Caroline Previdi is described as always being happy, always dancing, and always caring for others.  She and her older brother were very close.  She had a faith in God for one so young.  Monsignor Weiss said of her at her funeral that Caroline is probably the happiest addition to heaven in a long time.  I take comfort in the fact that my God received these beautiful children that day.  Twenty children storming through the gates of Heaven have got to be a loud, happy event.  No, not for us who remain on earth.  But for those who come into the presence of God.  At the moment of their death, the fear was gone.  They were fully loved and safe.

God is always the same.  He never changes. He never fails.  He is always with us.  It is important to believe that evil, even when perpetrated on small innocent children, does NOT lessen the power of God, does not discourage God, does not move God to a distance.   Nothing separates us from our God.  Today, in church, we sang “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”  It has special meaning today….always has had special meaning, but with my blog posts and events in the past few months in my life, the song has a new layer of meaning.

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!