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A Nation Mourns: A Plea for Prayers After Madison School Tragedy · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Good morning. This is a special edition of Half-Faith Let It Begin.
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  Today is Tuesday, December 17th, 2024.
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  As many of you already know, yesterday there was another school shooting.
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  A 15-year-old female student, who has been identified, went into the Life Christian
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  School in Madison, Wisconsin, and took the lives of three people.
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  A teacher and a teenager student were killed Six other people were injured Two
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  students were in critical condition And a teacher and three other students Had
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  non-life-threatening injuries,
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  It is horrifying as a parent.
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  To hear this news What's worse is that when you turn on the TV Some news stations
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  are electing not to Talk about it I'm not going to sit here and become political,
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  but as a parent and as a person who does have the platform to have the freedom of speech,
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  I say we lift up these families in prayer.
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  There will be no formal introduction today and no professional outro to it today,
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  because today is not a day to promote our podcast.
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  You know what you're listening to, but we as Christians and as Catholics and
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  as those that believe in our Heavenly Father know that mourning a child's loss,
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  I can't even begin to think about that during the holiday season.
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  Having two children of my own and knowing that my wife will put my daughter
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  on a bus today to go to school every morning, I hope and pray that she is safe.
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  I am so upset and so angry with the way that we as a nation have not done everything
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  in our power to try to stop this from happening.
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  This morning, I'm asking each and every one of you for prayers,
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  for prayers of schools and colleges and universities all over the world.
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  We must come together. We must pray together.
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  We must lift up and ask our Heavenly Father to try to find the peace,
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  to try to find a way for this to stop.
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  Too many children, too many teachers, too many people are dying.
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  And we need this to stop. Let us pray. Heavenly Father,
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  at this time, we ask you, Lord, to be with friends and families as you open
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  the gates of heaven and allow these children and teachers and those that have
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  been killed in all these type of shootings,
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  we ask you, Lord, to protect them as they are no longer in pain.
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  Allow them to learn, to run, and to have smiles on their faces as they run around in heaven.
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  But Lord, here on earth, there are many people grieving. There are many people upset and angry.
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  We need your help, God. We seek your healing hands.
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  We know, Lord, there's a lot going on in this world. We know there's a lot of
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  people angry, upset, especially during this time of year.
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  But no parent, no parent should have to have a funeral during the days of the holidays.
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  It should not be done, especially at the hands of another child.
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  I've been doing this show for seven years, and I feel as if every once in a
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  while I have to do an episode about prayers for school shootings.
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  I don't want to do that anymore. Unfortunately, it's out of my control.
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  And most likely, we may have another episode like this again.
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  Let's hope and pray that that never happens.
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  And finally, we pray the words this morning that our Heavenly Father taught us.
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  Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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  Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our debts As we forgive our
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  debtors Lead us not into temptation Deliver us from evil For yours is the kingdom,
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  Power and glory forever and ever Amen It is my prayer To all of you out there That are struggling,
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  That are in need of conversations That are maybe suffering from depression,
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  I am asking all of you to know that you're not alone, that we're praying for
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  you, that we believe in you, that God believes in you, that God trusts you,
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  and that God is never going to leave your side.
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  May God be with you. May he shine his light upon each and every one of you and
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  grant all of you peace on earth.
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  And never forget, have faith, let it begin. We'll see you tomorrow.