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My sweet girl, 16 years old, asked me before our town's prayer vigil in Charlie's honor if she could say a few words on behalf of the high schoolers who would be in attendance. I was surprised (she's never shown any interest in public speaking before). But I was also touched. She loved Charlie's boldness and his sharp arguments. She, like so many young people, has been deeply effected by his death. And as I watched her, I was thankful again for the impact his ministry (yes ministry) has had on the next generation. Thank you Charlie for all you did to model the life choices and values my husband and I have worked so hard to impart to our children. They are indeed your legacy.

For those who may be experiencing worry because Charlie Kirk died as a non-Catholic, and are wondering whether his conversion should be prayed for: “The inner illumination of the Holy Spirit can occur so quickly and in so many ways, either during life or at death. In that supreme moment when man is suspended between time and eternity, when the soul is as if it were abstracted from the body, the infused light penetrates more easily into the most hidden depths; a flash from above can dispel many shadows in the blink of an eye: the work of the intellect, the movement of the will, can be accomplished in an instant and change the destiny of the dying person. Who can assert with certainty that in such circumstances the drama of agony did not end in acts of faith and contrition, which brought sanctifying grace and introduced the happy convert into the soul of the Church?” Fr. Édouard Hugon (Hors de l’Eglise point de salut, chapter 4)