A note.
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Please don't think that I am pointing to devotion to Our Lady in response to the Japanese earthquake as if I believe the disaster is some form of special chastisement for Japan. That would be absurd and presumptuous.
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Our Lady is Help of Christians, Consolation of the Afflicted: We turn to her in prayer in this our exile and veil of tears, asking her intercession and help in our time of need. The Japanese are not greater sinners than ourselves or anyone else. I hope no one presumes to know the mind of God in these matters.
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I cannot stop thinking and praying for those who have died and those who are homeless, displaced, and suffering as a result of these disasters, not to mention the threat of nuclear catastrophe.
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If we cannot help financially or through actual rescue efforts, we can do so by our prayer and sacrifice.
