My prayers and love go to those who were hurt in Boston, and not only them, but also to all those around the world, suffering from daily persecution and daily injustice. May God protect them, and bless them with strength, and heal them.

We pray also for all those who had caused pain and suffering upon others, including those who caused the Boston explosion, and those who persecuted others. We forgive them for their faults, and welcome them with open hands, with the love of God, that they will come and see the truth and the light, that they will persecute others no more, that they will cause no more pain upon others, but walk in the light of God.

Spend some time to pray for the North Koreans as well, who had been suffering for the past six decades and more from repudiation of their basic rights in the name of ideology and hatred.

Monsignor Francis Hong Yong-Ho, pray for your people, and pray for us too.