly under the Dome, those most affected by the fire, that are also
0:15:55 > 0:16:00dignitaries attending. Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the
0:16:00 > 0:16:06Opposition, arriving now. With Diane Abbott, the Shadow Home Secretary.
0:16:06 > 0:16:13And the Labour MP for Kensington and Chelsea. And we are expecting Prime
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Minister Theresa May and members of her Cabinet to arrive shortly just
0:16:18 > 0:16:27before the service begins. Community groups from the Grenfell area have
0:16:27 > 0:16:29played a very important role in bringing people here and devising
0:16:29 > 0:16:34the content of the service with St Paul's and they are represented in
0:16:34 > 0:16:36the congregation.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Within hours of the tragedy, local people mobilised to do whatever
0:16:38 > 0:16:42they could to help those in need.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47What we saw was the best of humanity.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49People coming from all over the community to help
0:16:49 > 0:16:54with donations.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Clothes amassed, along with volunteers.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Since the 14th of June, we have been in operation
0:17:01 > 0:17:03and still are in operation, we have over 100 survivors'
0:17:03 > 0:17:05families on our books.
0:17:05 > 0:17:13The immediate response was to open the centre to everyone who may need
0:17:13 > 0:17:16a temporary shelter to come and find a space here in Al-Manaar.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Later on, we thought maybe we can also offer some
0:17:18 > 0:17:24food, because of Ramadan.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28So we have people who have been volunteering, who are now working
0:17:28 > 0:17:30with us on those type of programmes.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31This is the canteen and kitchen.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I think it's really important to feed your family food
0:17:33 > 0:17:35that you've cooked with your own hands,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37with your own flavours,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40and that's not going to be found in hotels or take-away,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43so it's really important that they get that opportunity
0:17:43 > 0:17:49using our kitchen, their food, their ingredients
0:17:49 > 0:17:51to feed their own family.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53The fire has been devastating for this community.
0:17:53 > 0:17:59So many people witnessed the scenes that night
0:17:59 > 0:18:01and it was particularly traumatic because the fire
0:18:01 > 0:18:02went on for so long,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04and everyone was aware that there were still
0:18:04 > 0:18:05people in the building.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07There are very few people locally who don't know someone
0:18:07 > 0:18:12who was lost in the fire.
0:18:12 > 0:18:18So it has had an enormous impact. At the centre here...
0:18:18 > 0:18:19At the centre here...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22We're still offering all the services that we were before.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24So employment, adult learning, our education for young people.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26But we've also tried to provide additional support for those
0:18:26 > 0:18:32directly affected.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35It's the Grenfell Assistance Centre, called the Curve.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36It's basically available to anybody affected
0:18:36 > 0:18:45by the fire.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Yes, it's hard, it's hard, but as a community, the strength
0:18:47 > 0:18:53is there and we look out for one another.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I've got two kids and my husband.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57I'm in a hotel, I've been there since the fire.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Your sense of normality goes out of the window.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01There's nothing normal about being in a hotel.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03You're not eating the right food, you're not sleeping,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05the children are not in their own bed.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09You come in here and you have a cup of tea and you just forget.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It gives you that sanctuary away from what's happening in our lives
0:19:12 > 0:19:14and how we've been affected.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17The Rugby Portobello Trust is a charity.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18We're trying to support
0:19:18 > 0:19:21the community the best way we know how.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26The work won't be finished for quite some time.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29We're broken.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30We're broken at the moment.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33This is a support group called Magic Mums, for women
0:19:33 > 0:19:38in the community.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40There's a massive increase of women on anti-depressants,
0:19:40 > 0:19:41we have suicidal feelings within the group,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44and the children are behaving very differently.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48The emotional impact is just beginning and it's getting bigger
0:19:48 > 0:19:52and bigger and bigger.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54We tragically lost 21 of our students, 12
0:19:54 > 0:20:00of whom were children or young people.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05People still have to go to work, they go to school.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07It's quite hard when you forget for a second
0:20:07 > 0:20:11and then you look up and see the tower.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28And members of the Royal family now arriving at the Great West Door of
0:20:28 > 0:20:32the cathedral to be greeted by the Dean, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
0:20:32 > 0:20:40and Prince Harry. Who have all been involved in the relief effort and
0:20:40 > 0:20:46taken a close interest in what happened in the aftermath of the
0:20:46 > 0:20:51fire at Grenfell Tower. The Duke of Cambridge two days after the Fire
0:20:51 > 0:20:54accompanied his grandmother, Her Majesty the Queen, and he met
0:20:54 > 0:20:59bereaved families and members of the emergency services. A visit that
0:20:59 > 0:21:05many of those who they met said meant a great deal to them. The
0:21:05 > 0:21:14Duchess of Cambridge just this week met children and parents who were
0:21:14 > 0:21:18affected by the fire. She visited the Rugby Portobello trust, which
0:21:18 > 0:21:24has been one of the key community centres offering support to the
0:21:24 > 0:21:29Grenfell community. And Prince Harry alongside his brother visited the
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Grenfell area in September to see the work being done especially with
0:21:32 > 0:21:45mental health provision for those affected. So the congregation in
0:21:45 > 0:21:52their seats. The service will begin in a few minutes. The Prime Minister
0:21:52 > 0:22:03is among those attending, she is already in her seat now. Sitting
0:22:03 > 0:22:08alongside two of her ministers, including the Communities Secretary
0:22:08 > 0:22:14Sajid Javid. In the days after the tragedy, she said, long after the
0:22:14 > 0:22:19television cameras have gone and the world has moved on, that the legacy
0:22:19 > 0:22:23of this awful tragedy be that we resolve never to forget these people
0:22:23 > 0:22:27and instead the gear our policies and our thinking towards making
0:22:27 > 0:22:37their lives better. And bringing them into the political process. If
0:22:37 > 0:22:41you are familiar with the inside of the cathedral, you might notice that
0:22:41 > 0:22:44it looks a little different to how you would see it normally because
0:22:44 > 0:22:49the altar has been removed from that dais and instead, we see a group of
0:22:49 > 0:22:57faith leaders sitting who will be taking part in the service. A
0:22:57 > 0:23:01service which will have multi-faith elements, reflecting the diverse
0:23:01 > 0:23:05nature of the Grenfell community, many of those who lived in the Tower
0:23:05 > 0:23:13were Muslim. We will here join the service from an Islamic school girls
0:23:13 > 0:23:19choir who will be singing. The Archbishop of Canterbury is among
0:23:19 > 0:23:25those who is sitting with the multi-faith leaders. The leaders of
0:23:25 > 0:23:30different world faiths. He will be giving the blessing during this
0:23:30 > 0:23:40morning's service. The Chief Rabbi. Sitting next to him. And also in
0:23:40 > 0:23:43this group representatives of different churches the Grenfell area
0:23:43 > 0:23:46who will be a game taking part in the service and saying different
0:23:46 > 0:23:53prayers. -- again be taking part. Reflecting the community coming to
0:23:53 > 0:23:59this Cathedral on the other side of London. And the Prince of Wales and
0:23:59 > 0:24:04the Duchess of Cornwall arriving at the cathedral now. They have been
0:24:04 > 0:24:10greeted by the Lord Mayor Charles Bowman. And they are being led up
0:24:10 > 0:24:24the cathedral steps. Where they will be greeted by the Dean.
