We are well into the New Year now and was there Peace on Earth, Good will toward men? You probably know the answer. Be sure to click “View original post” at the bottom to head over to SERENDIPITY for the rest of this “old long since.”
The Same Auld Lang Syne, by Rich Paschall
Another year has begun and we can see it is indeed the same as days gone by. If “old acquaintance be forgot” as one year passes into another, old hatred, old disputes, old border wars, old and new religious battles carry on as if they will forever be remembered. Are these disagreements worth the killing of men, women and children standing on the other side?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
In our neighborhood, just as in many around the world, we conclude our year wishing “Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.” It is on our greeting cards and in our songs. It appears in Christmas stories and is heard from pulpits and lecterns around the world. The invocations I used to read on Christmas Day, to those assembled at noon mass at a…
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