This morning I lit this candle for a two year old boy, his dad, and their family. Yesterday evening in the piazza of San Lorenzo (Florence) I witness this dad grab his son and pound him brutally in the head and then forcefully pick him up as little boy kicked and screamed. I was aghast. In all my years, this is the most violent brutality I have ever personally witnessed.
No one did a thing to help; I felt helpless. But, thanks be to God, there is prayer. Anyone reading this, please pray for this family. God will hear each of us praying in our own way from wherever we are in the world. Let us be grateful that we can help in this way, and for the internet in sending this prayer request.
No one did a thing to help; I felt helpless. But, thanks be to God, there is prayer. Anyone reading this, please pray for this family. God will hear each of us praying in our own way from wherever we are in the world. Let us be grateful that we can help in this way, and for the internet in sending this prayer request.
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