As followers of Jesus Christ, we, The Passionists of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, cannot be indifferent when human life is treated as disposable and communities are wounded. Our Passionist vocation calls us to keep alive the memory of the Passion of Jesus Christ, not only as devotion, but as discipleship.
The Gospel calls us to a love that protects life, refuses cruelty and insists on the dignity of every person.
We affirm without hesitation that every human person is sacred, made in the image and likeness of God: immigrant and citizen, young and old, welcomed and excluded. No one is outside the reach of God’s love. When any person’s life is taken, when any child is harmed or separated from those who love them, when any family is shattered by fear or loss, the Body of Christ is wounded.
We believe the Crucified Christ is present in the suffering of human people, and we recognize Christ’s Passion is present in the contemporary sufferings of humanity.
We mourn the deaths of Alex Pretti, Renee Good and every life lost through violence, entrusting them to the mercy of God.
We pledge our prayers and solidarity to all those in Minneapolis and beyond whose hearts are heavy in this time of grief and fear.
We pray for conversion of heart, our own and the world’s, so that truth, compassion and peace may prevail.
May the Crucified and Risen Lord draw near to all who mourn, and may Mary, Mother of Sorrows, comfort every wounded heart.
The Passionists of Holy Cross Province
The Passionists of St. Paul of the Cross Province
