Saint of 9/11
Have you ever heard of Fr. Mychal Judge? I hadn’t until I watched “The Saint of 9/11” on Hulu. He was a Franciscan Priest who died with those at the Twin Towers. Click on the image below to watch the documentary in Hulu (US Only).
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Have you ever heard of Fr. Mychal Judge? I hadn’t until I watched “The Saint of 9/11” on Hulu. He was a Franciscan Priest who died with those at the Twin Towers. Click on the image below to watch the documentary in Hulu (US Only).
Since I am in the UK, I cannot see the Hulu video. But hopefully it will tell you that there were some problematic aspects to his life as a priest. Saint is probably not appropriate for him, the way that term is commonly used at least. However we can certainly hope that the manner of his death more than atoned for the less ideal parts of his life, something we might all hope for ourselves!
Pax.
Even before his heroic death on 9/11, many considered Mychal Judge to be a living saint for his extraordinary compassion and deep spirituality.
“Mychal had no use for physical things. Give him a cashmere sweater, and it would end up on the back of a homeless person. But go to him with a troubled soul, and he would listen intently for as long as it took.” (Steven McDonald)
While praying, Mychal would sometimes “become so lost in God, as if lost in a trance, that he’d be shocked to find several hours had passed” (Michael Daly). “He achieved an extraordinary degree of union with the divine. We knew we were dealing with someone directly in line with God.” (Fr. John McNeill)
You may also want to visit the “Saint Mychal Judge” website by googling it up: top link