Another two dozen martyrs. It matters not what the motivation was of the killer. More people gunned down at worship. I expect there now be armed people in most services across the USA.

At least 26 people were killed in Sunday’s church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a press conference.

Many others were wounded, said Freeman Martin, a regional director with the Texas Department of Public Safety, with victims ranging in age from 5 to 72 years old.
Among the dead is the 14-year-old daughter of the First Baptist Church’s pastor, Frank Pomeroy, according to his wife, Sherri Pomeroy, the girl’s mother. The couple were traveling out of state when the shooting occurred.
Authorities have not said what may have motivated the suspected shooter, who was later found dead in his vehicle.

There is a message in this narrative: that none of us are safe: that terror will be exported from the cities to rural, quiet areas where everyone knows each other. Even to Texas.

This will not end well.

UPDATE

Mundabor writes well on this: I am quoting the spiritual and practical things and not the issue he did raise which is local — about the second amendment. Such things do not exist where I live.

The shocking news from Texas ,prompt me to some short considerations, Please pray for the victims and, if you find it in yourself, for the soul of the bastard (little hope on that one, though).

The first one is that assaulting churches will become more common in years to come. As the US polarises between believers and heathens and the conflicts come to a head (abortion, perversion, Christian symbols and prayers in public), it is reasonable to expect more violence. Europe is not excluded, as the case of Father Hamel last year abundantly proves.

The second one is: why no one was armed inside that church? In a State like Texas one would expect that the citizen exercise their right to self-defence. No armed churchgoer meant the man could mow down people at will, from 5 to 72 years old. It needs a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun.

The third is that the devil roams around, seeking whom he may devour. The assassin was a bible study teacher, or anyway involved in a church, himself. This should be a warning to all of us, that the devil is constantly at work to snatch our souls.

Pray for those who are grieving. and set up plans to protect our brothers and sisters.