 |
| Prayer at Ground Zero |
MAGNITICAT com, appreciated.
FRIDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 2015,
Community MASS
• Can one blind man guide another?
A reading from
The holy Gospel according to Luke 6:39-42
JESUS TOLD
A parable to the disciples, "Can one blind
man
guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit? The disciple is not superior to his teacher; the fully trained disciple will always be like his teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the plank in your own? How can you say to your brothel', 'Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,' when you cannot see the plank in your own? Hypocrite! Take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take out the splinter that is in your brother's eye."
The Gospel of the Lord.
MEDITATION OF THE DAY
•
Prayer at Ground
Zero
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 fire fighters,
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 11 September 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. T
urn 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 XVI
His Holiness Ben edict XVI was Pope from 2005 to 2013.
No comments:
Post a Comment