[Old Professer]

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My prayers are offered to our Lord Jesus Christ for these men and women and their families. I also lift up this nation and President George W. Bush. Amen.

[barker]

Thank you for posting this thread. Because of the beautiful poems and prayers the tears I've been fighting all day finally came.

[Dick Bachert]

[Per-Ling]

To the brothers in uniform I lost today. May God hold you. You stand relieved...we have the watch.



Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Through the great spaces of the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair.

Thou who dost keep with tender might
The balanced birds in all their flight,
Thou of the tempered winds, be near,
That, having Thee, they know no fear.

Control their minds with instinct fit
What time, adventuring, they quit
The firm security of land;
Grant steadfast eye and skillful hand.

Aloft in solitudes of space,
Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
O God, protect the men who fly
Thru lonely ways beneath the sky. Amen.

[nhoward14]

Prayers for all those grieving this loss.

[Imperialist]

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[valkyrieanne]

[Chesterbelloc]

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[Bad~Rodeo]

[happygrl]

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Had I the heaven's embroidered cloths,

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Of night and light and the half-light,

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

William Butler Yeats

[antonz]

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[azhenfud]

Psalms Ch. 116 V. 15 "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints."

[M Kehoe]

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[FReepaholic]

[Gal.5:1]

Mourning and praying...

[Salem]

Honor, Courage, Bravery, Caliber, Fearlessness, Audacity, Integrity, Leadership, Wisdom, Discipline, Vision....

Valor, valor, valor....

[PatrioticAmerican]

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[bobbyd]

From a heavy heart in Houston I read this thread thru tears.

The following is a reply to a email I sent to a Astronaut friend of mine.......

"Bobby ~

Thank you for your condolences and your friendship... but mostly... thank you for your pride in our nation and your support of those who give their lives freely in her defense and in her honor...!

~Tom

Fellow FReepers...I thank you and love you. And am damn proud to be part of this family.