Three years later, and I think it’s more real to me, more tragic, more sad, than it was when it first happened. Then, I couldn’t believe it, couldn’t really take it in. Now I know that over 3000 people died on September 11, 2001 so that Islamic terrorists could make some sort of statement about how much they hate the West and all it stands for. Now I know that the evil people who did this thing aren’t through, that they are still killing people in Iraq, in Spain, in Bali, in the Philippines, in Russia. Now I know that they are willing to kill children, even babies, just to instill terror in anyone who opposes them. May the Lord of all things deliver us from evil now and forever. Amen.