A Hymn for Memorial Day

I find this hymn in the Monday, May 27, devotion
of the May 2013 issue“Magnificat” so fitting for today.

Remember, Lord, the fallen

Who died in fields of war,

In flaming clouds, in screaming crowds,

On streets that are no more,

That we today might waken

And greet this day in peace

With grateful prayer for those who bear

The storms that never cease.

Remember friends and strangers,

And those forgotten now,

Whose names are known to you alone, 

Before whose love we bow

And ask that you surround them

With mercy’s endless light

That they may live, and we forgive

The foe they went to fight.

Remember, Lord, the living,

Who bear the pain of loss-

A death she died who stood beside

 Her Son upon the cross.

Remember all your children,

The dead and those who weep,

And make us one beneath the sun

Where love will never sleep.

May each of you have a peaceful

and safe Memorial Day.

photo taken on Walmart's

parking lot near the display of flowers

my husbands'
term of service plate on his grave