h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A place for thinking, praying, seeking for forgiveness. Everybody is welcome here.
And here's a blessing for you:

To those of you who desire it, I grant you Madraks blessing:

Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may nat care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else be required to insure any possible benefit for which you may be eligible after the destruction of your body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure your receiving said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.
(Roger Zelazny, "Creatures of Light and Darkness")

Hi, I'm Caerwynn the ship's Seamstress, welcome to the ship.

Should you require any cassocks, hassocks, copes, altar cloths, etc, the Sewing Room is in Cabin#10

*enters the chapel, brings some and lights a candle*

*strolls by, sits in a corner and meditates *

I wonder what the captain is meditating about... *veg*

*chants:

"The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things.
Of ships and seas and sealing wax
- of cabbages and kings"*

*listens, enraptured by his manly baritone*

*Finally, after more than a week spent in deep contemplation, the captain sees the light*

Oh, it's dawn again. Better get to my quarters for some coffee

*lights a candle for victims in US*

* comes in, says a prayer, contemplates and leaves *

our father
hallowed be thy name
thy kingdom come
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven
give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive them that trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil
for thine is the kingdom
the power and the glory
for ever

amen

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. -- Joseph Stalin
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome -- Jimi Hendrix
Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? -- Holly Near
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come. -- Rabindranath Tagore
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. -- Buddha

All you need is love

* returns to the chapel *

* gives thanks for the safety of her friends and sends her thougths and love to others who have not been so lucky or still dont know *

* takes a moment *

* leaves the chapel *

... so badly in need of rest and sleep...

*enters, not looking for anyone but silence*

*lights a candle for Astrid Lindgren*
You were my childhood hero, I'll miss you.

*lights another candle, s Hati*