Prayers and Sympathy
My prayers for Cardinal Law and the people of Boston, and my heartfelt sympathy and prayers to all of those who today have felt they lost a father and leader. God's will in accomplished even in the difficult things and this trial has reached one end. My prayers that it is soon laid to rest and God will turn all mourning into joy. I pray also for all who rejoice at what might be viewed as calamitous, may God be with you all and help you to help your wounded brothers and sisters recover from this trial. May God's peace be with all and may the comfort of the Child who is to come from the Virgin's womb blanket all in peace, serenity, and love.
Advent is a penitential season and events of the day have given us much to think about and cause for close examination of ourselves and our reactions. May God be your help in this labor.
"For behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy which shall be to all peoples, for unto us is born this day in the city of David a savior which is Christ the Lord."
