9-11 Requiem Mass

Our annual Requiem Mass for September 11, 2001, will be offered this evening at 5:15pm in the Church. 

Our prayers are offered for all of those whose lives were taken on September 11, 2001, especially Montgomery Hord, a member of this parish, and Michael Boccardi, Thomas E. Hynes, Joseph Leavey, Robert McLaughlin, Amy O’Doherty, Joseph Shea, Daniel J. Shea, Robert Scandole and Michael Tamuccio, the Pelham community members who lost their lives during the attacks.  We pray for all who were killed, for all who lost family members and friends, for all who were injured, and for all who were traumatized in body or mind. 

Gracious and merciful God, on this twenty-fifth anniversary of September 11, we remember before thee those whose lives were taken, those who sacrificed themselves in service, and all whose lives were forever changed. Receive the departed into thine eternal embrace, and comfort those who still bear the wounds of grief, loss, and trauma. We give thee thanks for the courage and compassion which arose amid devastation, when strangers became neighbors and fear was met with love. Turn our hearts toward the work thou hast given us: to confront hatred, to resist violence, to welcome the stranger, to seek justice, and to make peace. By thy Holy Spirit, renew thy Church and awaken us to our baptismal calling to seek Christ in every person and to respect the dignity of every human being. Grant that our memory may become moral courage, our grief may become compassion, and our hope may become action. Make us instruments of thy peace; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.