Hi,

Asking for prayers for those involved in an absolutely horrific accident that cost the life of one person and has left another--the other driver (and likely many others) scarred for life. This happened yesterday, and it has left neighbours and locals in seriously bad shape by what they saw.

Thank-you for your prayers, please be assured of mine,
Anne

Sorry to hear.  We will pray for that neighborhood. 

I can understand the concern here for the injured persons, do not get me wrong, however, whenever I hear requests like this titled "Horrific Accident" or some such title, I always think of the 4000+ babies that were murdered that very day and every day and how no one ever mentions them, people have become indifferent to the daily murder of over 4000+ innocent babies, and that is just in the USA.

Yesterday I saw a video about how the nαzι SS was "procreating" pure Aryan children and how they would have patriotic nαzι's raise them to be good nαzι's. They made it look like it was really horrific, how Germans could be brainwashed like that. I posted a comment that said:

"What is detailed here pales in comparison to the 62,000,000 (that's 62 million) babies killed by so-called abortion in just the USA. Proving that it is even easier today to brainwash people to accept the same as what was accepted as normal in nαzι Germany."

Well said!

This isn't just about the asking for prayers. No one has a problem with that. It's about the clickbait adjective "HORRIFIC"

Sorry, I just can't get all melodramatic about a "horrific" accident where ONLY ONE PERSON DIED, when over here you have 4,000 babies butchered in their mother's womb, just in the USA. THAT is horrific. A couple adults in a car wreck is less of a big deal, in every possible way. Much lower numbers, those adults got to live out a good chunk of a normal lifespan, etc. And cars are 2,000 pounds of metal flying at high speed. It's not unexpected that accidents should occur. What IS surreal, horrific, unbelievable, etc. is when a DOCTOR carves up a living baby, AT THE MOTHER'S REQUEST, in the one place that everyone should be safe: a mother's womb.

No, everyone should NOT expect safety when they get behind the wheel of their car, and freak out when they don't get that. Travelling by car is nowhere NEAR as safe as the womb should be. Too many cars, driven by too many people, with too much that can go wrong. Any one car could just cross that yellow line, and BAM! Car accidents are just too commonplace. Each accident is BAD, yes, but I wouldn't describe it as a horror.

Every death is not a horror. Death by illness, accident, or old age is just a sad part of life in this Vale of Tears.

We should just mentally add "as 4,000 babies died at a doctor's hand today, in the USA alone" to EVERY news headline -- just to keep all the fearmongering, muckraking, and violence porn spewed by the Mainstream Media in perspective, if nothing else.

"High school girl killed by drunk driver, as 4,000 babies died at a doctor's hand today, in the USA alone."

"2 killed in school shooting, as 4,000 babies died at a doctor's hand today, in the USA alone."

Kind of makes you want to do something about that ABORTION rather than about THEM GUNS, doesn't it?

P.S.

I'll pray for the Poor Souls tonight as usual in my Rosary, but I'll be brutally honest and frank: I didn't know these people, they mean nothing to me except as abstract human beings.

Human beings were not meant to have strong, emotional feelings for each of 7.4 billion people. Our hearts -- our emotional energy -- is limited. Back in normal times, we only heard about accidents in our village, neighborhood, or local area. We KNEW the people involved. That closeness motivated us to prayers, works of charity, etc. and it was beautiful.

Now we get to hear about every person who dies anywhere in the world on the nightly news -- at least those who died in some tragic or unusual way. EMOTIONAL OVERLOAD. EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION. You stop caring. You become numb to the daily news talking about death and suffering. THAT IS NORMAL. YOU ARE NOT A MONSTER. God can love each and every human being on earth with a deep love, enough to go through the Passion and Death on Calvary for each one if such were necessary. God's love is infinite. MINE IS NOT.

Just like when you have 6,000 "friends" on Facebook, such friendship apparently means nothing. A person can't closely relate, connect to, or spend time with 6,000 people.

I'll pray for the Poor Souls tonight as usual in my Rosary, but I'll be brutally honest and frank: I didn't know these people, they mean nothing to me except as abstract human beings.

Thanks for saying this.  I was beginning to think that I was a cold-hearted person because I have an extremely difficult time praying for someone whom I have absolutely no connection to whatsoever.  Many will say, "I will add this person to my Rosary intentions," but how is this done practically?  How long are such lists of intentions? Seems like some could go on for hours.  Does everyone really go through such a specific list each time they pray or say the Rosary?  Are we in our household bad persons if we don't include those of whom we have no direct personal relationship?  In that regard, it seems we're already overloaded in our household with the list of family/close friends to pray for.

In the end, it is simply too abstract for me to conceptualize.