Merciful Father in heaven, we look up to you today praying for those people who have died in “9/11”.
Until now we still feel the pain of how such a horrific event could happen on the first year of the new millennium. More than 2000 years ago, you have sent us your Son Jesus Christ to bring us together as brothers and sisters, praying that we may all be one – “ut unum sint” (John 17:21).
Unfortunately, we would more often go on our own separate ways, refusing to see one another as a family but instead as an entity. Like the Corinthians during the time of St. Paul, we could not resolve amicably our many issues and differences that end in tragedy. St. Paul noted so well how we have forgotten our being sanctified by the Holy Spirit to abide with justice and respect in spite of our differences.
Give us the grace, O God, to look more on Jesus Christ than with each other like the Apostles. Give us that grace of seeing more of Jesus Christ like the Twelve so that in the process we may see our very selves being called not because we are qualified but out of your immense love for us. Give us the grace to see our worth as a person amid our diversity in color and creed. Amen.Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II, Parokya ng San Juan Apostol at Ebanghelista, Gov. F. Halili Ave., Bagbaguin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan 3022. Photo from CBS.News.
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