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9/11... 25 years later

On this 25th anniversary of 9/11, I'm offering several starting points for our prayer and reflection. On the way back to the rectory, I remember thinking that the news was probably exaggerated, that some small aircraft, off its flight plan, might have nearly clipped the Tower but certainly hadn't flown into it.

9/11... 25 years later

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On this 25th anniversary of 9/11, I'm offering several starting points for our prayer and reflection.

On the way back to the rectory, I remember thinking that the news was probably exaggerated, that some small aircraft, off its flight plan, might have nearly clipped the Tower but certainly hadn't flown into it.

1) The homily I preached on the 10th anniversary when it fell on a Sunday.

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On this 25th anniversary of 9/11, I'm offering several starting points for our prayer and reflection. On the way back to the rectory, I remember thinking that the news was probably exaggerated, that some small aircraft, off its flight plan, might have nearly clipped the Tower but certainly hadn't flown into it. 1) The homily I preached on the 10th anniversary when it fell on a Sunday.

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1) The homily I preached on the 10th anniversary when it fell on a Sunday. 2) A Pause for Prayer in the usual format 3) "When Sudden Terror Tears Apart," a hymn written by Carl Daw just after 9/11/2001 Homily 9/11/11 It was a beautiful, bright-skyed September morning and as I left Our Lady's Church after Mass, Ann Gallagher stopped me and told me a plane had flown into the World Trade Center.

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