Dona Nobis Pacem

Dona Nobis Pacem

Peace for our homes,

Peace for our hearts,

Peace for our communities,

Peace for the nations,

Peace for the world.

Bless those who work for peace,

wherever they may be and whatever they do.

Amen.

Join the BlogBlast for Peace.

Dona Nobis Pacem

Today is the day set aside in the Blogosphere for the BlogBlast for Peace.  We at the PDX pride celebrate this day by reciting the Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, the truth;
Where there is doubt, the faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And 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;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen.

Dona Nobis Pacem

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We will never forget

We will never forget the events of 9/11.

May the lessons live on.

Lessons of courage,

sincerity, brotherhood,

community.

 Faith is not a weapon.

Faith in your neighbor,

your brother,

your sister,

your friend.

Faith in your community,

shared values,

the belief that there is something worth living for.

Those are the lessons of 9/11.

May they live on.