Captic Priest's Message to Terrorists: Thank You, and We Love You

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see catholicphilly.com/2017/05/think-tank/commentaries/coptic-priests-message-to-terrorists-thank-you-and-we-love-you/

You gave us to die the same death as Christ — and this is the biggest honor we could have. Christ was crucified — and this is our faith. He died and was slaughtered — and this is our faith. You gave us, and you gave them to die.

I’m embarrassed to say at the beginning of Holy Week that the Church, though she is in pain, rejoices because today – I don’t know what the final count is; they said 40-something (died) and, of course, many people in the hospitals will catch up to them. All of these are crowns. They are rejoicing with God. And they will attend the Resurrection up there. And they are praying for us.

Pray that they know the God of love? Pray that they experience the love of God? Because if they knew that God is love and experienced his love, they could not do these things — never, never, never.

They are a wretched lot. And because they are wretched, we must pray for them. But when someone loves God, he won’t know except love.
 
It’s longer at the link. Lovely.

Pray for those suffering for their Faith, and for the conversion of those who persecute them!
 
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mdgspencer said:
see catholicphilly.com/2017/05/think-tank/commentaries/coptic-priests-message-to-terrorists-thank-you-and-we-love-you/

You gave us to die the same death as Christ — and this is the biggest honor we could have. Christ was crucified — and this is our faith. He died and was slaughtered — and this is our faith. You gave us, and you gave them to die.

I’m embarrassed to say at the beginning of Holy Week that the Church, though she is in pain, rejoices because today – I don’t know what the final count is; they said 40-something (died) and, of course, many people in the hospitals will catch up to them. All of these are crowns. They are rejoicing with God. And they will attend the Resurrection up there. And they are praying for us.

Pray that they know the God of love? Pray that they experience the love of God? Because if they knew that God is love and experienced his love, they could not do these things — never, never, never.

They are a wretched lot. And because they are wretched, we must pray for them. But when someone loves God, he won’t know except love.
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You are so right. Let us all pray of conversion and opening of hearts.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
 
Quite profound.

The depth of faith reminds me of a Amish Community in Lancaster, Pa. October of 2006 a man went into a one room school and killed 5 and wounded 5. The community’s response was quite a demonstration of love.

From the Wiki Page:
*On the day of the shooting, a grandfather of one of the murdered Amish girls was heard warning some young relatives not to hate the killer, saying, “We must not think evil of this man.” Another Amish father noted, "He had a mother and a wife and a soul and now he’s standing before a just God."Jack Meyer, a member of the Brethren community living near the Amish in Lancaster County, explained: “I don’t think there’s anybody here that wants to do anything but forgive and not only reach out to those who have suffered a loss in that way but to reach out to the family of the man who committed these acts.”

A Roberts family spokesman said an Amish neighbor comforted the Roberts family hours after the shooting and extended forgiveness to them. Amish community members visited and comforted Roberts’ widow, parents, and parents-in-law. One Amish man held Roberts’ sobbing father in his arms, reportedly for as long as an hour, to comfort him. The Amish have also set up a charitable fund for the family of the shooter. About 30 members of the Amish community attended Roberts’ funeral, and Marie Roberts, the widow of the killer, was one of the few outsiders invited to the funeral of one of the victims.*

I guess when the rubber meets the road, our choice is forgiveness or vengeance. Freedom or more woundedness.
 
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