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Featured Post The tragedy of War - Sullivan Ballou's letter to his wife - July 1861 Major Sullivan Ballou, age 32, died in the line of duty on or about July 28, 1861, near Manassas, Virginia. Sullivan Ballou Sulliva...

God the Father, have mercy on us. If we forget you, Lord, please do not You forget us.

Jesus, pray for us. Ask your Father for mercy for all those mentioned here.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis.

Questions about Angels?



Grief



Time does not bring relief;

you all have lied

who told me time would ease me of my pain.

I miss him in the weeping of the rain;

I want him at the shrinking of the tide.



Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.



Sidonie-Gabrielle Collette (1873-1954)

The Last Judgment



"Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day."



Albert Camus (1913-1960)

Past War



"It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it."



General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)

Future War



"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."



Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

The face of grief in War...Today



Impermanence



"Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them."



Paul Coelho (1947- )

Saint Michael



Saint Gabriel



Archangel Raphael



Saint Jude



Father Vincent Capodanno



Father Emil Kapaun



Saint Maximilian Kolbe



Saint Teresa of Calcutta



Saint Elizabeth Fyodorovna



Saint Francis of Assisi



Saint Benedict



Saint Dominic



Saint Edith Stein



Saint Bernadette of Lourdes

