Friday 26 June 2015
The brutal killings in France,
Tunisia and Kuwait today show the vulnerability of our humanity, not only in
those who died so needlessly and tragically, but also in those who were able to
murder so brutally, mercilessly and intentionally. Once again the world
witnesses the unnecessary claiming of innocent lives, a now far too familiar
yet wholly unacceptable occurrence in the 21st Century. These horrific events
indicate the increasing need for us all to continue to hold ourselves, as well
as others, accountable for what we as fellow humans perceive to be the sanctity
of human life because such intolerance, hatred and the objectification of
others stems from an inability to recognise that shared humanity.
We pray for those whose lives
have been taken, as well as for their families and communities, and for all
those who will continue to fear and be traumatised by these horrific events. In
the spirit of Christian forgiveness we also continue to pray, as we have in the
past, for the perpetrators of these heinous crimes, that they may one day look
upon those they have killed with a sense of remorse and grief, realising that
they have deprived their families of a vibrant and beautiful future with them.
May God grant us and the world
His peace, strength and healing, that incidents such as these may cease and
that, in the interim, we have the strength to continue to speak out and seek a
solution, and find an end, to such tragic and needless acts.
