http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/12/health/mentally-ill-son/
When will take GUN violence seriously?
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/08/the-real-tragedy-of-americas-gun-violence/
I agree with this statement:
The question we should really be focused on is not the specific cause of a single shooting, but why there are so many of them in America. To remind you, in recent years there have been around 10,000 gun homicides a year in the United States. According to the United States, in Germany and Canada, there were fewer than 200. In Spain, fewer than 100. In Australia fewer than 50.
From Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori
Gracious God, you walk with us through the valley of the shadow of death. We pray that the suffering and terrorized be surrounded by the incarnate presence of the crucified and risen one. May every human being be reminded of the precious gift of life you entered to share with us. May our hearts be pierced with compassion for those who suffer, and for those who have inflicted this violence, for your love is the only healing balm we know. May the dead be received into your enfolding arms, and may your friends show the grieving they are not alone as they walk this vale of tears. All this we pray in the name of the one who walked the road to Calvary. Amen.
From the Book of Common Prayer, pg. 831, Prayer 55
O merciful Father, who has taught us in your holy Word that you do not willingly afflict or grieve those who suffer: Look with pity upon the sorrows of your servant for whom our prayers are offered. Remember them, O Lord, in mercy; nourish their souls with patience, comfort them with a sense of your goodness, lift up your countenance upon them and give them peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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