Sunday, May 25, 2008

Memorial Day Weekend Salutes Military Heroes, Past and Present

Congratulations to all of those who have served and who are currently serving in the United States of America Military Services. We are proud of you for your desire, dedication, determination, discipline, diplomacy, and discernment in representing your Country in the past and in the present. We honor your bravery, your courage, your effectiveness, and your persistence in seeking out those persons, nations, and "terrorists" who represent a danger and a negative harm to the freedoms that are worth fighting for and protecting. We support you in your daily assignments in bringing about peace, joy, and love to those who have never experienced those precious virtues in their lives.

You may wonder about the daily "political negative spin" by elected officials and for those who are seeking to undermine your efforts to serve your Country by their less than patriotic methods and behaviors. You understand what your mission is and you accept that mission in its entirety. Many of your family members, relatives, and friends have continued to support you in the face of negative publicity and unfounded propaganda that shows its ugly head in least expected arenas. We encourage you to ignore the "ignorance" of these individuals who are "apparent traitors of their Country." We ask you to listen to the positive supportive persons who you trust because they "ring true."

You may remember a special prayer that has been passed down to us over the years. "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, and it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life." (Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi)

Thank you, men and women of the United States of America Military Services, for your perseverance in defending the honor, the respect, and the freedoms of the United States of America. Remember to thank all veterans for their service to our Country in the past, and remember to thank and to pray for all of those men and women who are currently serving in any capacity throughout the world. In a special way, REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR ALL MILITARY WHO HAVE SERVED OR WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OUR BLESSED COUNTRY ON MONDAY, MAY 26, 2008, AT 3:00 PM. GOD LOVES YOU AND WE LOVE YOU! THANK YOU!

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