The latest briefing from the White House indicates tomorrow has been declared a National Day of Mourning. I’ve been waiting for such an announcement since I heard that the EU had already declared the same for Friday. People who follow given faiths are encouraged to attend services tomorrow at noon.
I hope this helps in some small way to express our loss and grief.
Thanks for the note Jodi.
My faith tradition is Catholicism. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have set up a web page of suggested prayers and readings.
The readings and prayers seem appropriate for those of Christian (with some Hebrew testament reading also) backgrounds.
got this in the e-mail:
> > Tomorrow is U.S. Color day. Red, White & Blue should be worn in
>honor
> > > of our fellow Americans that died. The goal is to get the whole
>nation
> > to
> > > participate. Please send this to 10 other people.
> > >
> > > In memory of all those who perished; the passengers and the pilots on
> > the
> > > United Air and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and
>the
> > > Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders. Our prayers go out to the
> > > friends and families of the deceased. God’s speed to all those who
>have
> > > lost their lives…GOD BLESS AMERICA and the freedom it represents.
> > > Tomorrow is US pride day, everyone wear US colors (jeans are
> > >
> > > blue, everyone owns a white t-shirt, etc). try to be wearing as much
> > red
> > > white and blue as you can. Send this message to as many other people
> > you
> > > know. Lets get the whole country into it.
sorry for the stupid ">"s but I don’t have time to trim em.
With all due respect, ED, I’m not wearing red, white, and blue tomorrow. I’m wearing black.
I’ve been wearing black all week.
Then again, I pretty much always wear black. It’s different today, though.
For those so inclined, the http://www.uua.org has some prayers that are, well, UU in nature (i.e. Great Spirit of Life instead of God). Also, for those atheists, agnostics and humanitarians out there (no! not on this board) wanting to participate but feeling out of place strolling into your local Church, you may wish to attend your local UU congregation, where you will probably be as comfortable as you can be under the circumstances.
Canada has also declared Friday a day of mourning for those lost in the attacks. On a related note, they’re now saying that as many as 200 Canadians may have been murdered in the WTC attack.
I feel out of place strolling into a church for tonight’s memorial service, but I have a feeling that even others who share my beliefs will be able to pay their respects appropriately, even on “consecrated ground.”
MAEG, I did not mean to imply that only those who attend church or believe in God can pay their respects – only that, however each of us may choose to do it, tomorrow appears to the be day chosen for us as a nation to do so.