A prayer for four young men

Brian Blandford

Originally appeared on spirituality.com

Written in response to the July 2005 terrorist bombings in London.

Dear Father of us all, we know that theyCan’t start a loop of terror, vengeance, woe.They tried—with motives high but led astrayBy evil subtlety—they did not know:Father, please forgive them, for they knew not what they did.

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