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| Cathedral of St Mary ~ Nagasaki, Japan |
Today marks the one year anniversary of the violent and deadly Unite the Right march in Charlottesville, Virginia./ For the healing of our nation/ suffering painfully deep divisions./ We pray to the Lord.
This week marked the remembrance of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan./ We pray for the many thousands still living who survived that day,/ and ask for a world creative in preventing wars./We pray to the Lord.
Wednesday is the Feast of the Assumption:/ Mary is taken up/ even in her body,/ into the life of the Holy Trinity./ Grant safety and healing to those whose bodies are trafficked,/ starved,/ abused and degraded./ We pray to the Lord.
Pope Francis has changed the Catechism of the Catholic Church,/ instructing us that Capital Punishment,/ is no longer admissible./ We ask for a broad Pro-Life vision/ which perceives the dignity of each human person./ And for our our own conversion./ We pray to the Lord.
We ask safety and well-being for the members of our families./ For any who are living in dysfunction or danger./ We pray for dear ones who have died:/ may they enjoy the healing which is heaven./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for the hundreds of migrant children still being held in detention centers around the country./ For the thousands of firefighters battling enormous blazes in California./ For the people of Indonesia/ where a series of earthquakes have caused great suffering./ We pray to the Lord.
