Fr. Hamel ordered, “Begone, Satan!” as his killers attacked

http://aleteia.org ^ | 08/03/2016 | N/A

[heterosupremacist]

The priest, Jacques Hamel has no more to fear God. He presents himself, now, with his righteous works. Of course, we are not the judges of the heart of our brother, but so many testimonials cannot be wrong: Father Jacques Hamel had a simple heart. He was the same whether with his family, with his brother and sisters, with his nieces and nephews, in the middle of the city with his neighbors, and in his community with the Christian faithful.

For you, Jacques, the resurrection of Jesus is not a catechism lesson, it is a reality, a reality for our heart, for the secret of the heart, a reality at the same time to share with others, as a confidence told with trust. And God knows, [as we stand] before the reality of your death as brutal and unjust and horrible, you must now tap into our hearts to help us find the light.

The death of Jacques Hamel called me to make a frank “yes,”— no, not a tepid yes — a “yes” to life, as the “yes” of Jacques to his ordination. And we must respond yes again and again. God will never force us. God is patient, and God is merciful. Even when I, Dominique, have resisted, and said “no” to love; even when I told God, “I will think about it; we will see later,” even when I have forgotten, God is patient. God expects me because of his infinite mercy.

But today, can the world wait to forge the chain of love that will replace the chain of hatred?

[iontheball]

Christians know and feel evil when it is in their presence.

[Gunpowder green]

It gets worse, here’s French riot police dragging a priest and parishioners out of a church by force. They intend to close the church, which is still in use, and turn it into a parking lot, because it’s a Latin Mass, traditional, Vatican 1 church.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/696194/Marion-Le-Pen-catholic-priest-dragged-church-Sainte-Rita-France