0:24:24 > 0:24:31The Very Reverend Dr David Ison. The Prince of Wales visited the Grenfell
0:24:31 > 0:24:39community assistance Centre in the days after the fire. He met
0:24:39 > 0:24:52survivors who told him their stories. He and the Duchess of
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Cornwall will be walking through the centre of the Cathedral in a moment
0:24:56 > 0:25:00with the Duke and touch as of Cambridge and Prince Harry to take
0:25:00 > 0:25:03their seats at the front of the congregation, just before the
0:25:03 > 0:25:11service begins -- Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Prince of Wales
0:25:11 > 0:25:15has a link to a couple of groups that we will see represented or we
0:25:15 > 0:25:22will hear from during the service. The Al-Manaar mosque, one of its
0:25:22 > 0:25:26employees will help to carry the Grenfell banner through the
0:25:26 > 0:25:34cathedral had the service and that was the mosque opened by the Prince.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37And he also knows the Ebony Steel Band who we heard playing a moment
0:25:37 > 0:25:44ago, led by Pepe Francis, MBE. And the Prince presented him with that
0:25:44 > 0:25:55MBE. So the Lord Mayor is now taking his seat at the front of the
0:25:55 > 0:26:08congregation. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress. And the members of
0:26:08 > 0:26:13the Royal family will be escorted to their seats by the Dean just before
0:26:13 > 0:26:28the service begins. And it will be a very special service. Commemorating
0:26:28 > 0:26:34this terrible loss of life, the worst loss of life in a fire
0:26:34 > 0:26:39anywhere in the United Kingdom since World War II. It will be an
0:26:39 > 0:26:44emotional service, we already know that. From what the survivors and
0:26:44 > 0:26:48the bereaved families have said. It is also an on President at a
0:26:48 > 0:26:54gathering with those affected by the service -- unprecedented gathering.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59The first time they have gathered together in these numbers. They have
0:26:59 > 0:27:05all come with their own sense of connection with the events of that
0:27:05 > 0:27:16night. And some of them will go from here to take part later on today in
0:27:16 > 0:27:23the silent march that takes place on the 14th of every month in and
0:27:23 > 0:27:34around the Grenfell Tower.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39It was important to the cathedral to make sure that this service
0:27:39 > 0:27:45reflected the different traditions and the different religions of the
0:27:45 > 0:27:50Grenfell community. Not all of them Christian so there are these
0:27:50 > 0:27:54multi-faith elements that we will see in the service. And when we hear
0:27:54 > 0:27:59the Cathedral choir, one of the pieces of music they have chosen is
0:27:59 > 0:28:04from the musical West side story. Chosen because they wanted to make
0:28:04 > 0:28:10sure this service would appeal to those of all faiths and none. And
0:28:10 > 0:28:21that this should be a moment that fits not just the horror of that
0:28:21 > 0:28:25night, but the deep and raw emotions as we commemorate events still so
0:28:25 > 0:28:35recent.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41So members of the Royal family now starting to walk through the
0:28:41 > 0:28:51Cathedral. The service will begin with the first him and as we hear
0:28:51 > 0:28:55that hymn, this banner, which has been specially made for this
0:28:55 > 0:28:59occasion will be carried through the Cathedral and placed below the
0:28:59 > 0:29:13pulpit. It has been carried by a local Roman Catholic priest. And by
0:29:13 > 0:29:24a representative of the Al-Manaar mosque. The symbolism of the
0:29:24 > 0:29:29Greenheart which has been adopted as a symbol of Grenfell will be seen
0:29:29 > 0:29:34during the service as well because some of the schoolchildren who are
0:29:34 > 0:29:37part of the congregation here, children from schools in the
0:29:37 > 0:29:43Grenfell area, they will then scatter green hearts. In memory of
0:29:43 > 0:29:53those who died around the Cathedral. And you can see in the congregation
0:29:53 > 0:29:56also how some of the families support their children with them on
0:29:56 > 0:30:00this day.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03The service will begin with the first hymn,
0:30:03 > 0:30:10Be Still My Soul, which is often in sung in remembrance.
0:30:10 > 0:30:16That is when we will see the banner carried through the cathedral by
0:30:16 > 0:30:32father Gerard Skinner and Fahim Mazhary, who is an imam from a local
0:30:32 > 0:30:33mosque.
