Dear Editor: When I heard about the mass shootings in the Tree of Life Synagogue in the city of Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Saturday, October 27, 2018, my first reaction was to pray to God for mercy on their souls and to pray to Our Lady of Sorrows for her loving grace and consolation for all the families affected by this violence.

The Jewish congregation were at prayer in the Temple at a baby-naming ceremony when they suddenly lost their lives or were injured. Recall that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were Jewish as were St. Paul and many of our first martyrs, as well as many of our more recent martyrs. We, Christians, honor Abraham as our father in faith.

There is but One God who, as children of the Living God, we praise, adore and love with all our hearts and souls.

Let us, as Christians, unite in prayer to the Father of All People, for the grace to love, support, defend and console all our Jewish brothers and sisters, as well as all our brothers and sisters of all faiths, not only in time of sorrow, but at all times and in all ways.

DOROTHY KENNA

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