I cannot explain the madness that took place on Tuesday, for what we saw with our own eyes was the face of evil. And evil cannot logically be explained because as those of you who are steeped in the philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas know evil, malum, is nil, it is nothing since God is existence itself. God told Moses, "I Am Who Am". Thus, evil would be nonbeing, nothingness; and to confront nothingness is to come face to face with unspeakable horror. We can, however, understand how people would be compelled to murder with enthusiasm so many people. A terrorist is not born, terrorists are made with every conscious decision they make every day to hate, to choose death rather than life.
St. John in his first epistle answers the common question 'how can anyone do something like that?' He says that anyone who hates his brother is in darkness, he walks in darkness and he has no idea where he is going because the darkness has made him blind...We are speaking of an enormity of hate and evil here for these were evil acts. But evil is not something, evil is someone, Satan. St. Paul warns us in his letter to the Ephesians, "We are not contending against flesh and blood, brothers, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of the present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness." Satan has best been described by a mystic. She said "He in whom there is no love. He in whom there is no love at all, not a drop of love, he in whom there is absolute hate, darkness, nothing." Scripture calls him the Father of lies, he is the cause of division, hate, rebellion.
God bless the family and friends of those who died this day 7 years ago. And may God bless our country during this election year!
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