Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

Pesdjentiu (New Moon Festival), Feasts for Heru's Crown, Khnum-Ra and Hapi, son of Heru

As we enter a new cycle of the moon, this one can be used to pray to Djehuty for wisdom, to Khonsu for healing and exorcism of evils, and to Wesir for peace and the safety of the ancestors. We return to work amidst the uncertainty of the time here in the United States; while many tragedies happen daily whose death-tolls or ferocity rival or put last Tuesday's events in perspective, not many natural disasters precipitate a political response. I continue to pray for world leaders that they are able to gain perspective with time and healing and minimize both conflict and collateral damage as justice is carried out on behalf of those victimized by terrorism anywhere.

Use today to gain your own perspective. Most of you living in the United States have been living under a cloud of media replay and armchair-politicking that in some cases is overdone. While we must not be ignorant of coming events and in fact as citizens should make our opinions known to those who will do "the people's will," at the same time we must give those people room to do their jobs and return to the doing of our own -- with that much more consciousness of just how connected we all are. Continue to pray, do service and reach out to those who are hurting at this time, and at any time Isfet manages to sneak in a late hit.

Dua Heru! Dua Khnum-Ra! Dua Hapi-sa-Heru! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
We ask for your continued prayers and thoughts for the following persons, their families and loved ones involved in Tuesday's attacks and subsequent fallout:
1. (Name withheld), friend of Shemsu Nesiwepwawet, killed aboard United Airlines 175
2. (Name withheld), friend of Shemsu Nesiwepwawet, injured in the World Trade Center, now in stable condition (Nekhtet!)
3. Bob Gutowski, friend of Shemsu Duatsekhmet, missing in New York
4. Sarah Moberley of Doctors Without Borders, friend of Shemsu Meritaset, currently stranded in Afghanistan
5. Several family friends of Shemsu Neferuhethert, missing or killed in the World Trade Center
6. Several family friends of Shemsu Meresinepu, missing or killed in the World Trade Center
7. A number of friends and family of the Kashi Ashram community in New York, missing
8. A number of friends in the African Traditional Religion community in New York, missing
9. Dana Deboard, friend of Shemsu Wenemaset, severely injured while rescuing people in New York
10. Corey Miller, friend of Shemsu Duatsekhmet, missing in New York
11. Shemsu Nebnetjeruiti, who works in the airline industry
12. Shemsu Raemnisut, a military policeman in Washington DC
13. For the workers of Ansett Airlines in Australia, which collapsed financially due to related events
14. For Ken Lordi, father of Imakhu Inibmutes, hospitalized after helping coworkers and others out of a World Trade Center building
15. For Muslims everywhere experiencing hatred or attacks due to the senseless actions of terrorists claiming to be Muslim

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