Sophia Forchas is a 13-year-old student at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On August 27, Sophia was with her classmates for the beginning of the school-year worship service. During the service, a demon-possessed assailant opened fire on the students, killing two and injuring thirty. Sophia was grievously wounded. I don’t casually use the words “demon-possessed.” The killer hated Jesus. He drew a picture of himself looking in a mirror with a demon staring back at him. Doctors were not hopeful about Sophia’s prognosis. A bullet was lodged in her brain. She was placed in a medically induced coma. Fearful that the brain swelling would cause more damage, part of her skull had to be removed. Doctors doubted she would ever fully recover. Yet in late September, a recuperating, smiling Sophia returned home and was reunited with her family and friends.
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