Judge Roll, R.I.P

He was killed in the attack at Congresswoman Giffords' event in Arizona. One person shares some interesting aspects of his life:

...If you didn’t know, federal judges are busy people. Federal judges are also important people. The fact that Judge Roll agreed to spend his time addressing a group of Christian law students is a sign that he took the faith seriously. It’s also a sign that he realized the importance of communicating the truths of faith and their applicability to life in all its aspects.

He was committed to Christian truth. Or, as the person responsible for securing Judge Roll as a speaker this summer put it: “He truly passionately demonstrated truth.”

It also seems that Judge Roll passionately—and frequently—experienced Truth in the Holy Mass. One person I spoke with today described Judge Roll as a “daily communicant.” This fits with a memory I have of Judge’s Roll’s address this summer, specifically when he was discussing his appointment to the federal judiciary.

According to the story as I remember it, his family learned of the appointment when his wife answered the telephone one Saturday morning. It was the president. He asked her if he could speak to her husband. She told him that he couldn’t—John Roll was at church that morning. The president would need to call back after Mass...

Please pray for Judge Roll, that his soul rest forever in that Wisdom which rules all things justly. And please pray for his family, that they may be comforted by that same Wisdom, which is rich—much richer than we know—in mercy.