Remember also the others who die in war, as part of unjust forces of arms as well at those which we see as just. Remember those who are pawns in aggression and oppression. Remember those who may wish to rise up against their cruel masters, and sometimes do so at the cost of their own lives. Forgive those who sin.
Amen. This poem from Steve Garnaas=Holmes today too:
Sacrifice
Memorial Day:
we remember those who have
made the ultimate sacrifice.
“The price of freedom,” we intone,
believing in violence,
trusting it absolutely
to make us free,
knowing there are others,
the young and innocent,
we will ask to pay that price,
to be the lambs we sacrifice
in our religion of violence,
as we hold high and sanctify
our guns.
We send our young off
to the battlefield to kill,
to the school to be shot.
We will not repent, not yet,
or seek to become more gentle people;
God grant us the honesty to confess
that we do indeed, without apology,
practice child sacrifice.
Already the next classroom,
without spot or blemish,
is bring prepared.
Now that is a Memorial Day Prayer I can honestly pray. Thanks!
Nadia, thank-you for your wisdom. Thank-you for being clear and direct. I appreciate your prayer very much.
So many of your words speak to me and to the folks that I walk with💞 Thank you🙏🏽🌻
I had just posted a rambling reflection about this very topic, and then I read this post. You said it all, thank you.
Thank you!
Amen
I can’t stop crying - thank you for including me
And lets not forget the war widows and their children who must grow up without their fathers.
Or their mothers
Thank you.
Yet again a clear and concise consolidation of my thoughts. Thank you for being the awesome you you are!
Amen.
Amen and thank you
Insightful, remembering that no one is immune from war. thanks!!
Remember also the others who die in war, as part of unjust forces of arms as well at those which we see as just. Remember those who are pawns in aggression and oppression. Remember those who may wish to rise up against their cruel masters, and sometimes do so at the cost of their own lives. Forgive those who sin.
Amen and amen