ACNS 4844 The Primate of Brazil on the school shooting

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Posted On : April 8, 2011 5:20 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO

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The Primate of Brazil on the school shooting:
"This is a moment of sorrow and pain"

Tragedy in Tasso da Silveira Elementary School,
Rio de Janeiro Brasilia, April 7th, 2011.
?I am the resurrection and the life.? John 11,25.

With great sadness we have been witnessing a day
of tragedy in a school environment, at Tasso da
Silveira elementary school, in Rio de Janeiro.

It is time for us to discuss our security system,
especially the security in our public schools. It
was a beautiful day, which looked like a normal
day, just one more day of school for so many
young students of Tasso da Silveira elementary, in Rio de Janeiro.

In this tragedy, people close and people far away
are sorry and are united in pain with the parents
of the 12 murdered children. We too, from the
Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, are sorry
and praying to God that He may comfort these
families, wipe their tears and renew their hope in the resurrection.

The moment is of pain. Pain for the parents of
Larissa, Bianca, Géssica, Karine, Marissa,
Samira, Ana Carolina, Luiza Paula, Laryssa, Milena and Rafael.

Our prayer today is that ?God, in all his

kindness and mercy, comfort all these families in
their pain, hold them together in His love so
that they may be strengthened by his Grace. That
they trust in His mercy and face the future days
with courage and confidence in God?s Grace?.

With our sympathy and prayers,

Bishop Mauricio Andrade, Primate of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil.