MODERN SAINTS- UKRAINE

 

                                       Christ with Two Marys- Frank Wesley- India

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

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.” (Pope Francis)

“The tragedies we are experiencing at the moment, particularly the war in the territory of Ukraine so close to us, remind us of the urgency of a civilization of love. In the eyes of our brothers and sisters, victims of the horrors of war, we read the profound and pressing need for a life marked by dignity, peace and love.

Like the Virgin Mary, we must continually cultivate the missionary spirit to make ourselves close to those who suffer, opening our hearts to them. We must walk with them, fight with them for their human dignity and spread the perfume of God's love everywhere."   Pope Francis, April 23,2022