0:30:33 > 0:30:40# Be still, my soul, the Lord is on your side
0:30:40 > 0:30:48# Bear patiently the cross of grief and pain
0:30:48 > 0:30:58# Leave to your God to order and provide
0:31:02 > 0:31:08# In every change he faithful will remain
0:31:08 > 0:31:11# Be still, my soul
0:31:11 > 0:31:19# Your best, your heavenly friend
0:31:19 > 0:31:28# Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end
0:31:31 > 0:31:39# Be still, my soul, when dearest friends depart
0:31:39 > 0:31:49# And all is darkened in the vale of tears
0:31:49 > 0:31:59# Then you shall better know his love, his heart
0:32:00 > 0:32:10# Who comes to soothe your sorrow, calm your fears
0:32:11 > 0:32:20# Be still, my soul, for Jesus can repay
0:32:20 > 0:32:29# From his own fullness all he takes away
0:32:35 > 0:32:46# Be still, my soul, for Jesus can repay
0:33:05 > 0:33:13# Sorrow forgotten, love's pure joy restored
0:33:13 > 0:33:23# Be still, my soul, when change and tears are past
0:33:25 > 0:33:35All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.#
0:33:45 > 0:33:48The Dean of St Paul's, the Very Reverend Dr David Ison,
0:33:48 > 0:33:53will now give the welcome.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58On behalf of this cathedral in London, welcome, each one of you,
0:33:58 > 0:34:05to this National Memorial Service of remembrance, community and hope.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Among us are survivors of the fire in Grenfell Tower
0:34:08 > 0:34:13exactly six months ago.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Those who have lost members of their families, or their friends.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Those who live or work in North Kensington as neighbours
0:34:20 > 0:34:25and members of the local community.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30Those who served others as front-line responders
0:34:30 > 0:34:35or volunteers, or who assisted with the immediate tasks of coping
0:34:35 > 0:34:41with the losses of lives, homes and livelihoods.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46And there are representatives of our national life.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50Because this is a nation that grieves at the unspeakable tragedy,
0:34:50 > 0:34:56loss and hurt of that June day.
0:34:56 > 0:35:02The welcome also includes all of you watching on national
0:35:02 > 0:35:08television, among whom are those painfully affected who could not
0:35:08 > 0:35:12face such a public event, those who would have liked to have
0:35:12 > 0:35:18been here in solidarity, those whose hearts go out
0:35:18 > 0:35:24to the many whose lives have been lost or changed forever.
0:35:24 > 0:35:32In this service, we come together as people of different faiths
0:35:32 > 0:35:34and none, as we remember before God those whose
0:35:34 > 0:35:38lives were lost, and pray for them to be at peace.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42As we are alongside brothers and sisters who have
0:35:42 > 0:35:48lost their homes and their community and those they love.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51As we commit ourselves to care for each other and to be united
0:35:51 > 0:35:57in the face of suffering and sorrow.
0:35:57 > 0:36:05As we seek each other's help and resolve to build on our hopes
0:36:05 > 0:36:08for a future in which the tragedy that struck the peoples of Grenfell
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Tower will never happen again.
0:36:10 > 0:36:20So now, together, we remember and reflect.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27And now the choir of St Paul's with the anthem
0:36:27 > 0:36:37The Souls of the Righteous.
0:36:42 > 0:36:52# The souls of the righteous
0:36:58 > 0:37:04# Are in the hand of God
0:37:04 > 0:37:13# And there shall no torment
0:37:13 > 0:37:23# No torment
0:37:23 > 0:37:31# Touch them
0:37:31 > 0:37:41# In the sight
0:37:41 > 0:37:51# Of the unwise
0:37:52 > 0:38:01# They seemed to die
0:38:01 > 0:38:11# But they are in peace
0:38:18 > 0:38:28# They are in peace
0:38:30 > 0:38:40# They are in peace
0:38:44 > 0:38:54# In peace.#
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Tricia Hillas, Canon Pastor of St Paul's, will now read
0:39:13 > 0:39:17from the Beatitudes.
0:39:17 > 0:39:25Here begins the fifth chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,
0:39:27 > 0:39:36and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 'Blessed
0:39:41 > 0:39:51are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
0:39:51 > 0:39:59Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
0:39:59 > 0:40:05Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the Earth.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
0:40:09 > 0:40:15for they will be filled.
0:40:15 > 0:40:22Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
0:40:22 > 0:40:29Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
0:40:29 > 0:40:36Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
0:40:39 > 0:40:45for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
0:40:45 > 0:40:51Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute
0:40:51 > 0:40:56you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
0:40:56 > 0:41:03Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven,
0:41:03 > 0:41:13for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.'
0:41:18 > 0:41:23And now the sound of the oud - the instrument heard often
0:41:23 > 0:41:32in the music of the Middle East and North Africa.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36It will be played by the Syrian musician, Rihab Azar.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39It will be played as a prelude to a sound montage reflecting
0:41:39 > 0:41:45the experiences of those affected by the fire - at the time and since.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48OUD SOUNDS
0:43:40 > 0:43:50SOUND MONTAGE:
0:43:51 > 0:43:54My dad automatically realise something was wrong and he ran up
0:43:54 > 0:43:57the stairs and told my mum to go downstairs and called everybody on
0:43:57 > 0:44:03the floor and woke me and my brother.I smelt smoke but assumed
0:44:03 > 0:44:09my mum has a little candle, so I went to blow out the candle. It was
0:44:09 > 0:44:14a very faint smoky smell.The windows broke and things were
0:44:14 > 0:44:19falling to the floor. In the space of six minutes, the fire reached six
0:44:19 > 0:44:23floors above.You could see the smoke. It felt as if it was not
0:44:23 > 0:44:34real.I was horrified by what I saw. I went to help. I brought practical
0:44:34 > 0:44:42stuff you would need.Hopefully when starting over again. I cannot thank
0:44:42 > 0:44:47these people enough, they provided services, food, clothes, money. They
0:44:47 > 0:44:53are probably going through hardship themselves.Never did I think people
0:44:53 > 0:45:01could rally round in the way the community around here managed to
0:45:01 > 0:45:06rally themselves around. Different religions. Different walks of life.
0:45:06 > 0:45:14All of them coming together to help.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18The Kontaveit is just being together. The company is having each
0:45:18 > 0:45:24other.They need to look at the tragedy. Don't look at taking
0:45:24 > 0:45:32selfies. Don't take a picture. This is not respect. You need to feel
0:45:32 > 0:45:37what we felt.They have let's down, this board.So many questions and no
0:45:37 > 0:45:43answers. It is heart-wrenching and heartbreaking, nobody is giving you
0:45:43 > 0:45:49any answers.We were lost for words, we did not know what to do and how
0:45:49 > 0:45:56to react. I have never known anything like it in my life.I made
0:45:56 > 0:45:59these signs and I photocopied them and I came back out and I have been
0:45:59 > 0:46:05here for a few hours making my way basically around the area to put
0:46:05 > 0:46:11these posters everywhere.There is a picture right there, if you see the
0:46:11 > 0:46:17picture, she's missing, we are looking for her. My little children
0:46:17 > 0:46:22are at home crying thinking, we are never going to see her again. In a
0:46:22 > 0:46:27situation like this, they hope to find her.Quite a lot of children in
0:46:27 > 0:46:35the area and sadly, quite a few lives I will never see again.You
0:46:35 > 0:46:42know, of course people are continually saying they want
0:46:42 > 0:46:46justice, they want somebody to pay. And most of these people are angry.
0:46:46 > 0:46:57And they are understandably angry. We have walked here in dignity, we
0:46:57 > 0:47:00have bought here in silence, we have made it clear to the Government that
0:47:00 > 0:47:05we are not violent, we are not oppressive, we just want answers!
0:47:05 > 0:47:09You begin to feel survivors guilt. And maybe not now, but within the
0:47:09 > 0:47:15next couple of months we will begin to question why was them and why not
0:47:15 > 0:47:19as why did we survive, why did they not? And that will always be
0:47:19 > 0:47:24something eating away at our minds. I just want a place where I can
0:47:24 > 0:47:30start over and have the room to myself. And just relax for a bit. I
0:47:30 > 0:47:41just want a home again.
0:47:44 > 0:47:54OUD PLAYS
0:49:25 > 0:49:33The oud was played by a Syrian musician.
0:49:33 > 0:49:38And now the girls' choir from an Islamic faith school
0:49:38 > 0:49:43Al-Sadiq and Al-Zahra.
0:49:43 > 0:49:52The pupils joined in the relief effort.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Not far from Grenfell, will sing Insha Allah,
0:49:54 > 0:49:55meaning 'God Willing' in Arabic.
0:49:55 > 0:50:01There are 30 girls, between the ages of nine and 11.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27In the name of God, the compassionate, the masterful.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29# Every time
0:50:29 > 0:50:30# You feel like you cannot go on
0:50:30 > 0:50:33# You feel so lost and that you're so alone
0:50:33 > 0:50:36# All you see is night
0:50:36 > 0:50:42# And darkness all around
0:50:42 > 0:50:46# You feel so helpless You can't see which way to go
0:50:46 > 0:50:47# Don't despair
0:50:47 > 0:50:49# And never lose hope
0:50:49 > 0:50:57# Cos Allah is always by your side
0:50:57 > 0:50:58# Insha Allah
0:50:58 > 0:50:59# Insha Allah
0:50:59 > 0:51:02# Insha Allah
0:51:02 > 0:51:07# You'll find your way
0:51:07 > 0:51:08# Insha Allah
0:51:08 > 0:51:09# Insha Allah
0:51:09 > 0:51:11# Insha Allah
0:51:11 > 0:51:12# Insha Allah
0:51:12 > 0:51:13# Insha Allah
0:51:13 > 0:51:16# You'll find your way
0:51:16 > 0:51:18# Every time
0:51:18 > 0:51:21# You take one look around
0:51:21 > 0:51:26# You then remember that they're really gone
0:51:26 > 0:51:28# You're so confused
0:51:28 > 0:51:32# What is right and what is wrong
0:51:32 > 0:51:39# How to choose and how to carry on
0:51:39 > 0:51:40# But don't despair
0:51:40 > 0:51:43# And never lose hope
0:51:43 > 0:51:48# Cos Allah is always by your side.
0:51:48 > 0:51:49# Insha Allah
0:51:49 > 0:51:50# Insha Allah
0:51:50 > 0:51:55# Insha Allah
0:51:55 > 0:51:58# You'll find your way
0:51:58 > 0:51:59# Insha Allah
0:51:59 > 0:52:00# Insha Allah
0:52:00 > 0:52:01# Insha Allah
0:52:01 > 0:52:02# Insha Allah
0:52:02 > 0:52:03# Insha Allah
0:52:03 > 0:52:05# Insha Allah
0:52:05 > 0:52:15# You'll find your way
0:52:15 > 0:52:25# Ooh-ooh...
0:52:29 > 0:52:30# Insha Allah
0:52:30 > 0:52:31# Insha Allah
0:52:31 > 0:52:32# Insha Allah
0:52:32 > 0:52:33# Insha Allah
0:52:33 > 0:52:35# Insha Allah
0:52:35 > 0:52:36# Insha Allah
0:52:36 > 0:52:37# You'll find your way
0:52:37 > 0:52:38# Insha Allah
0:52:38 > 0:52:39# Insha Allah
0:52:39 > 0:52:40# Insha Allah
0:52:40 > 0:52:41# Insha Allah
0:52:41 > 0:52:43# Insha Allah
0:52:43 > 0:52:44# Insha Allah
0:52:44 > 0:52:54# You'll find your way
0:52:55 > 0:53:07The choir was conducted by Rashida Hanif..
0:53:07 > 0:53:09The Address by the Bishop of Kensington, the Right
0:53:09 > 0:53:14Reverend Dr Graham Tomlin.
0:53:14 > 0:53:19The evening of June 13 was an evening like any other in London. It
0:53:19 > 0:53:26has been a hot day. The sunshine went down on a calm and gentle
0:53:26 > 0:53:30night. That evening, people went out for a meal. They went to bed. I
0:53:30 > 0:53:36stayed up talking and doing what people do in London and a warm
0:53:36 > 0:53:40summer's evening. And yet that night was to change the lives of so many
0:53:40 > 0:53:48here in this Cathedral and beyond today. Since then, it has been a
0:53:48 > 0:53:57long six months. Many here grieved for loved ones, precious people who
0:53:57 > 0:54:07perished on that dreadful night. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers.
