I offer these scripture
readings in memory of the 19 children and two teachers brutally massacred at
Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas this past Tuesday, May 24, and pray for
the day, O Lord, when children are no longer victims of senseless violence:
Matthew 2:16-18,
16 When Herod knew the magi had fooled him, he grew very angry. He sent soldiers to kill all the children in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding territory who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had learned from the magi. 17 This fulfilled the word spoken through Jeremiah the prophet: “18 A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and much grieving. Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were no more.”
The full text of this comes
from Jeremiah 31:15-17,
15 The LORD proclaims: A
voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and wailing. It’s Rachel crying for her
children; she refuses to be consoled, because her children are no more. 16 The
LORD proclaims: Keep your voice from crying and your eyes from weeping, because your endurance will be rewarded, declares the LORD. They will return
from the land of their enemy! 17 There’s hope for your future, declares the
LORD. Your children will return home!
Lord, haste the day
when the words of Jeremiah will come to pass!
Remember that God loves
you and I do, too.
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