Dona Nobis Pacem – HOLD THE LIGHT

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Today I am blogging for peace.

Today, November 4, 2024, marks the 19th year of peace blogging in the Blogosphere, but I have been advocating for peace for much longer.

It started with my father, a pacifist to the core. Though he fought in WWII, he never talked about his experiences, never boasted or uttered racial slurs. When I grew up to adopt my own pacifistic beliefs in concert with the hippie movement of the late 60’s, he was proud of me. You can read more about my father’s trials as a German immigrant in 1939 here.

The hippies were all about peace, but the philosophy wasn’t all flowers and free love. We hated what was going on in Viet Nam. On looking back, I realize we didn’t handle it right, shunning the poor soldiers when they were often pawns in a political game. I had left the US by then, to live out those war-torn years in the solace of Canada.

There has been a lot of war since the 1960’s, and none of it good and much of it unsuccessful in creating lasting positive results. Now we are somewhat involved in two wars on a far continent and an unproclaimed civil war here at home. I don’t know the answer. But so many innocents dead. That can’t be right.

 

Today, I am holding the light, praying that peace will come. Today, will you join me?