My Heart Hurts

 On May 14th, 2022 a White Supremacist walked into a Tops Market in Buffalo, New York and opened fire.  Ten black Americans were killed. The shooter was captured.

On May 15th, 2022 a Chinese immigrant who hated Taiwanese people walked into a Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods and killed a Pastor. The shooter was captured.

Today, in Uvalde, Texas, an 18 year old man killed his grandmother and then ran into a nearby elementary school and started shooting.   The present count, as of this writing, is 18 people were killed, most of them students between 2nd and 4th grade. The shooter was killed by the police.

The usual BS from those who think they are clever about being anti life sprung up on Facebook right away.  "Oh that's right, Pro Life people only care about embryos".

The other stuff will start soon - today's shooter was Hispanic so pretty soon the anti-immigration stuff will begin.

Meanwhile, THIS pro life Catholic is sick.  She is sick and sad and angry and cannot get the images out of her mind of suffering people in Buffalo, Laguna Woods and Uvalde. My hands are shaking and my stomach hurts and I want to grab the people making stupid remarks on Social Media and shake them, physically SHAKE them and scream, "SHUT UP FOR ONCE".

But I can't.

What I have to do is turn to the God of my understanding and ask for forgiveness.  I ask for mercy on those who are going to turn this into a photo op, a meme to promote their political ideology or a chance to try and hurt someone in opposition to their beliefs.  Satan, your army is strong and fueled by these people.

My army is stronger.  We weep in Adoration Chapels and we pray quietly in our homes and we offer our prayers for the souls of those killed and their survivors.

And we are turning away from the two headed monster of American Politics because the two heads screaming at each other are really the same thing.

Don't count us out.  Don't think that because we do not choose to engage your stupidity on Facebook or Twitter means that somehow you have 'made your point' or 'won the debate'.

Meanwhile, go ahead....make your points....

I am going to ask God to help us.  We need it.