“It is a persistent evil to persecute a man who belongs to the grace of God.
It is a calamity without remedy to hate the happy.”
Saint Cyprian of Carthage
NEGOMBO, SRI LANKA – APRIL 21: Officials inspect the damaged St. Sebastian’s Church after multiple
explosions targeting churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019, in Negombo,
north of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
At least 207 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded in multiple blasts that hit eight
different locations — including churches where Christians were marking Easter Sunday —
and 5-star hotels in commercial capital Colombo.
(Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
It never makes sense.
And it only seems more painful, ever more cruel, that it should happen on a day of worship.
That it happens in a house of worship.
That it happens particularly on Easter…
Aren’t those no go zones?
No go days?
No go places?
Safe zones from human savagery and cruelty?
But we know better.
We know that predation has happened in such places.
We know heinous things have happened in such places.
Tornados have happened in such places.
Priests have had their throats slit while conducting mass in such places
And so yesterday, Easter Sunday 2019, was not to be exempt.
6 coordinated explosions ripped through three churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.
Before day’s end, 8 explosions in all would rock the small island nation off
the coast of India, leaving 207 dead and upwards of 450 injured.
Terrorism.
Again.
Against churches.
Against Christians.
Against innocent folks…folks just like you and me.
We never know.
Evil is persistent.
But our God is eternal.
For our Redeemer remains unchanged…and He lives both today and tomorrow.
Our faith will not be deterred.
And so we lift our prayers in unity for our hurting brothers and sisters…
we pray for healing, comfort, peace, protection, Grace, and Mercy…
Hear our prayers oh Lord…
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