Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!
Sometimes run-ins like this with the world are orchestrated by God to show that His church won’t blink in the face of oppression. The kind of violence perpetrated by ISIS is a sign of an empty mind filled with the devil. A life filled with Christ is so different. And while we are aghast at the oppression, God has a plan in motion. Martyrdom is a way of showing how much, and in what way, Christ matters.
This profoundly sad and horrible news brings to mind the furtively secret way the first Christians had to hide and worship in the catacombs. Unfortunately, it looks like we've come full circle, only, today, that "Islamic State" bunch of nutbags have much more advanced technical ways of searching out and finding people they are looking for.
We need a miracle...