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| Sadako Sasaki Peace Child statue (Daryl Smith, 1990) Seattle Peace Park |
August 6 and August 9, 2022, are the 77th anniversaries of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Confession and Pardon
God, the keeper of the atoms and stars: You made us collaborators in creation, but we have pilfered the secrets of ordered existence and justified their immoral use in the name of "security" and "peace." We could say then that we didn't know the consequences. Now we do know, but we are complacent and silent.
Lord, have mercy.
We have abused the glue of the universe. We have made and stockpiled weapons of mass destruction instead of saying "No" to their use for evil. Fear and presumption have driven us to be ready to annihilate untold lives and make areas of the earth uninhabitable.
Christ, have mercy.
Open our eyes to see how small and fragile the planet is and how the destruction of any human being diminishes all. Heal the wounds opened with the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mend the fabric of the human family. Will in us never to repeat this evil.
Lord, have mercy.
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