0:54:07 > 0:54:11Aunties and uncles, cousins, sons and daughters. Today would have been
0:54:11 > 0:54:16the first birthday of one of the youngest victims of the fire. And
0:54:16 > 0:54:22many still struggle with their memories. There are still far too
0:54:22 > 0:54:26many living in hotels in a kind of limbo, not sure of what the future
0:54:26 > 0:54:32holds. There are so many unresolved issues and questions and it is hard
0:54:32 > 0:54:39to live with uncertainty. And yet in the following days, in the middle of
0:54:39 > 0:54:46that unimaginable tragedy, we saw something extraordinary. People
0:54:46 > 0:54:51started coming from all over London, all over the country and even
0:54:51 > 0:54:56beyond, bringing offers of help, water, toys, nappies, blankets,
0:54:56 > 0:55:05food. Churches, mosques, community centres, opened their doors as
0:55:05 > 0:55:08people came with suitcases of clothes they had collected from
0:55:08 > 0:55:12their homes and driven across the country to deliver. The emergency
0:55:12 > 0:55:20services worked tirelessly. Ambulance crews, firefighters who
0:55:20 > 0:55:24entered the tower again and again. The police. Often going far beyond
0:55:24 > 0:55:31what was required of them to rescue and the comfort. We saw acts of
0:55:31 > 0:55:38simple but remarkable generosity. On the Sunday morning following the
0:55:38 > 0:55:42fire, I was standing in one of the streets near the tower when a man
0:55:42 > 0:55:47approached me with his six-year-old son. He said that Alfie had
0:55:47 > 0:55:51collected together all his pocket money and rather than spending it on
0:55:51 > 0:55:55toys for himself, he wanted to give one of the families who had lost --
0:55:55 > 0:56:04lost their home. Alfie handed me a tin, a dented, well loved Marvel
0:56:04 > 0:56:10avengers tin with about £60 in it. It was all the money he had. The
0:56:10 > 0:56:16fire took place during Ramadan. And in the summer, there are few hours
0:56:16 > 0:56:22of darkness. Many Muslim volunteers had to work longer hours in heat
0:56:22 > 0:56:27with no food because of the fast. And they did so with great
0:56:27 > 0:56:30willingness and dedication. They worked alongside people of all
0:56:30 > 0:56:38faiths and none to do what they could to bring help and hope. I
0:56:38 > 0:56:43remember standing outside one of our churches the day after the fire.
0:56:43 > 0:56:48Helping the Christian community to organise the help coming in. A crowd
0:56:48 > 0:56:55of people had turned up to help. What struck me was the variety.
0:56:55 > 0:57:01Every ethnicity, background, age. For a moment, we all lost our fear
0:57:01 > 0:57:08of each other. We lost our obsession with ourselves. And we reached out
0:57:08 > 0:57:14across the city in love for our neighbour. It was a glimpse of what
0:57:14 > 0:57:20our society could be like. A place where we were for a brief moment
0:57:20 > 0:57:25more concerned about our neighbours and their well-being rather than our
0:57:25 > 0:57:35own. Jesus said, the two greatest commandments were to love God and to
0:57:35 > 0:57:43love our neighbour. As we come to the end of this difficult year, as
0:57:43 > 0:57:51we celebrate Christmas, as we move into a New Year, nothing can remove
0:57:51 > 0:57:56the memory of that night. Nor do we want to forget those dearly love to
0:57:56 > 0:58:03people who were lost. And yet my hope and prayer is that this New
0:58:03 > 0:58:09Year can bring new hope of a future, a vision of a city where we lose our
0:58:09 > 0:58:14self obsession and we listen and we learn from places and people that we
0:58:14 > 0:58:21would not normally think of reaching out to. There is something about a
0:58:21 > 0:58:27Cathedral. It is a place where we are aware, that we are in the
0:58:27 > 0:58:34presence of something, someone bigger than ourselves. As we cross
0:58:34 > 0:58:39the threshold into this building, it doesn't matter who we are.
0:58:39 > 0:58:45Politicians, religious leaders, volunteers, survivors, bereaved,
0:58:45 > 0:58:50residents. We are all equal in the eyes of God. Love makes no
0:58:50 > 0:58:57distinctions. We are all neighbours to each other. And we are called to
0:58:57 > 0:59:07love our neighbours. Today, we remember with sorrow, with grief,
0:59:07 > 0:59:18with tears. And we pledge that those we have lost will not be forgotten.
0:59:18 > 0:59:23Today, we ask why warnings were not heeded, which a community was left
0:59:23 > 0:59:32feeling neglected, and cared for, not listen to. Today, we hold out
0:59:32 > 0:59:36hope that the public enquiry will get to the truth of all the lead-up
0:59:36 > 0:59:42to the fire at Grenfell Tower, that it will listen to the hopes, fears
0:59:42 > 0:59:48and questions of those most directly affected by it. And we trust that
0:59:48 > 0:59:53the truth will bring justice. And that justice will enable true
0:59:53 > 0:59:59reconciliation. The eventual healing of the divides in our life together
0:59:59 > 1:00:04that this tragedy has revealed.
1:00:04 > 1:00:11As we come to this special time of year, as we enter a new year, we
1:00:11 > 1:00:16also look forward. We long for a society where we have learned not
1:00:16 > 1:00:21just to tolerate our neighbours, but to love them, which means to listen
1:00:21 > 1:00:26to them. Not just to our friends, those who are like us, but to our
1:00:26 > 1:00:34neighbours. Those we do not choose, yet who are placed alongside us
1:00:34 > 1:00:40precisely so we can learn to love them. To do that we need to see our
1:00:40 > 1:00:47neighbours differently. Not as those to be feared, despised, neglected.
1:00:47 > 1:00:55But as a gift to be cherished, valued, and loved. The message of
1:00:55 > 1:01:02this season, the message we celebrate this Christmas, is found
1:01:02 > 1:01:13in that ancient word
1:01:13 > 1:01:18Emmanuel. The God understands and listens and here's the cries of
1:01:18 > 1:01:24those forgotten and abandoned. And we trust this service today is an
1:01:24 > 1:01:27assurance the families most deeply affected by this tragedy are also
1:01:27 > 1:01:35not forgotten by our nation. By those here in this cathedral, and by
1:01:35 > 1:01:43those who watch and listen around the country today. My hope, my
1:01:43 > 1:01:49prayer, is that today we will pledge ourselves to change, from a city
1:01:49 > 1:01:54where we did not listen, where we did not hear the cries of our
1:01:54 > 1:01:59neighbours, because the were too wrapped up in our own interests and
1:01:59 > 1:02:05prosperity, to create a new type of life together. Where we are turned
1:02:05 > 1:02:13not inwards to ourselves, but outwards, towards each other. A
1:02:13 > 1:02:20society known for listening, for compassion, and love. In years to
1:02:20 > 1:02:26come, our hope is that the name of Grenfell will not just be known as a
1:02:26 > 1:02:33symbol of sorrow, of grief, injustice. But a symbol of the time
1:02:33 > 1:02:49we learned a new and better way to listen and to love. Amen.The Bishop
1:02:49 > 1:02:53of Kensington reflecting the many questions about how the fire caused
1:02:53 > 1:02:55such a great loss of life.
