On 9/11, Recalling the Prayer of Two Popes at Ground Zero Author: Diocese of Fall River In the News 9 Set 2021 Share Each year, Patriot Day is observed on September 11th in the United States as the National Day of Service and Remembrance in memory of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Arlington, Virginia and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. As the nation commemorates this day, taking time to remember and reflect now 21 years later, we share the prayer offered by two Popes during separate visits to the site of the attacks in New York. Pope Benedict XVI prayed it during his April 20, 2008 visit to Ground Zero and Pope Francis offered it again while at the September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York on September 25, 2015. O God of love, compassion, and healing,look on us, people of many different faithsand traditions,who gather today at this site,the scene of incredible violence and pain.We ask you in your goodnessto give eternal light and peaceto all who died here–the heroic first-responders:our fire fighters, police officers,emergency service workers, andPort Authority personnel,along with all the innocent men and womenwho were victims of this tragedysimply because their work or servicebrought them here on September 11, 2001. We ask you, in your compassionto bring healing to thosewho, because of their presence here that day,suffer from injuries and illness.Heal, too, the pain of still-grieving familiesand all who lost loved ones in this tragedy.Give them strength to continue their liveswith courage and hope. We are mindful as wellof those who suffered death, injury, and losson the same day at the Pentagon and inShanksville, Pennsylvania.Our hearts are one with theirsas 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 womenand peace among the nations of the earth.Turn to your way of lovethose whose hearts and mindsare consumed with hatred.God of understanding,overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy,we seek your light and guidanceas we confront such terrible events.Grant that those whose lives were sparedmay live so that the lives lost heremay not have been lost in vain. Comfort and console us,strengthen us in hope,and give us the wisdom and courageto work tirelessly for a worldwhere true peace and love reignamong nations and in the hearts of all. Diocese of Fall River Office of Communications Categories Sem categoria Mensagens do Bispo In the News Press Releases and Statements Success Stories Photo Gallery Videos Related Posts In the News 2 Set 2016 Recalling Mother Teresa’s 1995 Visit to New Bedford NEW BEDFORD — Pope Francis will declare Blessed Teresa of Calcutta a saint in ceremonies at the Vatican on September 4, 2016. Mother Teresa was widely seen as a living … Read More In the News 30 Ago 2016 Bishop da Cunha Asks for Month of Prayer for Peace Beginning Sept. 9 FALL RIVER—Earlier this summer, in light of recent incidents of violence and racial tensions in communities across the United States, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) … Read More In the News 16 Jun 2020 Bishop da Cunha’s Reflection at the Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace and Justice Reflection Offered by Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V. Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace and Justice June 14, 2020 If there is one word we heard again and again these … Read More