Ten years ago, then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, reflected on his experience on this day in 2001, when he was in New York City in a spot about 100 yards from the World Trade Centre.
Now twenty years after that horrific event, we continue to remember...
and to pray for our broken world.
O GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour,
the Prince of Peace:
Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions.
Take away all enmity and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us
from godly union and concord;
that as there is but one Body and one Spirit and one hope of our calling...
one God and Father of us all,
so may we henceforth be all of one heart and one soul,
united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and love,
and may with one mind and one mouth glorify you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
AMEN.*
*Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer, Anglican Church of Canada, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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