Bishop Cullinan pictured with Waterford Mayor Joe Kelly and friends as they commemorate those who died in
wars and serving the UN, July 11. “Blessed are the peacemakers,” Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin said Sunday, July 11, as he prayed for “all who seek to resolve differences and conflict through peacekeeping, respectful dialogue and negotiation instead of resorting to violence and oppression”.
Last weekend saw the National Day of Commemoration held in Collins Barracks, in honour of the men and women who died in past wars or in service with the United Nations.
Archbishop Farrell thanked God for the “freedom and stability we enjoy because of their self-giving,” continuing, “You can have no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends.
“With reverence and profound respect, we prayerfully remember those Irishmen and Irishwomen who gave their lives in past wars or on service with the United Nations…May God’s tender mercy embrace them and sustain those who mourn them.”