"They killed my baby, they killed my baby," she said, moaning over the loss of her treasured child.  Unfortunately, this situation is all too common in the nation of Myanmar today.  Unwilling to relinquish its power to the people, the military junta, who seized control of the nation in a coup last year, is summarily suppressing all dissent, usually with brute force and inordinate cruelty.  They suppose they have been born to master the nation.

    Hardly.  Is anyone born to oppress human beings?  Pray for the people of Myanmar.  They are suffering terribly.  They've lost their freedom, one of the most precious gifts of being human.  And preoccupied with other wars and international tensions, the world is doing little to intervene, if it even can. 

    Indeed.  Can anyone stop the junta?  Those of us who are free are called to use our freedom to serve others,  simply bask in our good fortune.  But how?

    That is between you and God.