Make it a point to pray for the military
In the darkest days of World War II, in 1942 Fr. Patrick Peyton (of the "the family who prays together stays together" fame) started a program to a pray the Rosary for the military.
Neighborhood representatives who would go to parishioners to ask them to commit to pray rosary's for their children and neighbors. The program lasted through the Cold War, and ended with the breaking down of the iron curtain.
Why not ask people in our churches to commit to pray a daily Lord's prayer or a Rosary to bring the troops home?
God bless.
Ed Smetana
Arlington Heights
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