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Calls for canonisation of Father Mychal Judge: ‘Saint of 9/11’


Father Mychal Judge

Father Mychal Judge

Today the US and the world mourn the tragic loss of life that took place on September 11, 2001, as a result of several horrific terror attacks in New York, Washington, DC, and rural Pennsylvania. Only God’s love can heal the fear, pain, and loss that so many experienced because of that day.

Francis DeBernardino editor for Bondings writes: Where was God on 9/11, one might ask? One answer is that God was at the World Trade Center when it was attacked. God’s Love was present in the person of Father Mychal Judge, OFM, the New York City Fire Department chaplain.

As the towers were being devoured by flames and people were rushing out as fast as they could, some realizing that the only “escape” from the inferno was to jump to their deaths from the uppermost floors, Fr Judge rushed in to minister to victims and to the other brave first responders. He raced into a deathtrap so that others could know that even in this horror, God was with them.

Fr Judge is a model for all Christians who believe Jesus’ teaching that “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13). He is a particular model for the LGBT community since a big part of his ministry was reaching out to this group which had been so marginalized and stigmatized. He raced into their lives, too, letting them know that God was with them.

He did the same for alcoholics and other addicts, for people suffering from HIV/AIDS, for people in parishes who struggled with the daily challenges that life presents.

Fr Judge is lovingly remembered by many as “The Saint of 9/11.” Now is the time to make that title official by working to canonise him in the church.

New Ways Ministry has been in touch with Fr Luis Fernando Escalante who works with the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Fr Escalante is gathering testimonies that are part of the first step toward canonisation. He needs to hear first-person accounts from people who knew Fr Judge and whose lives were touched by his ministry.

To read on see: https://newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/canonizing-father-mychal-judge-the-saint-of-911/

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