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Ode to France

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Ô douce France, cher pays de mon enfance, bercée de tendre insouciance, je t'ai gardée dans mon coeur, sang Charles Trenet.

I know. One another thread about Paris. But they hurt my country and they hurt my heart.
My France is bleeding. This blood reminds me how much I love her. I love my France. I love her beautiful landscapes, her moutains, her lakes and her seas. I love her sweet sunsets, her nice winter, her sunny summer. I love her language which I will always defend. I love her despite her great defects, her annoying interest in giving lessons to everyone, the intellectual superiority she is is convinced to have. I love her above it all. This is my France, my earth, a part of my heart. This is the country of my birth, of my biggest joys, of my own life. I can't even describe how shocked we are. A friend of my cousin was shot in the leg, thanks to God his life isn't threatening. I just hope his leg would recover: he could lose it. My brother was thinking about going to this concert in the Bataclan. But he is in Brussels and safe. I feel like life has stopped. Everything has been canceled. Nobody walks in the streets. The borders are closed, I never though I'd see such a thing. I like the things that Obama said about french people.Don't worry, we won't give up, never, we're way too proud. Paris, city of love? Not sure anymore. I don't feel parisian at all, but I am french, and my France bleeds.

I think the worst is the hashtag #rechercheparis. The families are threatening. Facebook and Twitter show their worth, but when you click on the hashtag you reach the Hell. A list of names and photographes of missing persons. And a text which implore people to prevent if they have any new.

Je vous salue Marie,
Pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous
Vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes, et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, mère de Dieu,
Priez pour nous, pauvre pêcheur,
Maintenant et à l'heure de notre mort.
Amen.

Notre Père, qui est aux Cieux,
Que ton nom soit sanctifié, que ton règne vienne,
Que ta volonté soit faite sur la Terre comme au Ciel.
Donne-nous aujourd'hui notre pain de ce jour,
Pardonne-nous nos offenses
Et ne nous soumets pas à la Tentation
-Mais délivre-nous du mal.
Amen.

Délivre-nous du mal, Seigneur.

God has mercy. Blest are the merciful.
 
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Our Lady of Lourdes pray for our beloved France. Amen.

My deepest condolences dear Flavie.
Mother Mary stay close to those who've lost their beloved ones.
Amen.

A united world stands together and share your sorrow and grief.
 
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God bless you
God bless France

those with hate in their hearts will never have the final victory
because all victory belongs to Christ
who has conquered the grave

those who worship death will fail
for we worship Him who has conquered death
 
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I just write because I learned something I need to say. One of the victims, at the concert was a former student of my highschool. She was 24. A moment of prayers will surely be planned for her this week. The father of one my chilhood friends is really shocked, as he was her philosophy teacher for 2 years.

Otherwise thanks for your kind messages and these beautiful pictures. Please pray for Hollande too. I don't like him and I'm afraid I can't like him, but I do have pity for him since I heard his last speeches: he's totally lost.
 
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I just write because I learned something I need to say. One of the victims, at the concert was one former student of my highschool. She was 24. A moment of prayers will surely be planned for her this week. The father of one my chilhood friends is really shocked, as he was her philosophy teacher for 2 years.

Otherwise thanks for your kind messages and these beautiful pictures. Please pray for Hollande too. I don't like him and I'm afraid I can't like him, but I do have pity for him since I heard his last speeches: he's totally lost.
I am very sorry for your and the French nation's loss..:(
 
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I just write because I learned something I need to say. One of the victims, at the concert was a former student of my highschool. She was 24. A moment of prayers will surely be planned for her this week. The father of one my chilhood friends is really shocked, as he was her philosophy teacher for 2 years.

Otherwise thanks for your kind messages and these beautiful pictures. Please pray for Hollande too. I don't like him and I'm afraid I can't like him, but I do have pity for him since I heard his last speeches: he's totally lost.
There is solidarity with you and your compatriots.......Vigils held around the world ......
 
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I just write because I learned something I need to say. One of the victims, at the concert was a former student of my highschool. She was 24. A moment of prayers will surely be planned for her this week. The father of one my chilhood friends is really shocked, as he was her philosophy teacher for 2 years.

Otherwise thanks for your kind messages and these beautiful pictures. Please pray for Hollande too. I don't like him and I'm afraid I can't like him, but I do have pity for him since I heard his last speeches: he's totally lost.

I think you touch something of great importance here in your post.
We need to pray for Holland, I think I share your opinion of him, but we also have to look to him in mercy.
It can't possibly be easy to hold office in France seen in the light of this horrible year in french history.

I pray that France re embrace Catholicism and repent their apostasy, but sadly I find that to be highly unlikely :(

Prayers said for the former student at your school.
24 years young, imagine that :(
A whole life ruined for nothing.

I pray that she has already seen the Lord and that she is resting on father Abrahams lap getting her tears wiped of her cheeks.

I feel so so sorry for France, this whole thing reminds me of 2011.

Lord have mercy.
 
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We were there in 1998 and our hearts are breaking for France :(
Lord have mercy :crossrc:

I, too, visited France--Paris and Blois--in 1998. Watching scenes from the recent terrorist attacks there brings on the tears; it is, in a sense, like watching the horrors of 9/11 unfold all over again.

I, along with so many others, stand with France. I keep the people of that beautiful country in my thoughts and prayers. :crossrc:
 
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I, too, visited France--Paris and Blois--in 1998. Watching scenes from the recent terrorist attacks there brings on the tears; it is, in a sense, like watching the horrors of 9/11 unfold all over again.
I, along with so many others, stand with France. I keep the people of that beautiful country in my thoughts and prayers. :crossrc:
We were in Paris, Nevers, Lisieux and Lourdes.
Same here having also been to NY.... and Boston is a short drive for us (marathon bombing).
Such insanity....pray without ceasing :crossrc:
 
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