Help us reach out to victims of violence So that our enduring love may help them heal. So that violence will be no more. Believe me, there are no amounts of retaliatory acts that will compensate for the loss of my little girl or restore her to my arms. Even to say that the death of one malfunctioning person is going to be retribution is an insult to her immeasurable worth to me. An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.
Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.
Morality is never upheld by legalized murder. We have heard God's call in the dark of a night filled with hatred, fear and revenge. We have heard the cry of the families of victims of senseless crimes for healing, for wholeness, for an end to the bloodshed. Let us now respond to these cries and to God's call to be instruments of healing and love, instruments of true justice. Let us respond in prayer and in deed.