1:02:55 > 1:03:01And now the hymn For the Healing of the Nations.
1:03:01 > 1:03:06# For the healing of the nations
1:03:06 > 1:03:11# Lord, we pray with one accord
1:03:11 > 1:03:17# For a just and equal sharing
1:03:17 > 1:03:22# Of the things that Earth affords
1:03:22 > 1:03:28# To a life of love in action
1:03:28 > 1:03:38# Help us rise and pledge our word
1:03:38 > 1:03:43# Lead us forward into freedom
1:03:43 > 1:03:50# From despair your world release
1:03:50 > 1:03:54# That, redeemed from war and hatred
1:03:54 > 1:04:01# All may come and go in peace
1:04:01 > 1:04:07# Show us how through care and goodness
1:04:07 > 1:04:17# Fear will die and hope increase
1:04:18 > 1:04:22# All that kills abundant living
1:04:22 > 1:04:28# Let it from the Earth be banned
1:04:28 > 1:04:33# Pride of status, race or schooling
1:04:33 > 1:04:40# Dogmas that obscure your plan
1:04:40 > 1:04:45# In our common quest for justice
1:04:45 > 1:04:55# May we hallow life's brief span
1:05:00 > 1:05:02# You, Creator God, have written
1:05:02 > 1:05:07# Your great name on humankind
1:05:07 > 1:05:13# For our growing in your likeness
1:05:13 > 1:05:20# Bring the life of Christ to mind
1:05:20 > 1:05:25# That by our response and service
1:05:25 > 1:05:36# Earth its destiny may find.#
1:05:42 > 1:05:45Let us remember those who died in the tragedy
1:05:45 > 1:05:47of the Grenfell Tower fire.
1:05:47 > 1:05:53Let us remember and not forget.
1:05:53 > 1:06:03Let us remember, united in grief and hope and love.
1:06:07 > 1:06:18Let us keep silence.
1:07:00 > 1:07:03The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God and there
1:07:03 > 1:07:05shall no torment touch them.
1:07:05 > 1:07:15They are at peace.
1:07:16 > 1:07:19The St Paul's Cathedral Choir will sing And I Saw A New Heaven,
1:07:19 > 1:07:29conducted by Andrew Carwood.
1:07:37 > 1:07:40# And I saw
1:07:40 > 1:07:49# A new heaven and a new Earth
1:07:49 > 1:07:57# For the first heaven and first earth had passed away
1:07:57 > 1:08:07# And there was no more sea
1:08:15 > 1:08:25# And there was no more sea
1:08:29 > 1:08:39# And I John
1:08:42 > 1:08:48# Saw the holy city
1:08:48 > 1:08:58# New Jerusalem coming down
1:09:31 > 1:09:37# And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying.
1:09:37 > 1:09:45# "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men
1:09:45 > 1:09:54# "And he will dwell with them and they shall be his people
1:09:54 > 1:10:04# "And God himself shall be with them and be their God
1:10:26 > 1:10:36# And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes
1:10:57 > 1:11:20# And there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying
1:11:20 > 1:11:29# Neither shall there be any more pain
1:11:29 > 1:11:53# For the former things are passed away.#
1:12:12 > 1:12:19# And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes
1:12:19 > 1:12:24# And there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying
1:12:24 > 1:12:25# Neither shall there be any more pain
1:12:25 > 1:12:36# For the former things are passed away.#
1:12:49 > 1:12:52And now the prayers, involving representatives
1:12:52 > 1:12:54from several churches and organisations
1:12:54 > 1:13:04in the Grenfell area.
1:13:05 > 1:13:09United in grief and hope and love, let us pray for each other,
1:13:09 > 1:13:17and for the world in which we live.
1:13:17 > 1:13:27CHOIR SINGS: Kyrie, eleison
1:13:35 > 1:13:40We pray for the families and friends of those who died
1:13:40 > 1:13:45in the Grenfell Tower fire, for all who mourn the
1:13:45 > 1:13:48loss of a loved one.
1:13:48 > 1:13:58May we be comforted in our time of grief.
1:14:08 > 1:14:09# Lord hear our prayer.
1:14:09 > 1:14:15CHOIR SINGS: Kyrie, eleison
1:14:15 > 1:14:21We pray for those who survived this tragedy, for all
1:14:21 > 1:14:24who are scarred by the horrors of that fateful night.
1:14:24 > 1:14:30May all our memories be healed.
1:14:30 > 1:14:35# Lord, hear our prayer.
1:14:35 > 1:14:45CHOIR SINGS: Kyrie, eleison
1:14:52 > 1:14:54We pray for those who rushed to rescue, for the members
1:14:54 > 1:14:58of our emergency services.
1:14:58 > 1:15:04May we be saved from all that threatens us.
1:15:04 > 1:15:09# Lord, hear our prayer.
1:15:09 > 1:15:26CHOIR SINGS: Kyrie, eleison
1:15:28 > 1:15:33We pray for those who have offered their support,
1:15:33 > 1:15:40for all who sustain us with their care and friendship.
1:15:40 > 1:15:50May we grow through the love of others.
1:15:51 > 1:15:53# Lord, hear our prayer #.
1:15:53 > 1:16:02CHOIR SINGS: Kyrie, eleison
1:16:09 > 1:16:13We pray for those in authority, for all who will learn
1:16:13 > 1:16:17from this disaster.
1:16:17 > 1:16:22May we live to see a better world.
1:16:22 > 1:16:28# Lord, hear our prayer #.
