Dave Griffey at Daffey Thoughts gives us this ghastly news:
Pray for the victims of the supermarket shooting
Most likely have heard now of the shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. So far 10 have died, and many others are wounded. Pray for them especially. Pray for the poor victims. Pray for their loved ones who will be left to deal with this unimaginable tragedy. It’s impossible to think what they are going through. May God cover their hearts and minds with the peace that only He can give.
Also pray for the retaliation. We all know the drill. It appears this was a white man with racially motivated reasoning for the shooting. Therefore we’re going to see more backlash against America and its past, the whole of the Western tradition, and all non-progressive whites. Those who challenge liberal narratives will be lumped in with white racists and nationalists, who will be tied to this shooter no matter what.
Evil begets evil. Again, we know the drill. Normally I try to keep prayers for such tragedies on the victims. Sadly, the victims will be used and exploited in weeks to come – for this will be dwelt upon for weeks to come, unless the initial narrative turns out to be wrong – and it will be done for reasons far removed from anything virtuous.
God bless the victims and their families, and God bless those who will be linked to this.
Go here to comment. Pray for the repose of the souls of the murdered and their families who are dealing with the worst pain imaginable.
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.
So much pain and so much sorrow in this Vale of Tears, and so much of it Man inflicts upon himself.
“It is not the gun that kills…it is the hard heart that kills”–from movie Full Metal Jacket.
This boy who chose to do this evil was 18 years old. What so hardened this young heart that he should do such a thing? Yes, he was probably insane, but consider this: as a law-abiding black man, I’m over 100 times more likely to be killed by a lawless black man, than by anyone white–police or otherwise. You know why? What do you think young men—black and white – LEARN when they see their mothers, sisters, girlfriends kill their unborn brothers/sisters, nephews/nieces, sons & daughters? They hear “human life is NOT sacred, but cheap and exists for my convenience, and if she’s not convenient, it’s ok to remove her by any means necessary, including killing”. So black boys do drive-bys to protect their drug corners or gain street cred, and white boys shoot up schools where they’re being bullied. Why NOT, if I’m being inconvenienced?! Everyone who promotes abortion are complicit in these killings! You never heard of kids shooting up their fellow students in schools before the 70s. When Martin Luther King Jr spoke about work black people had to do on themselves he cited the fact that in the 1950s blacks committed 35% of the murders in the US, despite being only 10% of the population. Now it’s over 50%, at 13% of the population. Despite the MANY things that have gotten better for black people, the state of things in that respect, has gotten worse—because abortion clinics in the black community and the high abortion rate among blacks HAS ENCOURAGED young black men to view human life as existing for his convenience. The death culture promoted and encouraged by “Shout your abortion” and “Abortion on demand and without apology” teaches that “human life is not sacred, and not even distinguishable from animal life” (which I had a counter-protester at the annual March for Life tell me, and commenters in comboxes like this write at me!)