Dag Hammarskjold
Date: September 18
The Entrance Rite
The Prelude
The Opening Plainsong (Solo Voice): “Grant Peace, We Pray, In Mercy, Lord.”
Hymn: “God The Omnipotent”
The Greeting:
P: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord be with you.
C: And also with you.
The Theme Of The Day
Reader 1: Dag Hammarskjold died ________ years ago today -- September 18, 1961. At the time of his death he had been Secretary General of the United Nations for eight years. He died in a mysterious plane crash in the African jungle. Sabotage? Shot down by one of the warring factions in the Belgian Congo crisis? No one knows. He had gone there to mediate a cease-fire. Two days after his death, the cease-fire was achieved.
The entire world mourned his death. It seemed that everyone had…