And they did not know the hidden counsels of God; neither did they count on a recompense for holiness nor discern the innocent souls’ reward. - Wisdom 2:22
One week ago today, in a senseless act of violence in Yemen, 16 people who were ministering to the needs of the elderly in a nursing home were murdered, including four religious sisters of the Missionaries of Charity. The news barely made a blip on the radars of our national news services, and their deaths, along with the hundreds of others who have been murdered for their faith in recent years, are the result of those who hate the very idea of the message of love that Jesus gave to us. But we cannot respond in hatred and violence, nor in despair. For in three weeks we will celebrate the sacrifice which occurred two thousand years ago on Good Friday where, in a similar act of violence, the Prince of Peace was murdered for his message of love and thereby opened the gates of heaven to all the innocent souls who seek the face of God. There is an Easter resurrection waiting for all those who believe, and the recompense for all those who love is eternal life.
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