Conversation Peace [Song]

"Pope Francis has made an impassioned appeal before 100,000 people to avert a widening of Syria's conflict, urging world leaders to pull humanity out of a "spiral of sorrow and death".

"Francis, who two days earlier had branded military action in Syria "a futile pursuit", led the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in a global day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, the Middle East and the world.

"Violence and war lead only to death, they speak of death! Violence and war are the language of death!" Francis said at the midpoint of a five-hour prayer service. Police and the Vatican estimated a crowd of about 100,000 in St Peter's Square."

"...We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves. As if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death!" said Francis, who wore his simple white cassock instead of ceremonial robes to the service.

"At this point I ask myself: is it possible to change direction? Can we get out of this spiral of sorrow and death? Can we learn once again to walk and live in the ways of peace?"

Other services were held by Catholics and Christians of other denominations around the world, including in New York, Jerusalem, Assisi and Milan in Italy, Boston and Baghdad.

Yaha Pallavicini, a leader of Italy's Muslim community, attended a prayer service with other Muslims.

"Praying for the intention of peace is something that can only help fraternity and, God willing, avoid more war," he told Reuters. "As Muslims who want peace we have to work so that the values of faith and dialogue prevail over the destruction of peoples." SOURCE

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CONVERSATION PEACE
By Stevie Wonder
Album: Conversation Peace, Motown, 1995

Staring right at 2000 A.D.
As if mankind’s atrocities to man has no history
But just a glance at life in 2000 B.C.
We find traces of man’s inhumanity to man
There’s no mystery.

ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
There’s no way we’ll reach our greatest heights
Unless we heed the call
ME FOR YOU, YOU FOR ME
There’s no chance of world salvation
Unless the conversation is peace.

We can’t pause, watch and say, "No, this can’t be."
When there’s a plan by any means to have
Cleansing of one’s ethnicity
And we shouldn’t act as if we don’t hear nor see
Like in the holocaust of six million Jews and
A hundred and fifty million blacks during slavery.

ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
There’s no way we’ll reach our greatest heights
Unless we heed the call
ME FOR YOU, YOU FOR ME
There’s no chance of world salvation
Unless the conversation is peace.

When publicly or privately convened
May love, positivity and life’s preservation be the basic theme
And should you put your trust in some prophet in life
Give him trust but your faith must stay with The One
Who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
There’s no way we’ll reach our greatest heights
Unless we heed the call
ME FOR YOU, YOU FOR ME
There’s no chance of world salvation
Unless the conversation is peace.

ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
There’s no way we’ll reach our greatest heights
Unless we heed the call
ME FOR YOU, YOU FOR ME
There’s no chance of world salvation
Unless the conversation is peace.

ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
There’s no way we’ll reach our greatest heights
Unless we heed the call
ME FOR YOU, YOU FOR ME
There’s no chance of world salvation
Unless the conversation is peace.

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!
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A Note From The Gull

Although I am thinking about my homeland as I post this song, I am also thinking about the volatile situation involving Syria and the USA. I have been reading that the overwhelming majority of calls to Congress from millions of Americans and even members of the Armed Forces have been against military strikes against Syria. Let us see if Congress will reflect the will of the people and also say, "NO!" And if they vote against a military strike, let us see if this President will respect the rule of law or choose to break domestic and international law to collude with the war hogs.

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare