Prayers for our Nigerian brothers and sisters on this Feast of St. Stephen

All too fitting that today we mourn the deaths of Christians killed on Christmas in Nigeria.  As CNN pointed out, this is the second year where the celebration of Christ's birth has been met with violence and bloodshed against those who are celebrating.  Hopefully it will not become a tradition. May God grant peace to those who mourn, and embrace those who died on that holy day, whose sacrifice call to mind the first martyr's sacrifice.  St. Stephen pray for them!