An aside. As a retired Marine/Sailor, an evening salute to those serving with Marines or Sailors. Our hymn. For those afloat, ashore, in deserts, in fields, in mountains, afar, aloft, submerged, away from home, away from family, suffering the pains of losses and sorrows, for those having served in the past or currently serving. We've all paid our dues and have suffered. The families paid their dues and suffered too. Children have paid too by the loss of deployed parents. God bless. We must never forget. Long live COL John Snopes, USMC, an Iwo Jima survivor and usher at our parish, a believer. He went in on the first wave, lasted 10 days, took a hit at Iwo, survived, got a purple heart, and served honorably for 30 years. Our parish is blessed by this quiet Elder in Israel, an old school Episcopal Churchman. We salute the old Colonel and all the others. As an old US Marine and Sailor, Semper Fi. Serve His Majesty--Three in One--with the same duty and fidelity.
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidst the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O, hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea!
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