9/11, I will never forget that day. The horror of it still is haunting. The images of it still are burned into my consciousness. Those behind this evil act were themselves irreversibly linked to all that is evil. For them to think that violence and death are the true instruments of God is so galling that I can hardly stand it. I am tired of all those anywhere who think that God stands behind any kind of hatred. I am sick of those who are so small they think that God blesses their simple minded violence.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity, Yeats said so long ago…but it is so true. We need to stand up for what is truth, for what is love, for what is forgiveness, and for what is compassion. We can not let our own hatred and jealousy blind and bind us so that we too are caught in the trap Evil is setting throughout the world.

We need to see the heroes of 9/11 as an example that we will emulate…those who ran into the burning buildings while others fled, to help those who were trapped and save lives instead of destroying them.

A lot to think about today…