As we absorb the unfathomable heartbreak at Annunciation in Minneapolis, Minn., we turn to the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, lifting up in prayer those whose lives have been lost or forever changed. Turning to the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Blessed Mother of Sorrows, we ask for her intercession for those whose lives were so tragically taken and for her comfort of the grieving whose lives have been shattered. I invite all of the faithful of our Diocese of Paterson to spend some time in prayer today, particularly with the Holy Rosary, if possible, to lift up all victims of violence and for the healing of our nation whose peace has once again been broken at the end of a gun barrel. We send our sympathy to the broken-hearted in Minneapolis and our promise to continue our accompaniment of them in prayer.
