Good luck with that!
I've got nine from SC that could have made that claim; too!
Then there are the folks in Hebrews ...
Chapter 11:33-40
33 Who by faith conquered kingdoms, wrought justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered strength from weakness, became valiant in battle, put to flight the armies of foreigners:
35 Women received their dead raised to life again. But others were racked, not accepting deliverance, that they might find a better resurrection.
36 And others had trial of mockeries and stripes, moreover also of bands and prisons.
37 They were stoned, they were cut asunder, they were tempted, they were put to death by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being in want, distressed, afflicted:
38 Of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, in mountains, and in dens, and in caves of the earth.
39 And all these being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise;
40 God providing some better thing for us, that they should not be perfected without us.
The monks are taking the Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego approach. Leaving matters in God's Hands. Surrendering to His Will no matter the results. I commend them for doing so, and pray for them.
It all depends on what you’re protected FROM.
This earthly life is going to be over some day anyway and while there are ways I would prefer to die and to prefer not to die, ultimately, while my body may perish, my soul is safe forever and once I’m dead, nothing can ever hurt me again.
A lot of people are wondering where God was when those people got killed in that SC church and He was right there, turning what the enemy meant for evil into good.