theological & liturgical rantings

Where was God on September 11th?

A response given one year after the event. Shakespeare wrote in the last lines of King Lear: “Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” As I struggle with Shakespeare’s advice, I don’t know whether I should speak what I feel or what I ought to say. I may do both. God was nowhere. God was neither on the planes nor in the Towers. God has nothing to do with September 11th. We do!!!! United States does! Maybe the right question to be asked then is: where were we? What did we do for this event to happen…