September 11, 2024
A Day to Paul & Pray for Peace
Today it is 23 years since the attacks on our country woke the world up to a new kind of weapon: airplanes.
This is not an anniversary that ends in a 0 or a 5. It is a quiet anniversary. A significant one, nonetheless.
This day, give pause, not just for all the life and innocence lost that day, but for all who suffer from unimaginable violence still.
The then-Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, the Most Reverend Frank T. Griswold was asked 2002 to write a prayer for the first anniversary of the attack. It suits all anniversaries. The first, the ones that end in 0 or 5, and every one in between.
God the compassionate one, whose loving care extends to all the world, we remember this day your children of many nations and many faiths whose lives were cut short by the fierce flames of anger and hatred. Console those who continue to suffer and grieve, and give them comfort and hope as they look to the future. Out of what we have endured, give us the grace to examine our relationships with those who perceive us as the enemy, and show our leaders the way to use our power to serve the good of all for the healing of the nations. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord who, in reconciling love, was lifted up from the earth that he might draw all things to himself. Amen.
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