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.”
