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Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 13 May 2015 06:30

Music Played

  • Cat Stevens

    (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.
  • Hozier

    Someone New

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
    • Virgin.
  • Jamiroquai

    Canned Heat

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
  • Andrew Gold

    Lonely Boy

    • Super Hits Of The '70s - Have A Nice Day, Vol. 19 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino Records.
    • 1.
  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.
  • Will Young

    Love Revolution

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.
  • Fairground Attraction

    Perfect

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 002.
  • Gregory Porter

    The In Crowd

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Decca.
  • Nat King Cole

    On The Street Where You Live

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Jack Savoretti

    Written In Scars

  • KISS

    I Was Made For Lovin' You

    • Endless Love (Various Artists).
    • Mercury.
    • 4.
  • Rae Morris

    Love Again

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 14.
  • T. Rex

    Get It On

    • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • T. Rex

    Get It On

    • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Van Morrison & Clare Teal

    Carrying A Torch

    • Duets.
    • RCA.
    • 001.
  • Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope

    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Cookin' - Bob Hope And Margaret Whiting

  • Adam Ant

    Goody Two Shoes

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 15.
  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.
  • Paul Weller

    Saturns Pattern

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • The Wonder Stuff

    The Size Of A Cow

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
  • Hockey

    Song Away

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Queen

    I'm In Love With My Car

    • A Night At The Opera.
    • Island.
    • 3.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    The Chain

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 010.
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Riverman

    • Chasing Yesterday.
    • Sour Mash Records.
  • The Housemartins

    Me And The Farmer

    • The People Who Grinned Themselves....
    • Go! Discs.
  • Scouting for Girls

    Heartbeat

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Today is the anniversary of a shocking event. On this day in 1981 there was an attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II as he drove round St Peter’s Square in an open jeep. The assassin was Ali Agca, a Turkish man who was immediately arrested and eventually imprisoned. Agca kept changing his story but many people believe that communist secret agents put him up to it because the Pope was backing Solidarity, the freedom movement which eventually undermined the Polish communist government. The Pope was hit by two bullets to the stomach but went on to make a full recovery.

The two years later, Pope John Paul did an amazing thing – he visited Agca in prison and asked people to pray for β€˜my brother Ali Agca whom I have completely forgiven.’ A photo of that meeting is a remarkable icon of forgiveness, with the two men sitting opposite each other in a bare prison cell. So for me on this day, the man we now call St John Paul is an inspiration to be forgiving. I believe Forgiveness takes time and effort before we can achieve it because it comes from spiritual strength not weakness. If I am wronged, resentment and bitterness may naturally well up inside me. I then have to make a choice: either to nurture that resentment or to work on letting it go. If I nurture resentment, I experience a second injury only this time I do it to myself. Bitterness is corrosive and like rust, it’s easy to remove at the start but once it gets a grip it’s completely destructive. Nobody can do my forgiving for me so I hope that the image of the Pope reconciled with the assassin can inspire people to live out the prayer that Jesus taught us: forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.Β 

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