God, who loves us so much, respects our free will which g ives us human dignity. We would be pre-determined and controlled by natural instincts. With a free will we can choose to love and praise God, we can choose to do good and to alleviate pain and suffering. However, with ou r free will we can choose to ignore God and do evil, to inflict pain and cause violence. Some human lives are marked with a high degree of goodness through the choices they make.
Many lives are a mixture of goodness and periodic bad choices.
Others are more dominated by the evil decisions than good ones. In all human choices, God respects the free will he has given to every person. Unfortunately, terrorist attacks, like other forms of violence, violates human dignity and inflict enormous pain and suffering on its victims. While we pray for all the victims and their families, we also pray for our wounded nation, the president and national leaders. May the wisdom of God guide their decisions as plans are formulated to protect the nation from further terrorist attacks.