[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Radix]

 

Tugboats maneuver the aircraft carrier Constellation onto the pier at North Island Naval Station in Coronado, Calif., on Monday after a seven-month deployment during the war with Iraq.

 

 

 

 

Sailor Jeremy Johnston carries his son on his shoulders after the Constellation returned to its homeport in Coronado, Calif., on Monday.

 

 

 

 

 

A soldier picks up high caliber ammunitions after they fell while being removed from el-Salaam mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday.

 

 

 

 

 

Anti-aircraft weapons, RPGs and explosives were among a modest cache of weapons soldiers found on the roof of el-Salaam mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday.

 

 

 

 

 

Former Iraqi soldiers chant anti-U.S. slogans and demand for payment of their wages for the past three months in Baghdad on Monday.

 

 

 

 

U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division pilot Lt.Col. James Schrote, right, and Gunner Specialist Aaron Hardin, left, prepare a Blackhawk helicopter for a patrol around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

A Blackhawk helicopter tasked with providing security in Baghdad hovers during one of its patrols on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

Soldiers work at a site where several houses were razed in Ramadi, Iraq, on Tuesday.