"Meet Me in the Stairwell," A Prayer for 9/11
The following was received as an email in 2010 and posted here with minor editing on September 11th, 2010. It hasn’t lost any of its significance. If anything, with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 without allowing the presence of any clergy or the expression of any prayerful invocations, “Meet Me in the Stairwell” is more valuable than ever.
(Read "Meet Me in the Stairwell, A Prayer for 9/11" at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=5407.)
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Saturday, September 11, 2010
"Meet Me in the Stairwell"--A Prayer for 9/11
(Received as an email)
"Meet Me in the Stairwell"--A Prayer for 9/11
“Meet Me in the Stairwell”
You say you will never forget where you were when
you heard the news On September 11, 2001.
Neither will I.
I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room
with a man who called his wife to say ‘Good-Bye.’ I
held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the
peace to say, ‘Honey, I am not going to make it, but it
is OK. . . I am ready to go.’
I was with his wife when he called as she fed
breakfast to their children. I held her up as she
tried to understand his words and as she realized
he wasn’t coming home that night.
I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a
woman cried out to Me for help. ‘I have been
knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years!’ I said.
‘Of course I will show you the way home - only
believe in Me now.’
I was at the base of the building with the Priest
ministering to the injured and devastated souls.
I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He
heard my voice and answered. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1891)
"Meet Me in the Stairwell"--A Prayer for 9/11
“Meet Me in the Stairwell”
You say you will never forget where you were when
you heard the news On September 11, 2001.
Neither will I.
I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room
with a man who called his wife to say ‘Good-Bye.’ I
held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the
peace to say, ‘Honey, I am not going to make it, but it
is OK. . . I am ready to go.’
I was with his wife when he called as she fed
breakfast to their children. I held her up as she
tried to understand his words and as she realized
he wasn’t coming home that night.
I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a
woman cried out to Me for help. ‘I have been
knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years!’ I said.
‘Of course I will show you the way home - only
believe in Me now.’
I was at the base of the building with the Priest
ministering to the injured and devastated souls.
I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He
heard my voice and answered. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1891)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
The National Day of Prayer Controversies
The National Day of Prayer Controversies
The National Day of prayer, established by federal statute in 1952 and fixed as the first Thursday in May in 1988, will go on as planned, although not without controversy.
One’s first inclination is to wonder how such an event could be controversial in any way since it permits all Americans to pray to any god they wish in whatever faith they wish or, if they wish, not to pray at all.
Nevertheless, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, cheered on by other atheist groups, filed suit in federal court to have the statute thrown out and a Wisconsin judge agreed with the plaintiff.
Judge Barbara Crabb ruled “that it violates the constitutional ban on government-backed religion,” http://tiny.cc/018r7, even though the government isn’t “backing” any religion with the non-denominational Day of Prayer.
The defendant, of all people, is President Barack Hussein Obama since he represents the federal government but Judge Crabb’s injunction will not take effect until all appeals are heard, meaning, I guess, that we won’t go to jail if we pray on May 6th.
Another cause of the controversy is the rumor that Obama had abolished the National Day of Prayer.
Whether Obama would like to or not, Snopes.com points out that what the president did was to refuse to host an ecumenical service in the White House, as George W. Bush had done, and instead issued a traditional presidential proclamation . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1666)
The National Day of prayer, established by federal statute in 1952 and fixed as the first Thursday in May in 1988, will go on as planned, although not without controversy.
One’s first inclination is to wonder how such an event could be controversial in any way since it permits all Americans to pray to any god they wish in whatever faith they wish or, if they wish, not to pray at all.
Nevertheless, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, cheered on by other atheist groups, filed suit in federal court to have the statute thrown out and a Wisconsin judge agreed with the plaintiff.
Judge Barbara Crabb ruled “that it violates the constitutional ban on government-backed religion,” http://tiny.cc/018r7, even though the government isn’t “backing” any religion with the non-denominational Day of Prayer.
The defendant, of all people, is President Barack Hussein Obama since he represents the federal government but Judge Crabb’s injunction will not take effect until all appeals are heard, meaning, I guess, that we won’t go to jail if we pray on May 6th.
Another cause of the controversy is the rumor that Obama had abolished the National Day of Prayer.
Whether Obama would like to or not, Snopes.com points out that what the president did was to refuse to host an ecumenical service in the White House, as George W. Bush had done, and instead issued a traditional presidential proclamation . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1666)
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