Joint Remembrances

As we commemorate today the 90th anniversary of the Canadian victory at Vimy Ridge during the First World War, we are saddened to hear of the loss of six Canadian heroes in Afghanistan.
Both are tragedies on the path of a good cause, where each and every participant is precious in the eyes of God and this country. Pray for the families and colleagues of the fallen, and may they not be forgotten.

From the news: (http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/National/2007/04/09/3961178-sun.html)
"It's very poignant (so near) the 90th anniversary of Vimy Ridge to have our people hurt and injured in such a way," said Master Cpl. Paul Franklin (who lost his legs in an Afghanistan suicide attack last year). "It just proves that we are at war and . . . that Canadians will always step up to the plate when we need to."
On Easter Monday, 1917, Canadian soldiers took the German stronghold of Vimy Ridge but, in just four days, 3,598 Canadian soldiers died and 7,104 more were wounded.
"We've got to persevere," Franklin said of Canada's Afghan mission. "The Afghan people have asked us to be there. It's something, I think, that's important. All the soldiers over there, everybody believes in it because we see that the fight that's there is the fight that's worth fighting."