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    My Country Tears of Thee
    My Country Tears of Thee
    My Country Tears of Thee
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    My Country Tears of Thee

    By Bob Lord and Penny Lord

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    When did we stop singing this love song to our country?
    It was so subtle; did it just sort of disappear with many of the other patriotic traditions that our country stood for? How many of us still remember this song, reminding us of the price paid by our fathers--the hopes and dreams of our ancestors, as they struggled in filthy disease-ridden holds of ships bringing them to a new land of promise and freedom for all? Writing about Mother Cabrini and the reason she came to our country, we became aware of the struggle, the crosses our families bore to give us a land of promise. Our grandparents never shared their pains. They were just happy to be Americans
    I can still see my father holding his hand over his heart, as he pledged allegiance to the flag and to the country it represented. He was so proud to be an American; his blue eyes filled with tears as his rich tenor voice rang out, singing the National Anthem. He did not take this country, he did not take the flag, for granted; he loved it all. During the Second World War, he died every day, waiting for his oldest son to come home from war, but never cursed the war that could have taken his beloved child from him. His son was fighting to keep this country free!
    We ask how many remember My Country tis of thee; better yet, how many remember the words to our National Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner? Has this anthem, which is supposed to be a song of praise and devotion to our country, been reduced to merely a signal that a baseball game is about to begin? Listen to the echo of voices, American voices, united for the last two hundred years--no longer Jew or Gentile, a people with a heritage and culture of their own, a melting pot no longer divided by barriers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJourneys of Faith
    Release dateJun 23, 2011
    ISBN9781458156648
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    Bob Lord

    Bob and Penny Lord renowned Catholic Authors and hosts on EWTN. They are best known for their media on Miracles of the Eucharist and Many Faces of Mary. They have been dubbed experts on the Catholic Saints. They produced over 200 television programs for EWTN global television network and wrote over 25 books and hundreds of ebooks.

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      My Country Tears of Thee - Bob Lord

      My Country Tears of Thee

      Bob and Penny Lord

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      Copyright 2011 Bob and Penny Lord

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      My Country Tears of Thee

      As we have read recently, opening books we have written a good ten years ago, we have heard Our Lord speaking to us. They are for now!! We read and reread and we cry! But knowing you feel as we do, you love our dear country as we do, we wipe our tears and with a new surge of strength and determination, we sit at our computers and yes, we write again! Even if we did not want to get involved, after all we

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