" In light of Ignatius' 'Two Standards' and 'The Mystries Done From The Garden To The House Of Annas', at any moment we can be Judas or Peter, a Christian life can be a fine line."
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Two Jesuits Murdered In Moscow
RUSSIA-JESUITS KILLED MOSCOW _ Two Jesuit priests from Russia and Ecuador have been stabbed to death in Moscow, officials say. Developing. Link (here)
This is tragic news. I knew Victor Betencourt Ruiz on the first European Tertianship in Dublin two years ago. He was good, solid and dependable, a typical Ecuadorean with a Conquistador background. What makes his death even more difficult for his family is that he had to return to Ecuador on two occasions to minister to his dying grandfather and father and to a nephew who almost died in a car accident. This will be hard for his mother and I hope many will pray for her as well as for the souls of him and his companion. The Jesuits in Russia have a particularly hard and demanding apostolate and both were indispensable to the mission. They too need Masses, prayers and financial support.
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This is tragic news. I knew Victor Betencourt Ruiz on the first European Tertianship in Dublin two years ago. He was good, solid and dependable, a typical Ecuadorean with a Conquistador background. What makes his death even more difficult for his family is that he had to return to Ecuador on two occasions to minister to his dying grandfather and father and to a nephew who almost died in a car accident. This will be hard for his mother and I hope many will pray for her as well as for the souls of him and his companion. The Jesuits in Russia have a particularly hard and demanding apostolate and both were indispensable to the mission. They too need Masses, prayers and financial support.
ReplyDeleteAwfull.I know brothers and sister (she is my friend) of fr. Messmer.
ReplyDeleteAnd in their place could be another priests in Russia, many of them I know and love.
ReplyDeleteDear Fr. Anthony,
ReplyDeleteThank you for filling in the personal story. It is important that the Fathers are not just a story but real people.
JMJ
Joe