Norwegian Terror Attacks: Let's Stop Pontificating and Start Praying


 (photo by Jan Johannessen, AFP/Getty Images / July 23, 2011 )
Vi sørger med deg, Norge. (We grieve with thee, Norway.)
Kan dine barn hvile i fred. (May thy children rest in peace.)B
By Allison Salerno
If our family's experience over the last 10 years is any guide, I urge you to pray for Norway, the land of the midnight sun. They are suffering from the worst violence in their land since World War II. Stop pontificating. Pray for the souls of the departed, pray for their families, pray for those who survived these attacks too. Believe me, their lives will forever be altered by this violence.

I'm the wife of a man who narrowly escaped Tower One of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2011. He and his colleagues climbed down the stairs from the 68th floor within 11 minutes of the tower falling. We did not find our comfort in politicians or pundits or bloggers.

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  1. My prayers go out. What a tragedy. It's so hard to imagine that one man alone could have done all this. God bless the victums. May they be in God's heart.

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  2. I celebrated two Masses this morning here in BAcolod City, Philippines, each with a mainly young congregation. We prayed for all the victims at each Mass. May they rest in peace.

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  3. That is beautiful, Father Sean.

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