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So as an exercise in thinking liturgically, I prepared a Eucharistic liturgy for the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. As a word of disclaimer, this liturgy is not being used by my parish and is not intended to reflect my parish or even my ministry at my parish. Rather, it is an effort to begin to think liturgically about my faith and, specifically in this case, the events surrounding 9\/11.<\/p>\n

That being said, anyone is more than welcome to use this liturgy if they find it meaningful and appropriate. To download the complete worship booklet, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are two prayers I wrote for the liturgy, one a collect and one for the prayers of the people:<\/p>\n

A Collect for Sept. 11<\/p>\n

\u201cO God, you have commanded us to turn our enemies into neighbors with the love of self-sacrifice and to forgive those who have wronged us seventy times seven. Teach us to be bold in this most difficult of tasks; Following the example of Christ, who healed us by his wounds, give us also the strength to reach beyond our anger and our hate to thereby pull forth peace, grace and creative healing from the painful depths of our own wounds. Amen\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Prayers of the People (closing)<\/p>\n

O God, who made us in your image, who comforts and weeps with us, create in us holy spirits that respond to pain with compassion, enlarge our hearts so that we may weave hope from the torn fabric of tragedies, grant us strength and courage to offer forgiveness to all as you have so graciously forgiven us. In our pain, may we not forge swords, but ploughshares. In tragedy, may we not despair, but, through your Spirit, create good news, hope and peace for a broken world. In the name of your son, our Savior, who has commanded us to forgive in the infinity of his love for us. Amen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading and, if you have a moment, offer feedback on the liturgy. If you do use the liturgy, please let me know at\u00a0 I would love to know how it went. (Find me on\u00a0Facebook<\/a> (often),\u00a0 Twitter<\/a> (seldom) or\u00a0 Google<\/a>+ (mostly).\u00a0Or e-mail me at unorthodoxology (at) gmail (dot) com.)<\/p>\n

David Henson is a writer living in Augusta, Ga, and currently working on a novel in between my duties as a youth director at a local Episcopal church, member of the Religious Progressive Coalition of Augusta and tending my two young sons while my wife toils away as a medical school student. He is also in the process of ordination in the Episcopal Church through the Diocese of Northern California. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"