Making sense of the slaughter in Paris

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The U.S. Administration’s response to the Moslem terrorists’ atrocity in Paris, France, has been as bizarre as the ‘guidelines’ it imposed on official speakers at gatherings marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001.

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Saint Sebastian

O God, fill us with that spirit of courage which gave thy martyr Sebastian strength to offer his life in faithful witness; and help us to learn from him to cherish thy law and to obey thee rather than men; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the . . . → Read More: Saint Sebastian

Saint Fabian, Bishop of Rome and Martyr

We beseech thee, O Lord, to grant us after the example of Saint Fabian, thy martyr, constancy in thy faith and truth; that, being grounded in divine love, we may be moved from its perfection by no temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Or this:

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