And this house will be a great, great blessing to this neighborhood and to this city. Amen.”
Father Mychal’s Prayer:
Lord, take me where You want me to go, let me meet who You want me to meet,
tell me what You want me to say, and keep me out of Your way. Amen
He lived this prayer to the last moment. Upon hearing the news that the World Trade Center had been hit, Father Judge rushed to the site. He was met by the Mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, who asked him to pray for the city and its victims. Judge administered the Last Rites to some lying on the streets, then entered the lobby of the World Trade Center North Tower, where an emergency command post was organized. There he continued offering aid and prayers for the rescuers, the injured and dead. When the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 AM, debris went flying through the North Tower lobby, killing many inside, including Judge. At the moment he was struck in the head and killed, Judge was repeatedly praying aloud, “Jesus, please end this right now! God, please end this!”, according to Judge’s biographer and New York Daily News columnist Michael Daly. Shortly after his death, a NYPD lieutenant, who had also been buried in the collapse, found Judge’s body and assisted by two firemen and two civilian bystanders carried it out of the North Tower lobby to nearby St Peter’s Church. Shannon Stapleton, photographer from Reuters, photographed Judge’s body being carried out of the rubble by five men. It became one of the most famous images related to 9/11.
Below is footage from the film which includes actual footage of Fr.Judge:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mLIczIyhUw%5D
Victim 0001 Father Mychal Judge’s Last Homily was originally published on elev8.com
