PRAYER OF JOHN PAUL II
At the beginning of the Hora Tertia for the one-month memorial of the terrorist attack on September 11th 2001
Thursday 11 October 2001
"O God, Almighty and Merciful,
he who sows discord cannot understand you,
he who loves violence cannot welcome you:
watch over us in our painful human condition
tried by the brutal acts of terrorism and death;
Comfort your children and open our hearts to hope,
that our time may again know days of serenity and peace.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen."