With every waking day, it seems our world confronts yet another tragedy. Just the other day it was the shooting of police officers in Dallas, Texas — Thursday night, it was a terror attack in Nice, France.

The headlines come at each of us from every side – “49 Dead in Orlando,” “5 Police Officers Killed,” and now, “75 Dead and 50 Wounded at a Bastille Day Celebration in Nice, France.” As of early Friday morning, 84 were killed in Nice and many others injured.

“Thank God we decided not to take the young ones.”

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The French Interior Ministry put out a statement on Twitter confirming the attacker is dead: “The individual who drove the truck was neutralized,” the statement reads. “The investigation will determine whether he acted alone.”

A large truck barreled into a huge crowd that had gathered to celebrate freedom on Bastille Day in France. The throngs of men, women, and children on a Nice street were standing shoulder to shoulder to watch the fireworks and celebrate their nation. A truck was the weapon of choice this time — but the shock and grief are still the same.

And all shout in unison “terror” — whether domestic or foreign.

“Evil has never and will never have the last word. Organizations inspired by hatred and the taking of innocent lives under the auspice of false religion are never of God, and will eventually be defeated by the powers of good,” said Fr. Michael Sliney, a Catholic priest in the New York City area.

“The tragedy of Nice is simply horrific,” he added. “God suffers with these families and we need to believe that somehow, He will try to bring some good out of this heinous crime. Keep the peace of Christ in your hearts and  in your daily life — do not be conquered by evil but in the words of St. Paul in Romans 12-21: ‘Conquer evil with good.'”

The details of the Nice tragedy are still pouring in; many aspects of the story are still emerging.

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“Thank God we decided not to take the young ones,” a witness, Yves Lamorelle, told USA Today. “I am the only one who went. It was completely crazy. The crowd panicked and everyone was trying to flee.”

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Thank God. In these moments of terror, while leadership scrambles and while family members hear their loved ones are never coming home again, we turn to God in silent moments.

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But in that half a breath, pray and cling to the light despite the darkest of violent acts. Because in that second, you find the humanity — you find the stories that will eventually emerge of some extraordinary act of courage, some stunning act of generosity. They are there. People save other people.

“I was having a drink — but after a few minutes, people started running toward us from the promenade … Then all the cafe terraces started to clear out in a scary type of chaos. The tables, the chairs, the glasses got turned over. People were stepping on top of each other without even knowing why,” Lamorelle said.

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During horrific acts of violence, survival instincts kick in and it seems almost as if the darkness is too much to bear. But the stories of courage, faith, and those who laid down their lives for a friend will come out and will inspire us yet again. They always do.

The response to terror — whether it be ISIS or someone acting alone — must be strength, the strength of the human spirit. And faith. There is always faith.