BATMAN ACTOR CHRISTIAN BALE VISITS AURORA COLORADO MOVIE THEATER VICTIMS AND MEMORIAL SITE............

On Tuesday, four days after the movie theater mass shooting at a midnight showing of, The "Dark Knight Rises", actor Christian Bale, wh stars in the title role as Batman, visited survivors, and medical staffers, in Aurora, Colorado expressing his personal concern for the twelve persons who were killed as well as the fifty eight wounded victims of the shooting.  An online outpouring of support calling for Bale's appearance in Colorado to visit those who were injured surfaced last Friday and came to fruition with Bale's appearance in Aurora, at medical centers and a makeshift memorial near the movie theater came without advance fanfare.  Dressed in a black tee shirt and jeans, he visited the wounded in hospital, which one of the shooting victims Carey Rothman, chronicled, posting two photographs with Bale on his Facebook page.  'The Dark Knight Rises" actor also made a surprise appearance at a medical staff luncheon shaking hands with the staff, expressing his thanks for their care of the shooting victims, and agreeing to be photographed with them.  The Swedish Medical Center's Assistant Vice President for Surgical Services, Janie Bowman Hayes remarked Christian Bale said, "He just wanted to come to thank all of us because he had been thinking of us.  He knows the whole world has been thinking about this.  He took it upon himself to come and thank us".  Bale also strolled among the 12 memorial crosses, for representing the dozen persons who died as a result of the shooting and was left alone by those gathered at the site as he paid his respects.  The actor's visit follows that of members of the Denver Broncos Football Team and President Obama, in the days following the attack.  Warner Brothers informed the Denver Post newspaper that Bale was there on his own behalf, not that of the movie studio.  In a written statement prior to his personal visit, Christian Bale said of the tragedy, "Words cannot express the horror that I feel.  I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them".  Hospital administrator Bowman-Hayes expressing the appreciation of the medical staffers for Bale's visit to Aurora said, "He did this out of his heart and you could really tell.  It was so sincere.  It was just thank you".  In the world of celebrity where ego and self promotion too often supersedes sincerity, it is reassuring to witness  a sincere act of one who chooses not to remain above the fray, but to join himself to those who were afflicted while enjoying the pleasure of his acting performance.  Christian Bale was transformed on Tuesday from the Dark Knight the actor,  into the Bright Light Knight, the humanitarian............Fr.  Troy