Please keep the families of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and all the other people shot and/or killed in Tucson in your prayers.
This weekend there was much discussion of the events that occurred on Saturday in Arizona. The shootings, the killings were surprising and yet because our society is so violent not so surprising. There was a calm acceptance. The political landscape is filled with the nastiest, meanest verbal attacks on individuals and policies. American politics is no longer civil, intellectual, or expansive. In many ways the political language has been reduced to the language of the bootleggers and racketeers. The American people are now seen as a commodity, to be bought, sold, discarded as needed.
Our society is divided about how it feels about our individual lives. Life is no longer cherished. Revenge and selfishness are important. We no longer respect life. What we present in our movies, plays, television shows, books can influence people! What we legally allow under the law can influence people.
Our society is violent, anti-authority. It is shrill, selfish, greedy, anxious. Consumerism is more important than spirituality, more important than loving and serving God. Our society is filled with neon lights and all types of artificial noise. We are a people on the edge, a people on the verge. Sometimes we are able to rise up and do the right thing, serve God, share love, hope, mercy with our fellow man. Others we sink down, harm ourselves, harm others.
Each time there is a violent death we should be awakened, be concerned about the true state of our country. We no longer live in a peaceful society. We live in a society and world on the verge of war, on the edge of destruction. All it takes is one person.
We must remember to power and beauty of prayer. We must remember God’s love and sacrifice. We must remember to serve God each and every day of our lives. We must strive to be loving, loyal servants of God.
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