Reports this afternoon of multiple, likely coordinated, brutal and senseless terrorist attacks in Paris—with The Guardian and Reuters reporting up to 158 dead so far—have rocked the world, especially in light of recent unprecedented numbers of mostly Muslim Syrian populations imigrating en masse to Germany (officially inviting 800,000) and other European nations—an immigration influx that President Obama recently extended to the United States (declaring doors open for more than 200,000 Syrian, Muslim immigrants before the end of the year). Senseless. See first-hand accounts and links at the end of this article…
May we all pray especially and mightily for the victims—dead, wounded, scarred and scared, their families, and as difficult as it is, even for the diabolically driven terrorists. Remember with hope October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, that comemorates the date in history when—only thanks to the intense praying of the Rosary by all of Christendom—Christendom’s tired, worn-out-from-previous-battles and mightly out-numbered naval fleet soundly defeated Islam’s (at the time via the Ottomon Empire) robust, fresh, enormous fleet in the famous Battle of Lepanto. The Pope at the time ordered all of Christendom to gather in town squares and churches and pray the Rosary for Christian victory. Even on the decks of the naval ships, the men knelt down and prayed the Rosary before engaging in battle. You know the rest of the historic battle — a cloud descended on the water, the image of Our Lady holding her Rosary was seen by many, and in the ensuing confusion the Islamic forces shot each other’s ships and eventually retreated. This was one of the decisive battles in defeating Islam’s attempt to capture and convert Catholic Europe (and up to this point they had made tremendous progress). The Islam radicals never forgot it. Bottom line: Let’s seriously increase our praying, immediately.
Links to first-hand accounts of the Paris attacks, news, images, and more:
The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11995227/Paris-shooting-Many-feared-dead-live.html
The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/13/shootings-reported-in-eastern-paris-live
BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/paris-shooting/