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Though I didn't see it with my own eyes, others did: Monsignor Ignace Sadek, an elderly Catholic priest in Brooklyn, rushed down to the waterfront to pray for the dead and dying as the towers burned. When the first tower came down, the vast and choking cloud of ash lumbered across the harbor to the shores of Brooklyn. No one knew what poisons were in that cloud, but that old priest stood there with his hands raised in prayer, and with terrified strangers falling at his feet begging for absolution for their sins. I think about what Msgr. Sadek did a lot those days, doing what he could for people, with no regard for his own safety.
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True profiles in courage. God Bless the priests who did so much minstry that horrible day.
**”Whenever I hear them, I have to stop and remind myself where I am,” he said.**
I’m not trying to brag, but when I hear any kind of siren, I say a Hail Mary for the people the police of fire fighters are going to help as well as for the emergency officers themselves.
Got the hint from my priest.
Just stop what you are doing long enough to say a Hail Mary!
Wonderful account.
**On the day of the terrorist attacks, there were 19 Transfiguration parishioners missing, but ultimately, there were three fatalities, including one firefighter.**
May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
I am curious.
How filled were your churches the night of 9-11? Ours was packed for a specially scheduled Mass.
I will never forget, just gotten to work at my local community college, having called my mother to let her know I had mailed some important letters when she told me on the phone about the first plane having hit WTC Tower 1. She thought it was a movie and she had the wrong channel. When she told me that another plane hit WTC Tower 2 then I KNEW that we were attacked. I was in shock for the rest of the day and could not belive it.
This year, Father Nobiletti, a Buddhist monk and an Episcopal priest will lead an interfaith community memorial service
I'm confused now. Did he leave The Church?