Father God, Healer of my Soul, I give you thanks and praise in all things. Today, I remember the tragic events of September 11, 2001, when the world was shaken by an act of hatred and evilness of incomprehensible proportion. An act resulting is such tremendous loss of human life, property, and trust. Teach me to return love for hate, and to love my neighbor as myself.
As I remember the tragic events of September 11th, I think of the Prayer of St. Francis, words he lived by, such wise words quoted many times by Mother Theresa. Father, make me an instruments of thy Peace,
Pray of St. Francis
Lord Make me an instrument of thy peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Devine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen
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