One year ago today three churches and four Hotels were bombed in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday by the terrorist group National Thowheeth Jama’ath who had pledged allegiance to ISIS. A year on we still remember this tragedy

St Sebastian’s Catholic Church in Negombo, St Anthony’s Catholic Shrine in Colombo and Zion Evangelical Church in Batticaloa.

“Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:10 Douay Rheims Bible

Shangri-La Hotel Colombo, Cinnamon Grand Hotel, The Kingsbury and Tropical Inn.

“If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.”
John 15:18 Douay Rheims Bible.

If you can today pray the Rosary for the victims of the Sri Lanka Easter bombings last year, meditating on the sorrowful mysteries. If you don’t have a rosary you can count the prayers on your fingers and if you don’t know the prayers or order here’s the list:

I’d like to end this thread by thanking those Sri Lankan Muslim brothers and sisters who went out of their way and risked their lives trying to warn the government of Sri Lanka about the National Thowheeth Jama’ath group before the attacks took place.