OUR HOPE AND PEACE IS UNDER PRESSURE, EVEN AS THE ADVENT OF THE LORD ASSURES AND CONSOLES US............

As the people of Newtown, Connecticut USA; contend with the grief and shock, of the senseless deaths of 20 school children, ages 6, and 7, years old; and 6 adults, who were their teachers; we as Americans, along with other citizens of the World, are also greatly saddened and sorrowful, that such a tragedy has again taken place devastating the lives and families of innocent victims of a deranged killer.  Our words and feelings cannot suffice to express the depth of bereavement being endured at this unnecessary, wanton, taking of lives and the aftermath its devastation has caused.  But we can and must care enough to stand in solidarity and support, of the parents, family members, neighbors, and friends, in that New England town and do what we are able to, in order to be spiritually present to them in prayer, remembrance, and vigil.  As believers in the Advent of the Lord, whose three-fold Coming brings Hope and Peace, into our fractured and fallen World, we can be sustained and offer sustenance to the grieved; with Faith that the Light of Christ, the Messiah of God's People, leads to the Eternal embrace of the Heavenly Father for the Righteous.  Strengthened with the Hope and Peace the Lord's Advent provides us, may the loved ones of these twenty six innocent victims experience the assurance of sustenance and support, from us and all God Loving People everywhere now and going forward............Fr.  Troy