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| Normandy Beach ~ American D-Day Cemetery |
On Pentecost Sunday we pray for the nation's heart which is sick and broken,/ after a deadly shooting in Virginia Beach./ Gun violence is a very great evil that needs to be rooted out./ We pray to the Lord.
Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day,/ the Allied breaching of the Nazi defenses in North Western France./ Between June and August of 1944,/ 225,000 Allied service members were killed,/ wounded or went missing./ We pray for a world at peace./ We pray to the Lord.
Thursday of this week is the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua./ the patron saint of lost things./ May we not be lost to selfish indifference,/ but find our true selves in Christ/ and in the love of one another./ We pray to the Lord.
Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day,/ the Allied breaching of the Nazi defenses in North Western France./ Between June and August of 1944,/ 225,000 Allied service members were killed,/ wounded or went missing./ We pray for a world at peace./ We pray to the Lord.
Thursday of this week is the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua./ the patron saint of lost things./ May we not be lost to selfish indifference,/ but find our true selves in Christ/ and in the love of one another./ We pray to the Lord.
In June,/ the month of the Sacred Heart,/ we pray for family members and friends who need help and healing in their troubles,/ sickness or loss./ We pray for students and teachers as their school year draws to a close./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for the conversion of those who live in the sickening underworld of weapons and drug sales,/ murder,/ theft and human trafficking./ For those who are victimized by others./ We pray to the Lord.
The South African nation of Mozambique has been ruined by years of fratricidal wars./ Recent hurricanes have destroyed entire villages,/ claiming hundreds of lives and leaving populations sick and starving./ We pray for reconciliation and material help./ We pray to the Lord.
