“God, come to our help”: Community gathers in Minneapolis School Shooting Victims Pray | Minneapolis School Shooting

The line tangles on brick buildings and people flow into a high school gym, almost filled with mourning communities.

Vigil at the Holy Angels Academy, 2 miles from the ruins killed by gunmen during morning mass at Angels Church Minneapolis Metropolitan area.

A few miles along the road, hundreds gathered in the park for another vigil, demanding stricter gun control and ending meaningless violence Become a fixed American life.

Throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area, church leaders gathered their parishes in prayer and communion to find solace and understand the tragedy. Many people have connections with the school or see their children reflecting on the faces of affected people.

Casino shooter Fire on Wednesday morningduring the first week of school, the bullet was sprayed through stained glass windows into the bench at morning mass. The two children killed were eight and ten years old. 14 other children and three adults were injured, and officials said they hope all will survive. The third casualty was the shooter, who committed suicide.

At the San Angels, parents apply in the gym, armed babies and strollers and as teenagers. The opening prayer calls upon God: “Our children were suddenly taken away violently.

Inside, the singers sing hymns as they gather together.

Archbishop Bernard A Hebda told the packed bleach and the full gym floor that he hopes the community gathers in prayer so that these families are not alone. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the family of one of the dead was vigil at school. “It’s brave tonight here,” she Tell the paper.

Hebuda said he was shocked by the children, who said their friends kept them safe from bullets – that kind of courage, love in the middle of such a tragedy. He begs people to find hope in pain. He noted that the theme of the school’s verse for a year was Jeremiah 29:11: “Because I know very well the plans I offer you, your welfare plans, and not for your misfortune, which will provide you with plans for a promising future.”

As the inside crowd prayed for the first responder, the families of the children who suffered the loss and those with mental illness placed two crosses outside the door to commemorate the dead children and wrote in the back with “mercy and compassion.”

The long lines and large vigils reminiscent of scenes earlier this summer after State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were murdered by gunmen imitating police. The Holtmans issued a public statement Wednesday night saying no one had to deal with their lost loved ones.

“Mark and Melissa believe that children should be able to gather safely in schools, communities should be able to worship peacefully, and families should be safe at home,” the Hotmans said. “We hope this tragedy has stimulated elected officials to take action on common sense measures to acquire high-power weapons so that no one else has to suffer.”

Earlier that day, flowers were laid on the light poles hanging outside the police line when night fell. “RIP Angel,” a sign says.

At nearby Lynnhurst Park, the crowd held candles and listened to the talk of elected officials and talked about the need for action. They applaud and cheer when dusk settles down, the moon above the above, and when speeches demand stricter gun laws. Bicycles hover the park – People ride from the area.

Mayor Jacob Frey said the shooting was an impossible tragedy, adding: “How many times have you heard politicians say that in the microphone?”

He said the city needs to move from “unified sadness” to “Manchester United in action”.

She said Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan said people need to continue to show up and say the violence will not be tolerated. They need to ask for better laws.

She said she was a mother and a Catholic, not a politician. “In this moment, God weeps and Jesus weeps because we have free will and all the tools to stop violence against our children.

“We need to love our babies and kids more than guns.”