Saturday, August 27, 2011

9/11 Memorial Service?

Wait! It's a Memorial for the 10th anniversary of a horrifying event in which we saw carnage, pain, sorrow and destruction. We also saw acts of courage and self-sacrifice that helped hold us together, these acts gave us comfort and strength in the face of such heartbreak.

NY City Mayor Bloomberg has announced that "First Responders" will not be invited to the service. Neither are clergy, of any type. The Mayor says there just isn't enough room for them. They are merely the ones who rescue us, protect us, face danger for us, tend our wounds, console us, bless us, pray with and for us and bury us. But then again, that is their way. They come to the rescue and then fade into the background once their job is done.

And so, although they won't be at the service, we won't forget what they have done...and continue to do, day after day.

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