1:16:28 > 1:16:38CHOIR SINGS: Kyrie, eleison
1:16:46 > 1:16:48We pray for the communities of which we are part,
1:16:48 > 1:16:52for those alongside whom we live.
1:16:52 > 1:16:59May our shared sorrows bring us closer together.
1:16:59 > 1:17:05# Lord, hear our prayer #.
1:17:05 > 1:17:15CHOIR SINGS: Kyrie, eleison
1:17:23 > 1:17:29God our maker, You know our hearts and share our sorrows.
1:17:29 > 1:17:32We are wounded by the tragedy that has befallen us and by our parting
1:17:32 > 1:17:38from those we loved.
1:17:38 > 1:17:42When we are angry at the loss we have sustained, when we long
1:17:42 > 1:17:49for words of comfort, yet find them hard to hear,
1:17:49 > 1:17:54turn our grief to truer living, our affliction to firmer hope
1:17:54 > 1:18:00and our sorrow to deeper joy.
1:18:00 > 1:18:02Amen.
1:18:02 > 1:18:07Rejoicing in the presence of God here among us,
1:18:07 > 1:18:12let us pray in faith and trust.
1:18:12 > 1:18:16Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
1:18:16 > 1:18:22Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven.
1:18:22 > 1:18:25Give us this day our daily bread.
1:18:25 > 1:18:27And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those
1:18:27 > 1:18:33who trespass against us.
1:18:33 > 1:18:38And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
1:18:38 > 1:18:43For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory,
1:18:43 > 1:18:44for ever and ever.
1:18:44 > 1:18:49Amen.
1:19:01 > 1:19:03And we will hear now from The Ebony Steel Band.
1:19:03 > 1:19:06Many of the musicians live close to the Grenfell Tower.
1:19:06 > 1:19:12The Ebony Steel Band will now play 'Hallelujah', by Leonard Cohen.
1:21:36 > 1:21:42The Ebony Steel Band.
1:21:42 > 1:21:45Maria Jafari, who lost her father in the fire, will read
1:21:45 > 1:21:48the poem 'Remember Me'.
1:21:53 > 1:21:57I will be with you in the grave on the night you leave behind
1:21:57 > 1:22:02your shop and your family.
1:22:02 > 1:22:04When you hear my soft voice echoing in your tomb,
1:22:04 > 1:22:09you will realise that you were never hidden from my eyes.
1:22:09 > 1:22:11I am the pure awareness within your heart,
1:22:11 > 1:22:18with you during joy and celebration, suffering and despair.
1:22:18 > 1:22:21On that strange and fateful night, you will hear a familiar voice -
1:22:21 > 1:22:28you'll be rescued from the fangs of snakes
1:22:28 > 1:22:36and the searing sting of scorpions.
1:22:36 > 1:22:39The euphoria of love will sweep over your grave.
1:22:39 > 1:22:47It will bring wine and friends, candles and food.
1:22:47 > 1:22:50Had everyone sought God instead of crumbs and copper coins
1:22:50 > 1:22:56They would not be sitting on the edge of the
1:22:56 > 1:22:57moat in darkness and regret
1:22:57 > 1:23:01What kind of gossip-house have you opened in our city?
1:23:01 > 1:23:05Close your lips and shine on the world
1:23:05 > 1:23:09like loving sunlight
1:23:09 > 1:23:16Shine like the Sun of Tabriz rising in the East
1:23:16 > 1:23:26Shine like the star of victory.
1:23:27 > 1:23:31A reading from one of the bereaved relatives, the daughter of a man who
1:23:31 > 1:23:39died from the fire, Ali Jafari.
1:23:39 > 1:23:40died from the fire, Ali Jafari.
1:23:40 > 1:23:43And now the Act of Commitment spoken by representatives
1:23:43 > 1:23:44of different world faiths.
1:23:44 > 1:23:45ALL:
1:23:45 > 1:23:46We resolve to continue working together
1:23:46 > 1:23:50to make our local community a place where
1:23:50 > 1:23:54everyone is valued, where everyone has the opportunity to live
1:23:54 > 1:23:56free from fear to become what they can be and to live
1:23:56 > 1:24:02peacefully with all.
1:24:02 > 1:24:03May we be given vision, compassion and
1:24:03 > 1:24:07patience as we resolve to work together.
1:24:07 > 1:24:15So be it.
1:24:15 > 1:24:17We will work with you as we stand together
1:24:17 > 1:24:22in the quest for justice and peace,
1:24:22 > 1:24:26remembering those who have died, and committing
1:24:26 > 1:24:30ourselves to the future good of our community
1:24:30 > 1:24:36in hope and love and peace.
1:24:39 > 1:24:41The St Paul's Cathedral Choir will sing 'Somewhere',
1:24:41 > 1:24:47from the musical West Side Story.
1:24:47 > 1:24:50Chosen because of its words and message of hope.
1:24:52 > 1:24:55Chosen because of its words and message of hope.
1:24:55 > 1:24:58As they do so, school children from the Grenfell area will scatter
1:24:58 > 1:25:01green hearts they have made, in memory of those
1:25:01 > 1:25:11who died.
1:25:12 > 1:25:15# There's a place for us
1:25:15 > 1:25:22# Somewhere a place for us
1:25:22 > 1:25:25# Peace and quiet and open air
1:25:25 > 1:25:32# Wait for us
1:25:32 > 1:25:37# Somewhere
1:25:37 > 1:25:43# There's a time for us
1:25:43 > 1:25:49# Some day a time for us
1:25:49 > 1:25:54# Time together with time to spare
1:25:54 > 1:26:02# Time to learn, time to care
1:26:02 > 1:26:05# Some day!
1:26:05 > 1:26:09# Somewhere
1:26:09 > 1:26:16# We'll find a new way of living
1:26:16 > 1:26:23# We'll find a way of forgiving
1:26:23 > 1:26:30# Somewhere
1:26:35 > 1:26:45# There's a place for us
1:26:56 > 1:26:57# Somewhere a place for us
1:26:57 > 1:26:59# Peace and quiet and open air
1:26:59 > 1:27:00# Wait for us
1:27:00 > 1:27:05# Somewhere
1:27:05 > 1:27:12# There's a time for us
1:27:12 > 1:27:19# Some day a time for us
1:27:19 > 1:27:21# Time together with time to spare
1:27:21 > 1:27:31# Time to learn, time to care
1:27:32 > 1:27:36# Some day!
