Veteran's Prayer

Prayer for the Veterans
Lord Jesus, I praise You, I bless You, I give Thee grace for all my brothers. That by Your Kindness,
You have delivered from the hell of war and that now You want to deliver from the evil of remorse that they lived at this present time. Holy Father, put Your Kind hand unto them, to give them relief, support and healing. Jesus, You went down to hell to retrieve the ones belonging to You. Now, I pray for these victims, that by Your Grace were brought back, but traumatized by the horror, the atrocity, the butchery,
the killing and the rape that were part of the wars. All these soldiers were victimize by their remorse, who are having difficulty today, to face a regular life because they have suffer so much from it.

Lord Jesus, heal their eyes that have seen so much atrocity, horror and evil doing, by making them see Your goodness, Your kindness, Your true Love through the beauty of Your Creation. Even on the birds that are less of important, You look onto them for their good. How much more will you look onto these veterans which are your children and for who, You are their only and last hope.

Holy Father, heal their sense of smell stained by the stench of blood, flesh and death. Have them enjoy the scent of pine trees, flowers and of the forest that surrounds them, so they can glorify you, Holy father, for the marvelous creations you have done.

Lord, their ears were traumatized by the lamentations of agony, the supplication of fright, the tormenting sound of bombs. Heal their ears so once again; they can hear the chants of the bird, the trickle of the stream, the breeze in the trees and the silence of the life in them. And above all, Your words in them, giving them the thirst for life.

Oh Jesus, change the howling, the cries of their distress engraved in their memories, in their mouth and even in their silence by the lack of words cause by their pain. Heal, Heal by Your Grace to make their howling become a exclamation of joy, and their cry, a cry of thanksgiving to glorify your Holy Name. All the hate, rage and incomprehension, the fright of living and the desire for dying. By Your Grace Lord,
change it into rage of living for you with all your love in them. To understand and console those who do not have the chance to know you. Lord of love, mercy, patience, kindness and of deliverance.

Lord Jesus, change their nightmare onto the vision of Your Glory to come. Them who by nature, are fighters, simply permit, my God that they become soldiers for Your Justice, Your Love and Soldiers of truth.
Give them your whole armor: having girded their waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness and having shod their feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which they will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Give them the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. By Your Spirit,
oh Lord, permit them to pray at all time and reminding them that you will answer their prayer of faith in Your Name, by giving them what they will ask.

Lord Jesus, for these men that had not hesitate to face the enemy who were on their path. I pray onto You Heavenly Father make them realized that the hell they were in and that You had them come out of it was a pale figure of the one to come for whom did not believe in Your word. Even if they think that the one they live now, after their return is worse then the one they were in. Teach them to overcome their real
enemy; the devil who made them believed their cause was a lost cause by pushing them into discouragement and despair because of his lies.

Jesus, You have given us the example by Your courage and by Your love in conquering death, by Your forgiveness toward the wickedness of the men that wounded, scourged, bruised, nailed and pierced You. Because You have already forgive them, teach them to forgive themselves. Give them back their courage
that they had before their enemy the devil changed it into cowardice by his lies.

To honor Your Holy Name, teach them to live in Your peace, by opening their heart so they can see, by Your light all the wonders that are at their disposition. Chase the darkness away from their heart, that Your enemy the devil, by his stratagem, use to try to tarnish Your light and deliver them from his hand that makes them perish instead of living.

Only You, Jesus can lead them on the road that You have already trace for them, for they can recover their real identity and gain back their dignity. Make them glorify You for Your Love, forgiveness, kindness and justice. Because they were deceived by the enemy the devil, bring them back to Your truth, only You are the truth, Lord Jesus.

It is in Your Holy Name Lord Jesus, that I, my brothers, and all your children asked You for each one of them and for all the ones they will testify to.

This prayer is done in memory of the veterans, that came back from Vietnam and for the other veterans of wars that happened before and the ones, presently in progress.

I wish to thank the veterans that broke the wall of silence to testified to me their sufferings even through the cause of their burden.

Thanks to Jean-Claude Camire, my twin brother at the service for the Lord Jesus..

Thanks to Jacques Landry,
Veteran of the First Battalion
Fourth Marine Regiment
Third Marine Division
United States Marine Corps.

Thanks to Gabriel Belliveau,
Vietnam Veteran

Thanks to George Dumont,
Vietnam Veteran

Thanks to Joe Kistabish,
Vietnam Veteran

Thanks to Frederic Ederington,
deceased Vietnam Veteran, cause from
agent orange, December 1996

Written by John Cassidy

21-Mar-2000