“The events of September 11th have taught me that men and women act heroically when they do what they are called to do. . . As we commemorate, let’s draw strength for our callings from the sacrifices of those men and women who were faithful to their callings. Let’s use their example to rethink the vocations to which God has called us. Let’s use their stories to hope for a better world — a world in which men and women do their work as a means of displaying love. Not all of us are called to enter burning buildings, but we are all called to do our work in a heroic fashion.”
John Fea, associate professor of American history and chair of the history department at Messiah College, author, and blogger, from “Why September 11th is About Vocation“