{"id":22950,"date":"2015-07-16T21:36:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T02:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=22950"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:53:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:53:41","slug":"bishop-richard-stikas-statement-on-the-loss-of-the-marines-killed-in-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2015\/07\/bishop-richard-stikas-statement-on-the-loss-of-the-marines-killed-in-chattanooga.html","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Richard Stika&#8217;s Statement On The Loss Of The Marines Killed In Chattanooga"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2015\/06\/stikaut.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22896\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2015\/06\/stikaut.jpg\" alt=\"stikaut\" width=\"380\" height=\"540\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22951\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-16-at-9.15.06-PM.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22951\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-16-at-9.15.06-PM.png\" alt=\"Statement from Bishop Stika on Chattanooga Shootings\" width=\"600\" height=\"233\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/dioknox.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Diocese of Knoxville<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><br>\nRequiescat in pace,<\/em> Marines. Let us pray,<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.<br>\nAnd let the perpetual light shine upon them.<\/p>\n<p>God our Father,<br>\nYour power brings us to birth,<br>\nYour providence guides our lives,<br>\nand by Your command we return to dust.<\/p>\n<p>Lord, those who die still live in Your presence,<br>\ntheir lives change but do not end.<br>\nI pray in hope for the family,<br>\nrelatives and friends of these fallen Marines,<br>\nand for all the dead known to You alone.<\/p>\n<p>In company with Christ,<br>\nWho died and now lives,<br>\nmay they rejoice in Your kingdom,<br>\nwhere all our tears are wiped away.<br>\nUnite us together again in one family,<br>\nto sing Your praise forever and ever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/prayers\/prayer.php?p=805\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amen<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Semper Fidelis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/chattanooga-active-shooter-officer-down-live-coverage-154953657.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shootings at Chattanooga military facilities leave 4 Marines, gunman dead; act called \u2018domestic terrorism\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requiescat in pace, Marines. 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