Posted on 09/10/2011 8:27:30 PM PDT by Steelfish
9/11 at the Cathedral SEPT 10, 2011 • BY MARK TOOLEY
On Sunday, the Episcopal Church’s National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. will host “A Call to Compassion” to commemorate 9/11. President Obama will attend and speak at the concluding “Concert for Hope.” Patti LaBelle will sing. CNN’s Anderson Cooper will host. After the recent earthquake and the collapse of a crane, the cathedral has gone “on the road” and relocated its 9/11 events to a nearby synagogue and the Kennedy Center.
Controversy has surrounded the cathedral’s choice of spiritual representatives. Although its prayer service will include the President of the Islamic Society of North America, a Buddhist nun, and a Hindu, evangelicals and conservative Protestants were omitted, though they represent 30-40 percent of Americans. No Catholic is listed on the event website. So liberal Episcopal clergy apparently will represent Christianity. On Thursday, a cathedral spokesman told The New York Times that a Baptist may be invited.
Hopefully the “Days of Compassion” will tastefully commemorate 9/11. But this weekend’s events almost certainly will not compare to the exalted tones of the National Cathedral’s post 9/11 service, held just 3 days after the attacks. All of official Washington attended, as did all living former presidents, except an ailing Ronald Reagan, who was represented by Nancy. President George W. Bush memorably spoke, as did a Jewish rabbi, Muslim imam and the Catholic Archbishop of Washington. Hymns included the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Mighty Fortress is our God," both suitably robust for a nation looking to regain its footing.
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The SAME Patti Labelle that is countersuing the cadet.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/patti-labelle-countersues-airport-attack-accuser-20110629
Yes, that man was Father Mike
We can bring jobs to the jobless, but to destroy the inherent cultural and religious traditions of this nation, is to destroy what is irreplaceable and radically change the country in the process. We are all dumb for taking this lying down. We should mobilize a million man march. Where are our leaders? Indeed, I am more angry at them!
For purposes of that survey, I think Episcopalians still got counted as Christians, along with Mormons (whatever us Orthodox and Latin Christians might think about that), and I suspect the Episcopalians are turning up at their own event.
Again, do you know that the local Latin bishop did not receive an invitation and politely declined it, rather than participate in an event run by apostates and pagans? If so, there’s not “discrimination” involved, except that the Latin bishop made a properly discriminating decision to abide by the canons, rather than be “ecumenical” in the corrupted sense of the word. I would actually hope that was the case, and likewise for whatever Orthodox bishop was asked to come or send a priest.
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