Friends,
FOR PEACE AND DISARMAMENT
Monday Aug. 9th, 2021
A prayer vigil in commemoration of all those who have died in war
To commit ourselves to put an end to war
On the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
So that future generations may live in peace
Come pray for conversion from the arms race, on the banks of the St. Clair River, at the new River Walk in Port Huron {midway down the walk at the reef barriers}
{enter from the end of Griswold St. south of the YMCA, park and cross the field over to a small beach at water’s edge}
At 9:15 PM, Monday Aug. 9th, 2021 -- For info--Mike McCarthy 982 2870
Have we yet listened to, or even heard, the voice of the U. S. Catholic Bishops, spoken in their “The Challenge of Peace” pastoral letter of 1983?
“After the passage of nearly four decades and a concomitant growth in our understanding of the ever growing horror of nuclear war, we must shape the climate of opinion which will make it possible for our country to express profound sorrow over the atomic bombing in 1945. Without that sorrow, there is no possibility of finding a way to repudiate future use of nuclear weapons…”
We found none invading Iraq, but we have more than 10,000 nuclear weapons here in our homeland, and plan on making new generations of them ourselves. We are by far the biggest arms supplier in the world. It’s time to follow the Gospel’s advice: “Take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.” Mt 7:5
Unjust wars rage in Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza, Israel, Sudan, Ukraine, Libya, Syria, drug wars in Mexico, Central and Latin America … This tragic violence should touch our consciences--our choices of vocations, jobs, our uses of time and money. Do these support war or peace? Do these follow the way of Caesar, or the way of Jesus?
Come, pray, help prepare the way of the Peaceable Kingdom.
“Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.” -- Martin Luther King
“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
Blessed Franz Jagerstatter, family man who wouldn’t fight in Hitler’s Wars—executed 8-9-43
Pray for us, and help us renounce nuclear war forever
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