Recently, a girl (15 years old) named Esmeralda Gonzales was kidnapped and murdered. It is implied in the e-mail that I received, she was also sexually assaulted before being murdered. As of yet, no one has been arrested for this heinous crime.
This young girl, though not-Orthodox, was known for her virtue and humility. I ask that you keep her in your prayers. A Reader with the ROAC included this very well put prayer at the end of the message I received regarding this tragic situation...
May the Lord Christ our God, Who loves mankind and has mercy on sinners,
may also have mercy on the virtuous young Esmeralda, who has departed
this life before being significantly soiled and corrupted by its lusts
and temptations. May the greatly merciful God give repose to this
unbaptised soul who had an apparently virtuous life, and who taught us,
at such a young age, to keep our eyes to ourselves and avoid being
inquisitive and probing with stares and looks, a very praiseworthy
christian virtue.Lord have mercy on this young soul who was deprived of the taste of the
true grace of Christ in His True Church, since she inherited, according
to Thy providence, the heresies and errors of her ancestors. For Thou
art greatly compassonate and plenteous in mercy, and unto Thee do we
send up glory, to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, always,
now and ever, and unto the ages of ages, Amen.
Pray for her, and the capture of her murderers.
Seraphim