[Magdalen] Urgent prayers requested

[Christopher Hart]

Similar situation in Philadelphia. I don't know about the transit
situation, but yesterday's initially peaceful protests turned into rioting,
looting, and fires. A curfew was in effect from 8:00 last night and 6:00
tonight. Senseless destruction that only damages the protester's message. I
wouldn't be surprised if there had been agitators trying to incite the
violence to make the protest look bad. Lord have mercy.

On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 8:59 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For the first time in its 140+ years, the Chicago Transit Authority is
> closed overnight. No trains or buses. Curfew 9pm to 6am except essential
> workers, who now must find another way to/from work if they rely on public
> transport. A beloved camera shop that opened in 1899 went up in flames last
> night. Many other items like this.
>
> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 4:11 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The demonstrations here have been large and peaceful.
> > I wish I could get out to stand in witness.
> > Can hear the helicopters over both the State House (a quarter of a mile
> to
> > the southeast) and City Hall (a quarter of a mile to the northeast).
> > According to the tv, the full assembly just knelt for nine minutes to
> honor
> > the victim, Mr. Floyd.
> >
> > Just saw a priest I know (surplice and red stole) near the head of a
> group
> > walking up from Dudley Square.
> >
> > Your niece is doing good work. A couple of years ago I met a young man
> (he
> > was shadowing my PCP) who'd returned from a church mission to Haiti. His
> > trip there had woke him good. He'd decided what the world really needs is
> > nurses and he was headed to nursing school.
> > -M
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, May 31, 2020, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I request prayers for my niece Siri, who is in the middle of the war
> zone
> > > in the Twin Cities. She is very much a child of the family, devoted to
> > > justice. She has been running supplies (food, water, etc.) and also
> > > assisting in the medical tent. Although she does not have any medical
> > > credentials, she is the daughter of two doctors, and this outbreak has
> > her
> > > thinking about possibly becoming an EMT (she once thought about medical
> > > school but the years-long training kind of discouraged her). She and
> all
> > > her friends and the other civilians in the area need prayer. There are,
> > she
> > > reports, definitely bands of neo-fascist types infiltrating the
> > > demonstration and causing much if not most of the damage.
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>


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