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JMJ

26 persons, mostly children killed in elementary school shooting this morning! Please pray for all!

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Peace.. Mary Jo
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles (Isiah 40:32)

Through streaming tears, my prayers are going up!

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In Christ,

Jim B

I will consider your position if stated with firm, well-thought-out, quiet reasoning. Hateful diatribe, ad hominem attacks and shouted rhetoric don't impress.

I'm watching the news right now. Lord, have mercy. (And the shooter seems to be a mere kid himself - 20 years old.) Yes, I'm praying for all involved.

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Pax et bonum,
Marie

JMJ

Terrible. Praying for all the families involved.

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Bob C

Praying!!!!!

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Craig Smith

Praying - Joe K.

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- Joe Kelley

Death is only a shadow across the path to Heaven.

..praying.


Mary

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"Those who encounter the Risen Jesus
and entrust themselves docilely to him have nothing to fear.
This is the message that Christians are called to spread
to the very ends of the earth." Benedict XVI

....praying for all.

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Andrew McAllister

Respect for the dignity of every innocent human being from conception/fertilization, without exception, without compromise, without apology.

I didn't hear about it until a couple hours ago and like Jim, I've been crying and praying. I understand there is one murderer still out there. Praying for his capture though I certainly won't feel bad if he's dead. Maybe that's wrong but if an evil man dies, I'm not upset.

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Valerie Garcia
vals1990@yahoo.com

"Listen, O my son, to the precepts of thy master, and incline the ear of thy heart, and cheerfully receive and faithfully execute the admonitions of thy loving Father, that by the toil of obedience thou mayest return to Him ....." St. Benedict

Lord, have mercy.

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Rebecca

My prayers for all affected by this tragedy. God bless.

Sophie

I found the headline in the New York Times interesting '

Planned Parenthood for one. Wonder how many babies died in abortions in Connecticut yesterday went unnoticed yesterday?

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- Joe Kelley

Death is only a shadow across the path to Heaven.

Mary Jo,

Totally stunned!

When I awake on Christmas morning my first thoughts will be for those 20 children who will not wake up that morning and open their presents. For their parents and Grandparents who will suffer so much on that day.
For the families of all of the victims.

I shall pray for them all! Also for the future of the School and Community.

God bless you

Graham

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Be joyful always; Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians verses 16-18

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This unfortunate incident has all the earmarks of demon involvement. The word heinous does not even do it justice. This deranged individual was motivated to inflict as much suffering on as many as he could and this is a sign that goes beyond mental illness. This was the darkest evil at work here. I have seen evidence of this before with anger being used to cause much harm. False pride and anger are great tools for heinous crimes like this. I am not guessing, I know. I have the discernment.

Of course we can pray for the victims and their families but could we have prayed to prevent this? A prayer might be thought of to be directed to bind satan to possible future incidents like this. I believe that this would be a worthwhile endeavor for prayer intentions. I am not saying that prayers aren't effective for all concerned after the fact, but perhaps they may be more effective to prevent and thwart this evil from happening again. Of course the world is sick morally and wicked in many ways but we are like Knights of Prayer. We cannot feel helpless or that the situation is hopeless. We become numb at this type of news to insulate ourselves from the very harsh realities of the times we live in. This is a natural defense that we use. However, we must not forget our responsibility to pray on a daily basis to prevent this from ever happening again. I believe that prayer and penance can do this. Just like 911 we must never forget to offer a prayer to bind demons from this horrible and disgusting action.

As Francis said in his peace prayer. "Make me a channel of your peace." I am quite sure that there are some who say the antithesis of this prayer. Please, help break the mounting evil energy which brings about this type of behavior that goes beyond sick. Just as we say the prayer "Lead all souls to Heaven......" after each decade of the Rosary cannot we say something like,

"Lord please bind satan and his army of demons who seek the ruin of souls and promote the most heinous of crimes against humanity. Protect all our children everywhere from the evil which lurks seeking to devour innocence and goodness, God we beg thee through the precious blood of thy holy Son, Jesus."

How many will accept this apostolate? How many will forget or give in to the temptation to not offer a prayer like this? Of course a prayer like this will inflict much suffering upon demons and they will do whatever they can to get one to not say a prayer such as this. How many will dismiss this as another "do gooder's dream"? What are the consequences of NOT adding a prayer like this? Remember Sandy Hook Connecticut. Picture your children in that classroom of martyrs. Is that motivation enough? May God Bless all who read this.

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Pax et Bonum


Schultzz

I love the prayers. Please don't forget to ask yourself what can you do to help stop the problem. I talked to a lady that prays all the time but what effort does she make to change things? She said that she thinks that all she has to do is pray and worry about her own... that was her reasoning for not voting. Let your passion for prayer light a fire in your heart to do something.

God bless.

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Tiffany
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let us love one another.
For this is love, that we walk according to his commandments;
this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning,
in which you should walk.
2 Jn 4-9

Schultzz, I completely agree with you. It was pure evil at work!

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God bless,
Perry
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