Denver bishop urges hope at vigil for shooting victims
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Bishop James D. Conley of Denver delivered the invocation at a non-denominational Sunday evening vigil for the victims of the Aurora theater shooting, telling attendees to ask God for hope amid the “darkness” of the crime.
“All of us in this local community were affected by what happened here on Friday – and we will never be the same,” he said July 22.
Bishop Conley, the auxiliary bishop of the Denver archdiocese, encouraged the crowd to remember that human lives are “precious in God’s sight.”
“Let us glorify God in our love for one another. Let us glorify God by responding to all violence with peace and to all evil with love,” he said in his introductory remarks.
The vigil drew thousands of people to the Aurora Municipal Center who mourned the 12 killed in the shooting early July 20. Another 58 people were wounded in the attack and the resulting chaos.
Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan spoke at the event, as did several religious leaders, the Denver Post reports.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper read each of the names of those who died.
The crowd responded to each name by shouting “We will remember.” [More]
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And I am 100% against guns for our society.i really believe we should furn the other cheek.
Tony — if they don’t let law-abiding citizens have guns, the only people who will have them will be the criminals. Could you imagine a criminal who wants to get a gun to commit a crime saying, “Well, I’d like to buy a gun, but they’re illegal, and I don’t want to break the law”? Not going to happen. Plus, the second amendment gives citizens some protection against government tyranny — and we are basically virtually there right now.
And Tony, that Scripture verse was not meant literally. There are several instances in Scripture where Jesus Himself did not turn the other cheek. At Matthew 10:16, Jesus commanded us to not be naive — there most definitely are “wolves” out there.
The bishop ought to call for his people to put down their Guns as the early Christians did..
No more guns, guns never again.
In Heaven, Tony, there are no guns. Until then, the founders of our country rightly made this the SECOND amendment to our founding documents — and the states would not join the union until this and nine other amendments were made. The founders did not trust a large federal government, and we can see the wisdom in that, given the current near-fascist state in which we now live. I do not own a gun, but I am 100% in favor of gun ownership.