Grant us peace!

Last Sunday, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, called for a world wide day of prayer and penance for peace in the Middle East to be observed on Sunday, July 23, 2006.

At the St. Thomas Aquinas 9 a.m. Mass, we joined with the Holy Father and our fellow Catholics throughout the world in asking the Lord to grant us His peace and sang "Da pacem Dómine" as part of the beginning and ending of our worship.

In view of the continuing troubles in the Holy Land, we invite you to join us in praying for peace.

"Da pacem Dómine in diébus nostris : quia non est áli us qui pugnet pro nobis, nisi tu Deus noster."

"Grant us every day your peace, O Lord, for there is no one else to defend us except You our God."

Amen