The LORD bless you and keep you!
The LORD let his face shine upon
you, and be gracious to you!
The LORD look upon you kindly and
give you peace!
Nm 6:22-27
At Mass tonight, Fr. Bob told us this reading reminded him of a practice in the French Canadian community of Central Falls in his early days as a priest where tradition was to visit your father on New Year's day to receive a blessing. People traveled through all kinds of nasty winter weather to keep the tradition.
I can't believe it's Christmas Eve and instead of
celebrating the joy of the season, we are mourning the loss of brave
firefighters ambushed in another senseless shooting in Webster, NY.
Violence is eating our country, and it must
be stopped. It's past time to demand that the entertainment and video game
industries stop glorifying violence. If they won't clean up
their own act, we citizens should press for congress to treat glorification of
violence in films, on TV, and in video games like child pornography. Do we need to make it a criminal offense to produce, promote, or possess mass murder as entertainment? I know that
sounds extreme, but are you willing to accept this ongoing massacre?
In this video, a group of Hollywood stars lecture about
responsibility to stop violence, but they lack the strength to look at
themselves, because they know where their bread and butter come from.
It would be amazing if the day after Christmas;
retailers were inundated with a reverse holiday rush of parents returning
unopened packages of violent video games like Assassin's Creed.
Share this if you agree it's time to demand a plan that starts with the entertainment industry.
