When the news
broke Friday morning about a young man many say was a brilliant student but
remote, decided to go on a rampage killing twenty innocent children, the nation
stood in shock and disbelief.
Connecticut’s
Governor Dan Malloy rightly described the horror when he said, “Evil visited
this community today.”
Twenty-eight
people, including 20 schoolchildren, were killed in the shooting rampage at
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
I chose to
superimpose an image of Christ the Lord into the highly charged photograph of
two children standing at the wood’s edge near the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
I wanted my
readers to feel a sense of peace knowing that the Christchild, whose birth we
celebrate in a few days is ever-near to those in times of utter despair. It was He who said, “Suffer the little
children to come unto Me.”
It is my way
of showing my support for the people of Newtown. In this, your darkest hour, America is reaching out to the families and friends of those who were killed or injured.
