Modlitwa o pokój, Wielki Tydzień 1962 roku
“A Prayer for Peace by Thomas Merton, Holy Week, 1962”.
The Congressional Record, Wednesday, 18 April 1962
Author(s): Thomas Merton, Frank KowalskiContributor(s): Małgorzata Poks (Translator)
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej
Keywords: war;nuclear weapons;peace;US Congress;
Summary/Abstract: Congressman Frank Kowalski first introduces the prayer he commissioned from Thomas Merton to be read at a joint session of Congress in Holy Week 1962. According to him, the prayer expresses “the anguish of man groping to control the monstrous weapons he has devised for the annihilation of civilian populations and the sorrow of man for the incalculable injury we and our adversaries inflict on all men and on their children for generations to come”. The full text of the prayer follows.
Journal: Świat i słowo
- Issue Year: 2/2018
- Issue No: 31
- Page Range: 211-214
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Polish