Sister,
in light of the senseless killing of innocent little ones in
CT...perhaps you might write a little about the Holy Innocents?
As our President so aptly stated, "Our hearts are broken."
The Holy Innocents, who gave their lives while Jesus escaped because an angel came to his stepfather in a dream and told Joseph to flee with his family.
Of all the thoughts and tears we've had since this horrific event, the Holy Innocents did not spring to mind for me. But when asked to talk about this incident in the light of some long ago babies that no angels warned, I think about the soldiers who committed the act.
Why did no one say, "No." ? Evil does not exist on its own. It needs perpetrators. Now we have to search our own souls. Do we hold the sword?
We do.
As the discussion goes forward about gun laws and people with enormous and dangerous mental problems, we pray for the souls of both the innocents and the killers, for the sweet angels whose lives were taken and for the tortured soul that took them.
Those children are saints in Heaven now. We pray for the soul of the gunman's mother and for the young man that was her son.
And we pray that everyone will put down their swords.
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Very well said Sister:) I have a question in regards to Christian burial of the deceased. Upon showing my Protestant Grandmother a picture of a crypt Church where all the deceased (nuns) were buried in vaults above ground, with their feet still facing East, she asked, "So they're not buried underground?" I didn't find anything in Church history that specifically says we have to be buried underground, so I'm wondering where she, and our separated brethren, got this conviction that we should only be buried underground? Your response is much appreciated! :)
Dear Sister,
Ive just been fired from my job and feeling extremely low. We need some stability in our lives and for the past couple years my husband and I have strived so hard to make a better life for ourselves, and yet we seem to be met with disaster and upheavals. Im just tired of having to fight every single step of the way, wondering if there will be food to eat this month, where we will find the money for this medication and that one (my health is not good). I just dont know what to do anymore. We need help, and I pray so hard to be able to accept whatever His will be, but Im just at the end of my rope. I know we should just be thankful were alive and breathing, but its hard to look at the sky when it feels like there is a heavy boot crushing you. Who could I pray to?
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