Go to serious help needed
- Add a comment
- Go to Ground Zero
posted by
CRShelley
on April 20, 2008 at 6:15 PM
| link to this | reply
I guess Blessing people and things are part of his job, much like politicians kissing babies! The actual reality is, of course, unaffected!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on April 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM
| link to this | reply
serioushelpneeded, I don't know the answer to your question about the blessing. I've never paid much attention to blessings of the pope because I am not of the catholic faith. But, the prayer that he prayed at the site was very beautiful and heartfelt and are words that I would be happy to pray myself:
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 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.
© Copyright 2008 -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana
posted by
TAPS.
on April 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM
| link to this | reply
that's pretty much what the pope does......pretty much ALL he does........he blesses stuff....that's when he isn't shopping prada.
posted by
ZenMom
on April 20, 2008 at 10:13 AM
| link to this | reply