雅思时事阅读：康涅狄格州哀悼枪击案被害儿童_雅思英语阅读

雅思时事阅读：康涅狄格州哀悼枪击案被害儿童

　　Just inside the church, a sign hung above their heads, saying in big block letters, LOVE ONE ANOTHER. This was Jesus commandment, as written in the Gospel according to John: As I have loved you, so you must love one another. Along the churchs brick facade, people made room for one another, taking turns by the open windows to listen in silence to the sounds of the service The music of hymns wafted out of the warm church and over those gathered in the frigid night air.

　　Towards the end of the service, two young parishioners who barely looked like teenagers walked to the edge of the parking lot and offered the assembled masses the Holy Communion. Dozens accepted, reverently consuming the wafers before disappearing back into the crowd.

　　An hour after Msgr. Weiss began the service, the sounds of the devotional song On Eagles Wings emerged from the church:

　　And he will raise you up on eagles wings/Bear you on the breath of dawn

　　Make you shine like the sun/And hold you in the palm of His hand.

　　As the congregation began to depart, Msgr. Weiss spoke about the children they had lost, and the parents who now have to bury them. He talked about a father who had described how excited he was when his son, who was killed in the massacre, had scored his first soccer goal. There was a lot of happiness in the midst of a lot of tears today, Weiss said.

　　When a reporter asked how the community would deal with such an immense tragedy at Christmas time, Weiss answered, These 20 children lit up this community better than all the Christmas lights we have. And with a gentle nod upward, he added, There are 20 brighter stars in the heavens.