11-5-2017  (CNN) At least 20 people have been killed in a church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, according to Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt.  Among the dead is the 14-year-old daughter of the church's pastor, Frank Pomeroy, according to his wife, Sherri Pomeroy, the girl's mother. The couple were traveling out of state when the shooting occurred. Authorities say many more have been injured in the attack that has devastated the small Texas town described as a place where "everybody knows everybody.

Blessed Father, I pray for the souls of our loved ones taken too soon. Give the survivors STRENGTH to face another day, HOPE that their loved ones are comforted in God’s eternal presence.