{"id":1438,"date":"2011-09-11T07:34:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2011-09-11T07:34:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T14:34:56","slug":"prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>O God of love, compassion, and healing,
\nl<\/span>ook on us, people of many different faiths
\nand traditions,
\nwho gather today at this site,
\nthe scene of incredible violence and pain.
\nWe ask you in your goodness
\nto give eternal light and peace
\nto all who died here\u2014<\/p>\n

the heroic first-responders:
\nour fire fighters, police officers,
\nemergency service workers, and
\nPort Authority personnel,
\nalong with all the innocent men and women
\nwho were victims of this tragedy
\nsimply because their work or service
\nbrought them here on September 11, 2001.<\/p>\n

We ask you, in your compassion
\nto bring healing to those
\nwho, because of their presence here that day,
\nsuffer from injuries and illness.
\nHeal, too, the pain of still-grieving families
\nand all who lost loved ones in this tragedy.
\nGive them strength to continue their lives
\nwith courage and hope.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We are mindful as well
\nof those who suffered death, injury, and loss
\non the same day at the Pentagon and in
\nShanksville, Pennsylvania.
\nOur hearts are one with theirs
\nas our prayer embraces their pain and suffering.<\/p>\n

God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world:
\npeace in the hearts of all men and women
\nand peace among the nations of the earth.
\nTurn to your way of love
\nthose whose hearts and minds
\nare consumed with hatred.<\/p>\n

God of understanding,
\noverwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy,
\nwe seek your light and guidance
\nas we confront such terrible events.
\nGrant that those whose lives were spared
\nmay live so that the lives lost here
\nmay not have been lost in vain.
\n\"\"<\/a>Comfort and console us,
\nstrengthen us in hope,
\nand give us the wisdom and courage
\nto work tirelessly for a world
\nwhere true peace and love reign
\namong nations and in the hearts of all.<\/p>\n

Pope Benedict XVI at Ground Zero, 20 April 2008<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2014 the heroic first-responders: our fire fighters, police officers, emergency service workers, and Port […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-pray"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1aGBK-prayer","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110313,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/no-doubt\/","url_meta":{"origin":1438,"position":0},"title":"No Doubt","author":"Thom","date":"26 February 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"a rough week. 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