August 6 and 9: We Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki

From a publication by the CSJ's of Orange.  Thanks to Yolanda Tarango for sending it in.

And the skies rained down fire.
Hiroshima.  Nagasaki.
In the gardens of those cities the agony began.
The images of flames, smoke, destruction.
The smell of burning flesh.
The taste of ashes on the tongue.

Hiroshima.  Nagasaki.
We ask forgiveness again, decades later.
And we will continue to ask forgiveness.
Through our acts of contrition,
May we learn to act as peacemakers,
So peace may be the restitution
We offer humanity. Amen

from Center of Concern, Education for Justice

CLICK HERE for a prayer service from Pax Christi USA:  "Hiroshima and Nagasaki:  Never Again"

CLICK HERE for a fact sheet on Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the Center of Concern, Education for Justice

CLICK HERE for "Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered"