Local bishops lament loss of life in El Paso and Dayton, call for church to offer hope to disillusioned young people and end a "epidemic of hate and violence."
Anthony B. Thompson preaches about how he lived by Christianity’s enduring theme of forgiveness after Dylann Roof murdered his Thompson’s wife and eight other Christians.
“She is counting on all of us to pick up where she left off,” the Rev. Canon Mark Sims, rector of St. Mary Magdalene, said in his sermon at the funeral.
“Giver of Life and Love, you created all people as one family and called us to live together in peace. Surround us with your love as we face again the tragedy of gun violence.”
