Millions of Americans gazed in disbelief as the huge World Trade Center buildings collapsed into piles of rubble on September 11, 2001. After the shock and horror wore off, the questions began. How could this have happened? Why did God allow such evil? And then, the daunting thought-Where will God be when I need Him? Fr. Benedict Groeschel C.F.R., reassures us that the steel cross found in the ruins of the World Trade Center leads to the cross of Jesus, which stands at the center of all pain, all suffering, indeed all history. He did not come to take away suffering. He came to sanctify suffering by His presence. He was at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center. He will be with you in your own personal Ground Zero, whether it is the death of a child, a cancer diagnosis, or the loss of a job. Fr. Benedict also believes that there is a special challenge for our country to be faced in all of this. We may not understand the Why? but we can answer the question What are we to do?
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Outstanding for evening respites of reflection,
By GA Russell (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cross at Ground Zero (Paperback)
This 143-page book is made up of four post-9/11 reflections on The Individual, The Church, The Country and The World - how the actions of each led up to the Muslims' attacks, and how each should respond to them.Although each chapter is brief, I recommend that you read only one at a time, to give yourself the opportunity to consider Fr. Groeschel's analyses and proposals. Very worthwhile, and highly recommended.
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I wish the book was longer!,
By Lizette Rodriguez (Scotch Plains, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This book will change your thinking on suffering and will wake you up to the cold reality of the world we live in. Groeschel doesn't mince words but offers help for those who suffer and to those that want to understand suffering. Groeshel is a treasure and I wish I had discovered him earlier. The only fault is the book is too short.
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Thought Provoking & Prophetic for the American Catholic,
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Another fast & easy read by one of the most prolific authors in the Church today. Here Groeschel uses the symbolism of the steel cross discovered amid the wreckage of the WTC to alert American to the causes behind the attack. Groeschel is courageous enough to suggest that the immoral attitudes of our society, our de-valuing of human life and our exportation of concepts like abortion and euthenasia to the globe have given Muslim fundamentalists the ability to see us as an enemy.
The chapters are smartly organized and make bold assumptions that the path to peace is a return to our moral center.
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Many priests in the New York metropolitan area took turns to be of service at the morgue at the World Trade Center, and I went down one evening a couple of weeks after the terrorist attacks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, World Trade Center, United Nations, Father Conrad, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Divine Savior, Dobbs Ferry, Lehigh County, Roman Empire, Supreme Court, The City of God New!
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Many priests in the New York metropolitan area took turns to be of service at the morgue at the World Trade Center, and I went down one evening a couple of weeks after the terrorist attacks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, World Trade Center, United Nations, Father Conrad, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Divine Savior, Dobbs Ferry, Lehigh County, Roman Empire, Supreme Court, The City of God New!
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- When Bad Things Happen To Good People by Harold S. Kushner on page 34
- Parochial and Plain Sermons by John Henry Newman in Back Matter
- Democracy in America (Signet Classics) by Alexis de Tocqueville on page 66
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville on page 66
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner on page 34
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