Comments for Post-9/11 New York: A Secular City? at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 22 May 2013 15:39:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8230 All my five children and three grandchildren went to NYC for 9/11. Needless to say I was frightened at first before I could turn over their safety to our God. They came safely home and were all impressed with the warmth shown them that day by the New Yorkers they encountered. There is still a reverence in their hearts for the tragedy of that day, whatever the mayor tries to turn it into. So may we keep it in our prayers in not in Bloomberg's little secular enclave. - MaggieMcC Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:51:46 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8093 The politicization and commercialization of this anniversary was grotesque. That said, Clergy of "every faith" must include Islam, to honor the innocent American Muslims that lost their lives in the towers that day. Perhaps if zealots hadn't tried to evangelize 9/11 with cries of treason over the so-called "ground zero mosque," Mayor Bloomberg wouldn't have felt like he was juggling political hand grenades in making this decision. This wasn't a blow for secularization so much as it was a blow for the special interests of a vocal minority, and the weak spines of politicians that bend in the wind of their hot air. - Robert Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:00:24 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8086 It's sad what Mayor Bloomberg did to this memorial. No clergy. No firefighters. No police. It's as if he doesn't remember what 9/11 was. Those who worked so hard to tend to the bodies and souls of the people of New York on that horrible day were kept out so that politicians could glad hand on the anniversary of a catastrophe. 9/11 sticks out as a formative event in my life. I was young and it was the first time I really had to grapple with just how horrible and just how wonderfully selfless human beings could be. A little selfishly, perhaps, I couldn't help but feel like this anniversary was also the anniversary of the death of my childhood... and I can't say I'm not angry at how Mayor Bloomberg tarnished the memorial. - Mike M Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:48:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8081 Father Judge was the first confirmed death and had a morgue tag of 00001, it was reported. It seems to me there is a deep symbolism in this that I cannot quite grasp. Although I am a lapsed Catholic, I was profoundly moved when I saw a photo of first responders moving his body. His face had a serenity that continues to be etched in my mind 10 years later. - Grump Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:10:19 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8080 Whence "in the world but not of the world?" - Ann Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:28:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8079 Thank you Mr. Marlin, for speaking out on the Mayor's fumble. Shame on him. - Ray Hunkins Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:05:11 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8078 Manfred, thanks for your comments. I never thought of it that way. I felt very let down and depressed about what has happened but perhaps we had been dancing with the devil for so long we forgot that we stepped on his toes and that there would be payback. Now we can see the enemy in plain sight. The pretense is over. - P.A. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:34:39 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8077 You are correct. The Catholic Century in NYC and State have ended. The issue was Same Sex Marriage with Mayor Bloomberg playing a strong role in its passage, going to Albany twice and giving financial support to those who voted for it. Why was he so committed to this project? I know why. Fr.(?) Mychal Judge(?)- Just Google him. Frankly I prefer it this way. The cozy relationship between Cross and Crown led to many evils being allowed to grow. Think of the March 8, 2011 meeting between Cuomo the Catholic and the bishops to discuss funding for Catholic Schools. This was followed in months with his ramming the same-sex marriage bill into law. Now the proper chasm has been created-Caesar on one side and Christ and His Church on the other. I hope the twain never meet again. - Manfred Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:19:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/post-911-new-york-a-secular-city.html#comment-8074 My pastor is very close to the history of the Church. He had presented a correlation amoung the Battle of Vienna in 1683, the establishment of the feast of the Holy Name of Mary and the events of September 11, 2001. - Joe Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:45:26 +0100