Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Making Sense of the Senseless


Fr. James Martin, S.J. published a heartfelt reflection on the tragic school shooting in Newtown last week.  He writes,

Jesus understands what sorrow is. Jesus understands pain. Jesus, I believe, weeps with us. Our God is not an intellectual abstraction or a philosophical theory, ours is a God who has lived a human life. This helps me during times of sadness. Jesus is with us in our pain, not standing far off.

 “The God who weeps with us also promises us eternal life,” Fr. Martin wrote. Let us remember this as we continue to pray for the children, their families, and the gunman himself. 

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