1:27:36 > 1:27:41# Somewhere
1:27:41 > 1:27:49# We'll find a new way of living
1:27:49 > 1:27:57# We'll find a way of forgiving
1:27:57 > 1:28:07# Somewhere
1:28:09 > 1:28:17# There's a place for us
1:28:17 > 1:28:23# A time and place for us
1:28:23 > 1:28:32# Hold my hand and we're halfway there
1:28:32 > 1:28:38# Hold my hand and I'll take you there
1:28:38 > 1:28:42# Somehow
1:28:42 > 1:28:47# Some day
1:28:47 > 1:28:57# Somewhere!#
1:28:59 > 1:29:09# Somewhere!#
1:30:31 > 1:30:35And now the blessing, given by the Most Reverend
1:30:35 > 1:30:38and Right Honourable Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1:30:58 > 1:31:03The Lord bless you and keep you,
1:31:03 > 1:31:05the Lord make his face to shine upon you
1:31:05 > 1:31:09and be gracious to you.
1:31:09 > 1:31:12The Lord lift up the light of his countenance
1:31:12 > 1:31:16upon you and give you peace, now and for ever.
1:31:16 > 1:31:25Amen.
1:31:25 > 1:31:35The final hymn is O God our Help in Ages Past.
1:31:38 > 1:31:41As this is sung, the members of the Royal family will meet some
1:31:41 > 1:31:47of those who lost family members in the fire.
1:31:47 > 1:31:50And also some of the survivors.
1:31:50 > 1:31:56# O God, our help in ages past
1:31:56 > 1:32:02# Our hope for years to come
1:32:02 > 1:32:09# Our shelter from the stormy blast
1:32:09 > 1:32:19# And our eternal home
1:32:20 > 1:32:26# Under the shadow of thy throne
1:32:26 > 1:32:34# Thy saints have dwelt secure
1:32:34 > 1:32:40# Sufficient is thine arm alone
1:32:40 > 1:32:49# And our defence is sure
1:32:49 > 1:32:55# Before the hills in order stood
1:32:55 > 1:33:02# Or Earth received her frame
1:33:02 > 1:33:09# From everlasting thou art God
1:33:09 > 1:33:18# To endless years the same
1:33:18 > 1:33:24# A thousand ages in thy sight
1:33:24 > 1:33:31# Are like an evening gone
1:33:31 > 1:33:38# Short as the watch that ends the night
1:33:38 > 1:33:47# Before the rising sun
1:33:47 > 1:33:53# Time, like an ever-rolling stream
1:33:53 > 1:34:02# Bears all its sons away
1:34:02 > 1:34:07# They fly forgotten, as a dream
1:34:07 > 1:34:17# Dies at the opening day
1:34:17 > 1:34:19# O God, our help in ages past
1:34:19 > 1:34:29# Our hope for years to come
1:34:33 > 1:34:36# Be thou our guard while troubles last
1:34:36 > 1:34:46# And our eternal home.#
1:35:08 > 1:35:13That marks the end of the service. Members of the Royal family are
1:35:13 > 1:35:18gathered at the western door of the cathedral, just inside the door.
1:35:18 > 1:35:24Each member of the Royal family meeting a separate group of the
1:35:24 > 1:35:32bereaved and of the survivors. Those for whom this service will have
1:35:32 > 1:35:35meant more than anyone else, who have come each with their own grief
1:35:35 > 1:35:43and memories of those who will be at the forefront of their minds through
1:35:43 > 1:35:50this. The Prince of Wales has been introduced to the group he is
1:35:50 > 1:35:58standing with by the Dean, Dr David Ison. And now, we are sending the --
1:35:58 > 1:36:10seeing the Grenfell banner. A Roman Catholic priest and imam and father
1:36:10 > 1:36:18Gerard Skinner. And following directly behind them, some of the
1:36:18 > 1:36:29bereaved relatives. The El-Wahhabi family, who lived in the tower. The
1:36:29 > 1:36:33lady in the blue headscarf lost her brother and his entire family who
1:36:33 > 1:36:46lived in a flat on the 21st floor. And a picture of the Syrian refugee
1:36:46 > 1:36:51who was the first to be formally identified. His picture carried
1:36:51 > 1:36:54through the cathedral by members of his family who are here to remember
1:36:54 > 1:37:02him. This procession will go right through the cathedral. With the
1:37:02 > 1:37:05bereaved and the survivors, who have been at the heart of this service
1:37:05 > 1:37:13and for whom it has been deeply emotional. Harry is meeting a group
1:37:13 > 1:37:20of survivors and bereaved families. The Royal party are now leaving the
1:37:20 > 1:37:30cathedral.
1:37:34 > 1:37:38The Prince of Wales is greeted by the Lord Mayor of London as he and
1:37:38 > 1:37:46the Duchess of Cornwall step out of the cathedral. They have both, in
1:37:46 > 1:37:53the past, as well, met Grenfell families and members of the
1:37:53 > 1:37:57community. Talked about the emergency services and what they
1:37:57 > 1:38:11tried to do on the night of the fire. And the Grenfell banner, this
1:38:11 > 1:38:17will be taken from the cathedral to the Grenfell area because on the
1:38:17 > 1:38:2514th of every month there is a March that takes place and this banner
1:38:25 > 1:38:28will go to be part of that March this evening.
1:38:28 > 1:38:30So this national memorial service for the victims
1:38:30 > 1:38:32of the Grenfell Tower fire comes to an end.
1:38:32 > 1:38:36A fire that was the worst in this country since the Second World War.
1:38:36 > 1:38:39Life-changing for those who have been at the centre of this service -
1:38:39 > 1:38:48the survivors and the bereaved.
1:38:48 > 1:38:52The Bishop of Kensington said he hopes that one day Grenfell will be
1:38:52 > 1:38:56known not as a symbol of sorrow, but of the time we learnt a new and
1:38:56 > 1:39:02better way to listen and to love. A service of remembrance and community
1:39:02 > 1:39:09and hope, hope that a disaster like this is never seen again. Goodbye.