CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- At the reopening of the Aurora theater where a gunman took 12 lives last July, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver said the darkness of evil cannot overcome the light and beauty of Christ.<\/p>\n\t\u201cSeeing the beautiful helps put behind you the darkness, the evil, the horror of what occurred here. Opening yourself up to beauty, to receiving beauty, is a way of really pushing out that darkness that can be there,\u201d he told CNA shortly after the Jan. 17 event.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWhen the sunrise comes up, there's a real beauty and goodness there, that warms your heart and fills you with a certain peace and joy, to see the sun rising after the darkness of night.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cChrist is the light of the world,\u201d he added. \u201cHe identifies himself as the light of the world, and 'Aurora' means dawning, light\u2026we cannot let evil have the final word, and good always triumphs over evil.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tThe archbishop attended the reopening Thursday to offer a closing prayer at the event.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI'm going because when a priest is asked to join a community in prayer, he goes. I'm going because the opening will be a night of remembering, and mourning, and because the Scripture I read instructs me to 'mourn with those who mourn,'\u201d he wrote in a Dec. 17 column for The Denver Post.<\/p>\n
\tSome 2,000 people attended the reopening, including victims and their families, first responders, and local hospital employees and volunteers.<\/p>\n
\tOn July 20 last year at a midnight showing of \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises,\u201d James Holmes, 25, entered the theater dressed in black tactical assault gear. He threw a pair of tear gas canisters into the cinema before indiscriminately opening fire on moviegoers.<\/p>\n
\tHolmes was arrested outside the cinema when he surrendered to police. He had murdered 12 people and wounded 58 more.<\/p>\n
\tOn Jan. 11, a Colorado judge chose to delay Holmes' arraignment until March 12, giving his defense lawyers more time to prepare his plea.<\/p>\n
\tSpeakers at the theater's reopening on Thursday included Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, Aurora mayor Steve Hogan and Tim Warner, CEO of Cinemark.<\/p>\n
\tIn his comments, Warner noted that the \u201cselfless response\u201d of all those who responded to the tragedy was \u201ca testament that good always triumphs over evil, that love and compassion will always make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tThe CEO's personal response to the tragedy was emphasized by Gov. Hickenlooper, who thanked him for coming himself to Colorado \u201cthe moment he heard\u201d of the tragedy and not sending someone else. Gov. Hickenlooper said the reopening was part of the healing process, having \u201cthe ability to find light where there was darkness, the opportunity to push towards finding joy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tIn his remarks before the closing prayer, Archbishop Aquila quoted the Bible by saying that Christ came to \u201cshine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tHe reminded those gathered that the world's redemption is rooted in suffering. \u201cIn suffering, and in the love of God, dawn breaks before us\u2026we are here to stand together in mourning, in suffering, and we stand together in redemption.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tArchbishop Aquila said, \u201cthe way of peace means rejecting the violence of that night. It means giving to God our desire for vengeance, our hatred, our bitterness, and our anger\u2026knowing that we are connected to one another \u2013 that in the family of humanity, each of our lives has worth, and dignity, meaning, and purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cGod calls us to pursue together what is true, what is good, and what is beautiful. The way of peace means coming together in love,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cIf we walk together in peace, we will honor those who died here more than words can. Our lives are the greatest tribute we can make to those who perished or were wounded here. We must not forget \u2013 we must make a memorial of the lives we choose to live.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tThe archbishop closed the reopening in prayer, asking that God \u201ctransform us through our suffering\u201d and \u201cmake of this community a community of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cHelp us to know truth, and goodness, and beauty,\u201d he prayed. \u201cHelp us to know you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tDuring the event, counselors were available to those needing support. After the ceremony, the film \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d was shown at the theater. Free movies will be offered to the community Jan. 18 to 21.<\/p>\n
\tCinemark chose to reopen the theater complex after Aurora residents expressed support for the move and mayor Hogan requested it. About $1 million was spent in remodeling, and the theater, formerly the Century 16, has been renamed Century Aurora.<\/p>\n
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