Fort Hood Shooting Victims d. 2009 – Obituary – Tributes.com

We need to remember and pray for the vicitims and families of the Fort Hood Shooting Victims. So far 13 dead and at least 30 more wounded at FORT HOOD, Texas : Thursday: 11-05-09 The violence has been reported as” the worst mass shooting in history at a U.S. military base.”  According to the Ft. Hood Homepage: November 6th has been declared a day of mourning on the base…

Local Chicago Area victims identified as:

PFC Michael Pearson-Age 21-Bolingbrook

PFC Franschesksa Velez-Age 21-Chicago

Army Major declared sole suspect in Hood shooting

Video from Army

US Army Homepage

For all the saints

For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

For the Apostles’ glorious company,
Who bearing forth the Cross o’er land and sea,
Shook all the mighty world, we sing to Thee:
Alleluia, Alleluia!

For the Evangelists, by whose blest word,
Like fourfold streams, the garden of the Lord,
Is fair and fruitful, be Thy Name adored.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

For Martyrs, who with rapture kindled eye,
Saw the bright crown descending from the sky,
And seeing, grasped it, Thee we glorify.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
All are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave, again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on His way.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
And singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!

Words: Will­iam Walsham. How, in Hymns for Saint’s Days, and Other Hymns, by Earl Nel­son, 1864. The or­ig­in­al ver­sion be­gan, “For all thy saints…”   Music: Sine nomine, Pro omnibus Sanctis, Luccombe, Sarum, Engelberg, For All the Saints
For All The Saints (Sine Nomine) – VIRTUAL CHURCH

Diwali 2009 – The Big Picture – Boston.com

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Teen beaten to death in Roseland mob fight

I am still very upset about this and will be for some time. This headline at least gets it right in that it was a “mob fight” of young people after school. I watched the videos posted and see behaviors that are all too common in society. In Chicago, we have lost far too many young people to violence… This act of violence was just a few (2.77) miles from where I live…As a teenager in the mid 60’s, I often took the bus to Fenger High School for Drivers Education and to nearby Pullman Pool for Lifesaving and Water Safety Classes. It is still known an excellent school and draws quality teachers. Nearby CPS schools are Morgan Park and Julian and assorted Parochial Schools.

This tragic death reminds me of the death of a classmate from similar circumstances… could have been 1965 or 66 and from memory, I can’t remember the young man’s name? I do remember going to his wake and thinking about how very sad it was. Even though I do not remember his name, I do remember the ring he had on his hand. Strange that I remember someone’s comment that they were going to bury him with it since the undertaker could not get it off. Maybe one of my peers from Morgan Park remembers his name?

I also heard today that some cheerleaders were censored because they used Bible verses on banners at football games. One said, “Do onto others as you would have them do unto you…” We need to teach this our youth and model it ourselves… Using random Bible verses/quotes is not “establishing a state religion.” People need to start paying attention to what the Constitution says instead of what people tell them it says.

Maybe there would be less violence and less death if people started following the Golden Rule… Treat me like you would like to be treated by me…

Teach children when they are young to respect each other, elders, property, etc… Teach them about antecedents and consequences early and often…

That’s what’s on my mind right now…

Remembering Mary Travers 

 

 

My friend wrote a poem about Mary today…

 

Farewell to an Angel’s Voice

 

pipe dream

smokey dilemma,

be by my side,

from my autumn to may

i will feel for you through the hazy

feeling,

you send me reeling

as i puff the magic dragon

and the fire burns within,

a knight in rusty armor

with a plastic sword

ageless wonder on a battlefield of years gone by

the

pipe dream

swells, the rings counted

be by my side

i will tender my resignation

with complacency

and drift with you towards a forest

where the creature welcomes us,

extends soft talons of understanding

as i sever the endeavor

 

and rise towards a welcoming sky

dissipation of occupation

an earthen wonder returns

 

pierced forever through the heart of you,

another flower gone.

 

 

erin-cilberto

9/17/o9

Written in 1907 by Will Cobb and Gus Edwards.