Life John Barrett Kerfoot V2, 1864-1881: First Bishop of Pittsburgh, with Selections from His Diaries and Correspondence (1886)

Sometimes, it seems like the world has spun out of control. Sometimes, there is so much horror and heartache that it appears as if something malevolent is at work. Sometimes, all you see on the news is so terrible that it is as if an invisible malignant force is at work behind it all. Sometimes, it is as if all you hear and read is horrific. Sometimes, you cannot believe the enormity of the suffering going on in the world. Sometimes, it is as if everything you thought was impossible for man to do to man is occurring. Sometimes, the whole world appears to be in a state of malicious intent. Sometimes, sanity appears to have deserted the world in which we live. Sometimes, it is almost as if a demon is walking the earth. Sometimes, it is…