Tuesday, October 17, 2023

VALIANT WOMEN IN WAR

 

                    The Deluge  -   Winifred Margaret Knights-  British (d.1947) 

 

Months ago, when addressing of the mess in the Ukraine, Pope Francis spoke of the plight of the women who carry so much of the burden of war:  keeping family safe while the father is fighting, fleeing with children. His words can certainly be applied to the present mess in Israel/Palestine.

 “For women of this generation, who have lived through past wars, it must be unbearable to see what has happened and is happening...

 There is a fundamental need to change, following the lessons on peace taught by Jesus and “the saints of every age, who make humanity grow through the witness of a life spent in the service of God and neighbor.

 But it is also the school of innumerable women who have cultivated and nurtured life; of women who have cared for fragility, who have healed wounds, who have healed the human and social wounds; of women who have dedicated mind and heart to the education of new generations.”

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