{"id":565,"date":"2011-09-09T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T22:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/amusingamma\/?p=479"},"modified":"2011-09-09T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T22:33:10","slug":"a-prayer-for-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/amusingamma\/2011\/09\/a-prayer-for-911\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>From the far coast we remember the anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/31\/2011\/09\/images.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-480\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/31\/2011\/09\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\"><\/a>horror and grief and carnage of \u00a0the attack on the United States by terrorists, <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>O Gentle and Powerful Holy One, and we pray that we will be part of the repair work to be poured out on the wounds in our world:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Give us open eyes to notice the grief and separations that keep human beings from love.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Give us open ears to hear the longings and wounds that prompt others made in God\u2019s image to keep their distance.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Give us strong legs and agile feet to seek out those who are fearful \u00a0and therefore full of hate. <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Give us limber and wide arms to welcome those who who are broken and those who stay at a distance. <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Give us creative and lively minds to keep searching for the things that make for peace in the world.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Give us the ample, forgiving and tenacious Love of Jesus for the world God made.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">We ask this for your Love\u2019s sake. 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