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Bay Catholic School
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Ms. Crosby's 6th Grade Religion Students Write Prayers and Poems for 9-11

God is with us every step of the way.
Even when the twin towers went down that day.
The people in the rubbish remain
but their souls are in heaven not in vain.

Even though our loved ones died
our flag stands for freedom and still flies high.
We will always remember those who passed away
always and forever to this day.

God bless the U.S.A.
That the fight against terrorism will soon go away.
Lord may there be peace all the world round.
That never again may we hear that sound.
Sept 11 was a sad tragedy all of us will remember.
But I will proudly say God bless America in every way.

Emotions

We have all cried before
We have all been scared before
But not like this
Our tragedy happened two years ago
And it is still not over to this day
For many this day started the same
As any other normal day

I went to school not knowing
That this day would be remembered forever
The students did not know what was wrong
But we were asked to say a rosary and we did

When I got home I found out what was wrong
We were under attack
It was on every radio and television station
You could not watch cartoons or
Listen to music on the radio
We all prayed for the people
And many were saved
Fear was the first emotion we felt

Anger was the second emotion

For my friends and myself
Anger is what we felt after fear

The nation had a lot of anger
And felt we had to get even
We declared war on these people who did this
Many people from different countries felt
Our pain
Our fear
Our anger

Survival is the third emotion
We felt

Even though many people died
Many more people survived
Our great nation began to fall
But our nation
Did not fall
Our nation grew stronger

Dear Lord,
I come to you today with a heavy heart. Our world is at war and our country is sad and sorrowful. Lord, please turn our sadness into joy, turn our tears into compassion, turn our anguish into hope, turn our sorrow into happiness, and Lord, please bring us peace
Peace among nations,
Peace among men,
Peace amongst our churches,
Peace amongst our leaders,
Peace in our homes,
Peace in our schools,
Peace in our jobs,
Peace with one another,
And Peace in our hearts Lord,
Bring us Peace.
Jesus often said, "Peace be with you," to his disciples.
Lord, please help us to live that verse.
AMEN

We will never forget the cries for help we heard that awful day.
Or the screams of terror that were yelled and in an instant gone away.
Or the children asking what had happened and the
Teachers saying everything was going to be ok.
While the Loved Ones waited at home for their pain to go away.
For last words spoken on the phone before they were taken away.
And the brave Firefighters who responded so quickly to see the towers crumble that day.
We will always remember the tears cried out on that awful day;
And the hugs and kisses that were given to the people who made it out okay.
For all the flags that flew high on that tragic September
Day would only prove to show that America was here to stay.
While people knelt down on the street with nothing to do
But pray while looking up to heaven and begging their
Savior not to take their loved ones away.
A year has passed and we’re still here stronger every day.
Just goes to show that God above loves the U. S. A.