The Week: An Evil Attack in Minneapolis

• We wish them a long marriage era.

• A disturbed and evil man killed two children in cold blood, ages eight and ten, and injured 18 more people on Wednesday morning. As of this writing, at least a dozen remain hospitalized. His targets were the students and parishioners of Annunciation Catholic school and church in Minneapolis—and while the students attended the first all-school Mass of the fall term. Police have identified the murderer—a 23-year-old man who petitioned the State of Minnesota to legally change his name in 2020 in accordance with his self-proclaimed gender identity. He turned his own weapons on himself in a final bout of homicide. As the transgender identity of the shooter became known, as if on cue, many Democrats and trans activists reacted with fury at anybody who pointed this out, belittling the faith of the Catholic students in the process. “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared. Frey then dismissed anyone offering “thoughts and prayers right now.” When they were attacked, Frey thundered, “these kids were literally praying.” Yes, they were, which is part of what makes this murderer’s crimes so horrific. In fact, the murderer’s video and written manifestos make clear that he targeted the Christian students specifically: “Where Is Your God?” he wrote sardonically in silver paint on one of his magazines. Frustrated by the roadblock that the U.S. Constitution and the American people pose to their anti-gun agenda, some Democrats have chosen to mock those who turn to prayer when confronted with unspeakable evil. Their dismissive attitude toward prayer is rooted in arrogance. In the immediate aftermath of a horrific event, prayer can address pain in a way that legislation, which at a minimum takes time to debate and pass, cannot. When people pray, they can find strength in the face of helplessness, wisdom at a time when nothing makes any sense, and comfort when the soul is being drawn into the abyss of grief. Prayer is efficacious and ennobling. It was not in vain that the Psalmist declared that the Lord “healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”

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• We wish them a long marriage era.

• A disturbed and evil man killed two children in cold blood, ages eight and ten, and injured 18 more people on Wednesday morning. As of this writing, at least a dozen remain hospitalized. His targets were the students and parishioners of Annunciation Catholic school and church in Minneapolis—and while the students attended the first all-school Mass of the fall term. Police have identified the murderer—a 23-year-old man who petitioned the State of Minnesota to legally change his name in 2020 in accordance with his self-proclaimed gender identity. He turned his own weapons on himself in a final bout of homicide. As the transgender identity of the shooter became known, as if on cue, many Democrats and trans activists reacted with fury at anybody who pointed this out, belittling the faith of the Catholic students in the process. “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared. Frey then dismissed anyone offering “thoughts and prayers right now.” When they were attacked, Frey thundered, “these kids were literally praying.” Yes, they were, which is part of what makes this murderer’s crimes so horrific. In fact, the murderer’s video and written manifestos make clear that he targeted the Christian students specifically: “Where Is Your God?” he wrote sardonically in silver paint on one of his magazines. Frustrated by the roadblock that the U.S. Constitution and the American people pose to their anti-gun agenda, some Democrats have chosen to mock those who turn to prayer when confronted with unspeakable evil. Their dismissive attitude toward prayer is rooted in arrogance. In the immediate aftermath of a horrific event, prayer can address pain in a way that legislation, which at a minimum takes time to debate and pass, cannot. When people pray, they can find strength in the face of helplessness, wisdom at a time when nothing makes any sense, and comfort when the soul is being drawn into the abyss of grief. Prayer is efficacious and ennobling. It was not in vain that the Psalmist declared that the Lord “healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”