Rev Bill

Today’s Monday’s Monk is somewhat different from others — it is not words of wisdom from an "sage of old" — but a prayer I found at Monasitc Mumblings I want to share with you.   In light of the news from last week that over 2,000 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq, I feel this prayer is very moving — and very appropriate:

Let us remember before God,
and commend to His sure keeping:
those who have died for our country in war;
those whom we knew, and whose memory we treasure;
and all who have lived and died in the service of our land.

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

And so before the Almighty God and ever-living God,
we remember those whom You have gathered
from the storm of war into the peace of Your presence;
may that same peace calm our fears,
bring justice to all peoples
and establish harmony among the nations,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Fidelium animae † per misericordiam Dei requiescant in pace
May the souls † of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace

All I can add is "Amen" — and let us all pray for peace!

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