J.M.J.
QUEST FOR PEACE
I AM THE BREAD, I AM THE WINE;
THE WORDS I SPEAK TO YOU ARE MINE.
MY BODY AND MY BLOOD I GIVE
THAT THOSE WHO EAT AND DRINK MAY LIVE.
THEY WHO SEEK PEACE WILL NOT BE HEARD;
THEY STILL SEEK VENGEANCE NOT GOD’S WORD.
THEIR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH SENSELESS PRIDE
AND NOT REMORSE FOR THOSE WHO DIED.
NEW BOUNDARIES THEY AGREED TO SET,
BUT HATRED THEY CANNOT FORGET.
HATRED THAT BREEDS WILL BRING MORE PAIN;
MANY MORE VICTIMS WILL BE SLAIN.
THEY QUEST FOR POWER AND MORE LAND,
AND STILL THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
THE VICTORY THEY ALL WANT TO CLAIM
IS NOT IN WAR BUT IN MY NAME.
THE SERBS AND CROATS MUST UNITE
IN PRAYER TO END THIS ETHNIC FIGHT.
MY MOTHER BEGS THEM EVERY DAY,
“MY LITTLE CHILDREN, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!”
IF THEY WOULD JOIN THEIR HANDS IN PRAYER,
THEY TOO WILL KNOW THAT I AM HERE.
BUT IF THEY CHOOSE TO HATE AND KILL,
THEY FOLLOW SATAN’S NOT MY WILL.
THE BLOOD THAT FLOWS THIS SOON WILL STOP
WHEN I SHALL COME TO CLEANSE EACH DROP.
EVERY SOUL THAT DIED FOR ME
WILL SHARE IN GOD’S ETERNITY.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
11-25-1995