CLOSURE

Everyone is trying to settle their mind

after the horrible tragedy last Friday.

The public looks to the professional

investigators to find the facts then

offer an explanation from which

Individuals will draw conclusions

and try to find 'closure'.

Meanwhile, priests and preachers

will attempt to console and encourage.

As I listened to President Obama at the

interfaith vigil, I thought about Mr Lanza

the elder. The father of the killer.

I had not heard any mention

of him in the reporting,

Questions began to flood my mind.

Is he still alive? If so what is he thinking?

If not alive what influence did he have on

his son?

Like all other aspects of this murder investigation

this family background 'angle' will perhaps

generate even more questions than answers.

One useful question for Fathers:

How could I PREVENT this 

form happening

in my family?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Transcript of President Obama's speech at the interfaith vigil in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 16 in honor of the victims of the shootings at Sandy Hill Elementary. Source: White House

Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, Governor. To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests — Scripture tells us: "...do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away...inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

"For we know that if the earthly 

tent we live in is destroyed, 

we have a building from God, 

an eternal house in heaven, 

not built by human hands."