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Dear Friends in Christ: Please pray with me for all those reliving bad memories on 9/11.
Pope Benedict’s Prayer at Ground Zero (April 20, 2008)
O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people
of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today
at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. We
ask You in Your goodness to give eternal light and peace
to all who died here – the heroic first responders: our
firefighters, police officers, emergency service workers, and
Port Authority personnel, along with all the innocent men
and women who were victims of this tragedy simply
because their work or service brought them here on
September 11, 2001.
We ask You, in Your compassion, to bring healing
to those who, because of their presence here that day,
suffer from injuries and illness. Heal, too, the pain
of still-grieving families and all who lost loved ones
in this tragedy. Give them strength to continue their
lives with courage and hope.
We are mindful as well of those who suffered death,
injury, and loss on the same day at the Pentagon and
in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Our hearts are one with
theirs as our prayer embraces their pain and suffering.
God of peace, bring Your peace to our violent world:
peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace
among the nations of the earth. Turn to Your way of love
those whose hearts and minds are consumed with
hatred.
God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude
of this tragedy, we seek Your light and guidance as we
confront such terrible events. Grant that those whose
lives were spared may live so that the lives lost here
may not have been lost in vain.
Comfort and console us, strengthen us in hope,
and give us the wisdom and courage to work
tirelessly for a world where true peace and love reign
among nations and in the hearts of all.
Pope Benedict’s Prayer at Ground Zero (April 20, 2008)
O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people
of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today
at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. We
ask You in Your goodness to give eternal light and peace
to all who died here – the heroic first responders: our
firefighters, police officers, emergency service workers, and
Port Authority personnel, along with all the innocent men
and women who were victims of this tragedy simply
because their work or service brought them here on
September 11, 2001.
We ask You, in Your compassion, to bring healing
to those who, because of their presence here that day,
suffer from injuries and illness. Heal, too, the pain
of still-grieving families and all who lost loved ones
in this tragedy. Give them strength to continue their
lives with courage and hope.
We are mindful as well of those who suffered death,
injury, and loss on the same day at the Pentagon and
in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Our hearts are one with
theirs as our prayer embraces their pain and suffering.
God of peace, bring Your peace to our violent world:
peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace
among the nations of the earth. Turn to Your way of love
those whose hearts and minds are consumed with
hatred.
God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude
of this tragedy, we seek Your light and guidance as we
confront such terrible events. Grant that those whose
lives were spared may live so that the lives lost here
may not have been lost in vain.
Comfort and console us, strengthen us in hope,
and give us the wisdom and courage to work
tirelessly for a world where true peace and love reign
among nations and in the hearts of all.
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