DAY OF MOURNING AND REMEMBRANCE Lectionary #892

How do Christians recall 9/11? What should their attitude be on this day? Churches in the United States have asked that it be a national day of mourning and remembrance. Special Masses or other services on this day might draw from the set of readings for reconciliation (Lectionary #892–896) and, in the Sacramentary , the opening prayer For the Nation, (State,) or City or the texts For Peace and Justice or For Promoting Harmony.

Suggested readings:

Amos 5:4, 14–15, 21–24 (892.3)

Psalm (129) 130 (894.2)

Contigo, Mi Dios, Piedad/With You, O God (Hurd) GP 276

Del Señor Viene la Misericordia/With the Lord, There Is Fullness (Hurd) FYC 268/JS 105

Del Señor Viene la Misericordia (Taulé) FYC 269

I Place All My Trust (Gelineau) GC 128/WOR 71

I Place All My Trust—Antiphon IV (Proulx/Gelineau) RS 175

Out of the Depths (O'Carroll) CH 118

Oyenos, Señor (Rubalcava) Cantos 80

With Our God There Is Mercy (Manion) GP 275

With the Lord There Is Mercy (Haugen) GC 127/RS 176

With the Lord There Is Mercy (Janco) WC 421

With the Lord There Is Mercy (Joncas) RS 174

With the Lord There Is Mercy ( Jordan ) LMGM 512

With the Lord There Is Mercy (Roberts) LMGM 511

With the Lord There Is Mercy (Smith) JS 106

1 John 2:1–5a (893.3)

Matthew 5:1–12a (896.1)

Songs for the Liturgy

Music for this day should focus on mourning, remembrance, and prayer for reconciliation, so that someday we may live in a world where such things will not happen. It would be inappropriate to focus on nationalistic themes.