[Magdalen] Please Pray - Shooting in Charleston, SC church

[Marion Thompson]

"Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
And yet in love he sought me,
And on his shoulder gently laid
And home rejoicing brought me."

Marion, a pilgrim

On 6/18/2015 1:39 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> He isn't South African, he's just an American white racist punk.....of
> which there are far too many. A lot of them admire the old failed racist
> states, as well as the Nazis. Most of them are already failures in life, as
> many of their parents were before them. This one already had arrests for
> drug offenses and trespassing. Everything about him screams "loser".
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:17 PM, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just looked again - it's not the Vierkleur, it's the old RSA flag, that one
>> that was done away with in 1994. And worse still, the old Rhodesian flag
>> underneath it. The one I grew up with.
>>
>> "Daddy went to fight for the Green and White"...I feel sick. Will this
>> particular evil never end?
>>
>> Sally
>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 at 7:08 PM <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No sigh of relief here, though I'm glad he is caught.
>>>
>>> Dylan Roof just appeared on our TV screens, he is wearing the Vierkleur,
>>> the flag of the old Boer Republic of the Transvaal, on his jacket.
>>>
>>> I hope he is not a South African, but whether or not he's from here, he
>>> would appear to be an admirer of the "Volkstaat" racist ideology.
>>>
>>> Sally
>>>
>>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 at 5:37 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The gunman has been captured alive in Shelby, NC. TBTG and let us all
>>>> breathe a sigh of relief.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The gunman has been identified as Dylann Storm Roof, 21. He has
>> previous
>>>>> arrests for drug offenses and trespassing.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:28 AM, ROGER STOKES <
>>>>> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This made the lead in the BBC online news so It was the first thing I
>>>> saw
>>>>>> when I fired up the computer just now.  Prayers indeed for the
>> victims,
>>>>>> their families and the young man they are seeking.
>>>>>> Roger
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       On Thursday, 18 June 2015, 12:20, Ginga Wilder <
>>>>>> gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Nine people killed during a Bible Study at AME Church in Charleston,
>>>> SC
>>>>>> @ 9
>>>>>> pm last night.    Details are beginning to be told.  Here is a short
>>>>>> excerpt from Charleston Post and Courier.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “Church members at Emanuel AME were gathered for a prayer meeting
>> when
>>>>>> gunfire erupted in the 19th century building. A female survivor told
>>>>>> family
>>>>>> members that the gunman initially sat down in the church for a bit
>>>> before
>>>>>> standing up and opening fire, according to Dot Scott, president of
>> the
>>>>>> Charleston NAACP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “The gunman reportedly told the woman he was letting her live so she
>>>> could
>>>>>> tell everyone else what happened, Scott said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “Police spokesman Charles Francis described the suspect as a
>>>> 21-year-old
>>>>>> white man in a gray sweatshirt/hoodie and jeans with Timberland
>> boots.
>>>> He
>>>>>> has a slender build.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ginga Wilder
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>