"Hopefully"

Today is a holy day for Christians.   Yesterday, was a holy day for Jews.   We all share loss in understanding this senseless tragedy in Pittsburgh.  

Although I didn't plan to make a post so soon, I felt this scene bears repeating, sketched from the interior of the Synagogue in Downtown Atlanta, with my heartfelt condolences for individual lives lost, and national innocence lost. 

'Just received a message from a Jewish friend in Washington DC area, who ended his remarks with the words "hopefully".  We all deal with life in our own way, often deriving strength from the culture and faith of our fathers and mothers, and wisdom from our own years and experiences.  In the end, all we can ask for,  all we can ask to be filled with, is "hope."