Learning from President Obama's Sermon at Newtown, Ct

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release December 16, 2012

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

AT SANDY HOOK INTERFAITH PRAYER VIGIL

Newtown High School Newtown, Connecticut

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you,Governor. To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests -- Scripture tells us:
“…do not lose heart.
Though outwardly we are wasting
away…inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary,but what is unseen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands....