Advent Sunday: Kyrie, Then Death

Several dozen students in the Islamic City of Marawi were allowed to start their First Sunday of Advent Mass in a university gymnasium.

Then, when they got to the "Lord, have mercy" part, a bomb went off.

Four of them died. Many — I've seen both 42 and 72 reported — were injured.

I'll talk about that, along with whatever else comes to mind. I've been running a fever, so this week's post may be — interesting.

Well, of course. It's supposed to be interesting. But — you get the idea. I hope.

• Mass in a Gymnasium
• Rebuilding: Eventually
• Prayer and Neighbors
• An Abrahamic Aside
  • Under the Circumstances….
• Getting a Grip — or — Seeing Humanity as “Us”, not “Me” and “Them”
  • The Mystery of the Missing Domain — and Something Serious

More at A Catholic Citizen in America.

(An Advent mass interrupted by a bomb. Rebuilding a city with several names. Priorities, prayer and neighbors. An Abrahamic aside and an unwell week.)