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Eye on the World: Responding to the Connecticut shootings
Connecticut police say a gunman forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, killing 26 children and adults before turning his weapon on himself. The attack is the country’s second-deadliest school shooting.
In the wake of the assault has come a flow of heartwarming, prayerful support from across the globe, including candlelight vigils and support for the families affected by the tragedy. Stories of courage and loving care are now ringing through those school corridors, displacing, perhaps, at least some of the sorrow. And heartfelt singing fills the air in many established or hurriedly improvised places of worship:
“O longing hearts that wait on God
Through all the world so wide;
He knows the angels that you need,
And sends them to your side,
To comfort, guard and guide.
O wake and hear the angel-song
That bids all discord cease,
From pain and sorrow, doubt and fear,
It brings us sweet release;
And so our hearts find peace” (Violet Hay, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 9).
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