Joining in the praying
the energy shifting
sending our prayers
joining with them
Lifted up for the people
that the dead would be at peace
calming their spirits
able to leave this earth
to the greener pastures
to find rest
for eternity
March 22, 2011
a prayer for the dead
from the Japan earthquake and tsunami
&
story of Talk of the Nation
http://www.npr.org/programs/talk-of-the-nation/
“Deaths Overwhelm Japanese Burial Process”
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/22/134768738/Deaths-Overwhelm-Japanese-Burial-Process
March 22, 2011
&
Pastoral Prayer by the Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook, NH
March 20, 2011
&
“Fourth Man” at Fukushima Dai-ichi
http://www.gbod.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=nhLRJ2PMKsG&b=6613031&ct=9193603
prayer poem by Daniel Benedict
on the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship website
http://www.gbod.org/
Copyright by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage.
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