I plead with you, as a prisoner for the Lord, to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble, gentle, and patient. Bear with one another lovingly. Make every effort to preserve unity, which originates in the Holy Spirit, who is the binding force of peace. There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope given to all by your calling (Ephesians 4:1-4).
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 13, 2001 - John Paul II said: "I pray that this inhuman act will awaken in the hearts of the world's peoples a firm resolve to reject the ways of violence, to combat everything that sows hatred and division within the human family, and to work for the dawn of a new era of international cooperation inspired in the highest ideals of solidarity, justice and peace."
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, SEPT. 13, 2001: "In the century now opening before us, humanity has the opportunity to make great strides against some of its traditional enemies: poverty, disease, violence. As I said at the United Nations in 1995, it is within our grasp to see that a century of tears, the 20th century, is followed in the 21st century by a "springtime of the human spirit".
Out of the ashes of the Twin Towers and Pentagon rubble has arisen an out-pouring of love from around the world. It has put aside divisions. It has joined Muslims and Jews (we saw a demonstration of that in the National Cathedral on the Day of Prayer and Remembrance, Friday, September 14th). It has crossed the denominational boundaries of Christians. It has inspired Democrats and Republicans to work together. It has unified the world.
