Tomorrow our 11 o'clock Mass will begin with a poignant silence

[Rob2]

Our Mass at 11 o’clock tomorrow will begin with a ring of the bell as priest and servers process out of the sacristy to then pause and wait in silence to be in spirit with those at the Cenotaph in London remembering the dead of wars .

There will be many gatherings throughout the country of people who wish to remember those of the nation killed especially in the two World Wars .

My dad , who fought in World War 2 , would go to the town’s memorial (pictured below) and remember .

As he grew older he would watch on TV the remembrance in London . Tears would be running down his cheeks .

Two minutes silence . . . . . . Perhaps silence is the only way most can respond to the horrors which war entails.

Silence , and a profound sigh which cries out for peace .

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As Pope Saint Paul VI pleaded to the UN in his visit of 1965 : “Plus jamais la guerre, plus jamais la guerre” (“Never again war, never again war”.)

 

[Eric_Hyom]

Tomorrow; our 11 am mass will be delayed by half an hour; as we stand outside with our community in remembrance.

 

[Penitent60]

Traditionally Australia and New Zealand have abided by the 2 minute silence at 1100hrs on the 11/11.

 

[TheMortenBay]

Here the priest will be in black

 

[HomeschoolDad]

I am deeply inspired by the way you see poppies everywhere in Commonwealth countries — on the masthead of newspapers, in television newsreaders’ lapels, everywhere. We don’t do this here in the US. We should. (For that matter, I would like to see the United States be a member of the Commonwealth — there is no reason we could not be — but that’s just me :uk

I am privileged to know personally a member of the D-Day invasion. God bless him.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

For that matter, I would like to see the United States be a member of the Commonwealth — there is no reason we could not be — but that’s just me :uk:

There are huge numbers of reasons why this is legally and historically a terrible idea. I will not derail the thread by enumerating them all.

Veterans got a special blessing at Mass tonight.

 

[HomeschoolDad]

For that matter, I would like to see the United States be a member of the Commonwealth — there is no reason we could not be — but that’s just me :uk:

Neither will I, but the subject has been broached before. The only real requirement is that the member country have some kind of historical or cultural link, however tenuous, with Britain or her empire. Mozambique is a member, and I believe Israel was offered membership at one time. Ireland chose not to belong, for probably obvious historical reasons. South Africa was readmitted after apartheid ended.

There’s no right or wrong to it — it is a cultural and political question, not anything touching on faith.

 

[GiftofMercy]

my neighbour just gave me a poppy. I said I will wear it tonight at Choir practice then all week

 

[Rob2]

Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus Deus, in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem.
Exaudi orationem meam;
ad te omnis caro veniet.
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
A hymn becomes you, O God, in Zion,
and to you shall a vow be repaid in Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer;
to you shall all flesh come.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.

 

[Rob2]

 

[HomeschoolDad]

Here’s Harry Smith on the Today show wearing his poppy. Reminds me a bit of Peter Mansbridge on The National (CBC evening news program in Canada). Class act all the way. That suit is perfect and he wears it very well.

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