tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9531808.post4699586679362920583..comments2023-07-05T04:15:25.944-05:00Comments on Musings of a Discerning Woman: 12 Years Later ... Thoughts on Seeking Peace in a Post 9/11 WorldSusan Rose Francois, CSJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801188192396918147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9531808.post-55046189130059684622013-09-17T11:12:02.242-05:002013-09-17T11:12:02.242-05:00I thank God, thank Pope Francis and thank Russia t...I thank God, thank Pope Francis and thank Russia that the strike was averted. But our hands are not clean. We are witnesses to the torture and killing in Syria and all over the world and responding like Job's "friends" by wagging our fingers and telling the suffering that they are not living right. <br /><br />Most of the conflicts in the world today are not between countries, but between different factions within a country, and the UN,is clearly impotent in dealing with these situations. We are haunted by the Holocaust and should be to the end of time. But what have we learned about the responsibility of the witness? <br /><br />For the moment, I'm sticking with Mary who bore her 7 sorrows as a witness. <br /><br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9531808.post-39247864157743926092013-09-12T22:52:51.644-05:002013-09-12T22:52:51.644-05:00Thanks!Thanks!Susan Rose Francois, CSJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801188192396918147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9531808.post-73765478246182596972013-09-12T13:40:14.435-05:002013-09-12T13:40:14.435-05:00This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for shari...This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.Erin Keeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870433050359731729noreply@blogger.com