As best I can, I follow the prayer threads on FR where there are people whose daily suffering, and whose losses, are meaningful to me. None will ever make headlines or the evening news. It is those for whom I pray.
I am neither charitable nor Christian enough to worry much about Ted Kennedy. He was blessed with looks, charm, and wealth. More important, he was born into a country and a faith that had strong meaning. He chose to spend his career opposing and destroying the foundations of both.
Good point. There is no shortage of people including sweet, innocent children who died today of cancer. Ted Kennedy is not greater than any of them.