With tears and with great anguish Simon knelt in prayer outside the synagogue. The doors of the sacred chamber were surely closed to him—jus...

With tears and with great anguish Simon knelt in prayer outside the synagogue. The doors of the sacred chamber were surely closed to him—just as was the gate of life. Today, God would slam that gate closed. Simon would grasp at its bars, but no power, no strength, no fortitude of his being could undo ...