Remembering 9/11

Twelve years ago at about the time I am writing, our world changed.  We can all remember exactly where we were and what we were doing on that fateful morning of horror and disbelief.  We continue to mourn for those who lost their lives, either as workers in the Towers or first responders.  The survivors and families of the deceased carry their heavy hearts even today, and boarding a plane at Chicago's Midway Airport yesterday surrounded by an army of TSA's reminded me that all of us still bear the consequences of this attack.
In 2009, Congress passed a bill inaugurating 9/11 as a national day of service.  We are all at work now, most likely, already doing some form of service.  We might join the nation and those who took the day off to do some extraordinary good deeds, by offering up what we do today for the victims of the tragedy and their families, as well as for our nation and our world.  Pope Francis has called for prayer and fasting for peace, especially in Syria, which presents an extremely complicated challenge that, it seems, would take a miracle to resolve. Bearing with the heat and humidity, doing our best at the tasks in which we engage, and praying to God, and  Mary, the Queen of Peace, with short prayers during the day, might help bring that miracle about.
Bro. Rene