# Remember 9/11 Prayer
*2014-09-10*

> Bill Young leads a prayer remembering the September 11 attacks, honoring the victims, the rescuers, and asking for unity and courage in America.

## Opening Prayer

Almighty God, the past years have been etched in our memories. We looked with horror at the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and we look with honor upon the acts of courage by ordinary people who sacrificed themselves to prevent further death and destruction. We shed our tears in a common bond of grief for those we loved and lost.

## From Darkness to Hope

We journeyed through the dark valley, but Your light led us to a place of hope. You have turned our grief into determination. Help us to remember what it means to be an American—a people endowed with an abundance of blessings.

## A Prayer for Freedom and Unity

Help us cherish the freedoms we enjoy, that they may inspire us to stand with courage. Unite us as one nation in the midst of any adversity, that we may do what is good, right, and just.

*May our remembrance of 9/11 strengthen our resolve to live out the Gospel’s call to love, courage, and unity.*