The horror in Minneapolis was not random. A shooter — his own journal filled with Satanic scribbles and a self-portrait staring into a mirror only to see the Devil — chose Catholic children at Mass as his victims. Two dead, 17 wounded. It was an act of anti-Catholic hatred, demonic in its execution.
The killer, seemingly consumed with self-loathing and hatred, was apparently angry at God and those who prayed to God. He chose his young targets purposefully, drawing out the church floor plan, knowing what time the children would be there. Filled with evil, he sought to destroy innocence.
And yet, even before the candles at Annunciation Catholic Church had burned out, certain voices rushed not to mourn, but to sneer. Former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed prayer as “not freaking enough.” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey scolded mourners that “these kids were literally praying” as if that rendered prayer meaningless. Commentator Brian Krassenstein snarled, “Praying is the problem here, not the solution.”
