I have no words of my own, as my heart is still too full to speak, but I echo Jennifer’s:
So I don’t understand, but I will hope right along with you. I will have faith, the same faith I’ve always had, not a new one brought about by this one human man. I will teach my children to pray. I will teach my children to cherish and protect the newest of lives and those that are not so new, but just as precious. I will teach them to conserve, starting with our own backyard and our own consumption. I will educate my children. I will teach them to love one another [snip]. My family and I will financially support those in the world who live in poverty, just as we always have.
My husband insists on maintaining hope. I took my 4 little ones to Mass this morning and before the homily Msgr led a prayer for the new president Obama. The gospel was about taking up our cross. My heart is broken. But I am grateful for your example -to talk with our children, to continue to teach them, to fall crying on our knees and pray.