Let there be Peace on Earth, and

... Let it Begin with Me...
With God as our Father
Brothers all are we
Let me walk with my brother
in perfect harmony...

And with that, we round out our week of latter-day church songs.* Why that theme this week?, the reader asks.

In response to Glenn Beck's call to rally round family and faith in these upcoming hard times? Nope, purely coincidental. But oddly connected, in an ever so slight way...

My mother's cousin, I learned this weekend, will be a monsignor come October. Quite an honor, in his Catholic faith and career. And a long time coming...

Father Leo you see, as a young Chicago priest, was sent by Cardinal Meyer in 1963 to build a missionary church community in Panama. He did; it was so successful, international politics were involved.

They call this "liberation theology", and to steal a line from the late Paul Harvey, now you know the rest of the story...
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ARLETTA
[Thank God!] Well, why not? Idee of marryin' got
you all choked up, trying to pretend
you was respectable you was borin'
the hell out of all of us.
LUKE
(grinning at her)
Yeah.

To take each moment
and live each moment
in peace -- eternally...
Let there be peace on earth
and let it begin with me.

Wishing you and yours a happy Labor Day weekend, come rain or shine! (It's a bit like the Sabbath of holiday weekends, no? If you get the work done early, and aren't scheduled to pull a shift this weekend anyway...)