Sept. 11 Services: Interfaith group gathers on Brooklyn Heights Promenade for words of healing, grace and mercy
FDNY Procession from Ground Zero Concludes with Mass in Prospect Hts.
“Grace is wider and deeper than you think, and it can change far more than you ever imagine. You can’t learn grace. You have to surrender to it.”
Pastor Adriene Thorne of First Presbyterian Church and co-head of the Brooklyn Heights Interfaith Clergy Association spoke this message at the neighborhood’s commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. For the past 16 years, clergy and lay members of the community, along with members of the NYPD’s 84th Precinct, have gathered on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for prayers, readings and messages of healing.
This year’s service focused on grace, healing and conversion of heart. The faith leaders who spoke all underscored the need for people to gather together and recognize each other’s preciousness, especially in the current national climate where hatred and violent acts have become more widespread among American citizens.