A Candle In The Window- For Those Who Have Passed On

KittyWampus

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Wed Dec-17-03 07:51 PM
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A Candle In The Window- For Those Who Have Passed On

Hearing that Kean, the head of the 9/11 Investigation, has announced that it could have been prevented prompted me to want to have a thread with a Candle In The Window here at DU.

Even if this thread sinks... it will be in the Ether. Lighting a flame in the hearts of all who pass its way.

During the Winter Solstice, we often remember those who have gone before us...

I heard a quote the other day, "Love doesn't die, we pass through it".

So in this Season of Love... let's bring Light into Dark Places... carrying it with us.

Love is not a fixed commodity. It is Limitless.

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Padraig18

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Wed Dec-17-03 07:54 PM
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1. "Where there is darkness, let me bring light..."

"... where there is hatred, love, and where there is war, peace."

---St. Brendan's Prayer

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JohnKleeb

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:18 PM
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12. Thats beautiful

It really is
I think I should pray that on election day eve eh.

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Bronco69

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Wed Dec-17-03 07:57 PM
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2. Very nice!

Thank you!

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GURUving

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Wed Dec-17-03 08:02 PM
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3. Life Eternal

Life Eternal
by
Allen Fitzjames Armstrong

Do not be afraid
As although life is a brief candle below the window
Soon to burn itself out,
When it does inevitably die
God shall place, by his own hand,
Another candle on the outside of the window
By his own constant light to be lit.
Thus although each bright light's light is limited,
There is no end to the eternal light that shall forever shine.

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Padraig18

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Wed Dec-17-03 08:49 PM
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4. Kick

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havocmom

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Wed Dec-17-03 10:13 PM
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5. Candle in my window for beloved nephew

and for all the love he had to give to so many.

Blue Christmas without you, Kev

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dbt

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Wed Dec-17-03 10:24 PM
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6. A candle, please, for my MAN, George Fisher!

The best editorial cartoonist ever to grace the pages of the lost, lamented Arkansas Gazette. He was the Most Dangerous Man In Print.

Everybody from Orval Faubus to Bill Clinton was fair game for Fisher's mighty pen. Politicians feared him, yet could find nothing about him to hate once they got past the truth he told.

Miss Judi found him a his desk on Monday. He had just finished his last cartoons. And, yes, he made his deadline. (O Lord, keep me from making the obvious joke here, although he'd be laughing his ass off if I DID it.)

It was an honor to share the stage with him at the Rackensack concerts. A big piece of Arkieland passed with him.

:cry:
dbt

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KittyWampus

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Thu Dec-18-03 10:01 AM
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7. This Candle If For My Beloved Cat, Myrna

she was the best kitty EVER!

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grannylib

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Thu Dec-18-03 12:05 PM
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8. For my darling daughter Emily; this will be our 5th Christmas without her

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Padraig18

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Thu Dec-18-03 12:57 PM
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10. I'm so sorry.

:hug:

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grannylib

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:16 PM
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11. Thank you Padraig...

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Padraig18

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Thu Dec-18-03 12:54 PM
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9. For my beloved Mam and Daddy

You shall live in my heart always, as you will in the hearts of all who knew and loved you. May you rest in peace, now and forever.

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JohnKleeb

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:20 PM
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13. amen

I am sorry about your parents :(, its sad. Its almost been 2 and a half years since my aunt/godmother left this fine earth, sigh, its so sad because as she died, my youngest brother just began his life. Sigh I think of the past too often but we know where they are, they are in heaven looking down on us, same with the heroes of the past. Sorry for the rant. My religious side is hardly known to many people, heck I could pass for agnostic but I am a christian.
Thanks padrig for St. Brennan's prayer, its beautiful stuff man.

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