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CATHEDRAL OF TEARS
Jutting from the rubble
Up through the smoky haze
Like spires of a Cathedral
Where the "believer" prays.
Seven stories of heartache
Left from the hundred-ten
Of those two mighty towers
Never to be seen again.
For thousands who have perished
And the loved ones they leave
A monument to all of us
Who shed our tears, and grieve.
In its eerie setting
There was a sort of beauty
Standing guard over those
Who died doing their duty.
A strange sense of peace
Amidst the scene of ruin
As others search for comrades
Who died, doing what they're doing.
There's been heroes by the hundreds
And some stories, never known
But in God's Cathedral
They'll sit upon His throne.
The "Cathedral Of Tears"
Will last in our mind's eye
As we bow our heads
And ask, "Why, dear Lord? Why?" (Author unknown)
Tomorrow we remember September 11, 2001. With each anniversary of this tragedy, we are called to connect with God and acknowledge those lives lost in violence and in the act of trying to save others. I offer this reflection and prayer:
Lord God, source of love on this earth, we approach another anniversary of a day that shook and challenged our country. You, Oh God, have bestowed on us freedoms and the light of liberty. May our words and actions continue to promote hope for a future defined by peace.
We pray for families that lost loved ones in the days and years that followed September 11, 2001 as a result of the acts of violence that struck our country. We pray for protection for our nation and the many ways we bring our ideals out to the world. With deep gratitude O God of life, we remember the first responders who knew that human lives needed to be saved and rushed to serve our fellow citizens.
Lord, we need You, we thank You, and may we be Your hope.
Amen.
Rev. Reginald T. Bynum
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