Naming God in all things.

This time the victims themselves are not having it. From the moment the first shots rang out, they captured the horror and broadcast it, forced the nation to confront it and talk about it.

May we repent as we worship at the altar of the gun, even to the point of sacrificing our own children.

“With God’s help, we can remain strong and resolute to resist evil in all its manifestations.”

Cardinal DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Christians experience the pain of the family and friends of the victims "as if it were our own."

After the mass shooting at First Baptist Church, the town turned to the only other civic institution here capable of handling it all — another Baptist church.