 It's easy to
knock these women. I myself, joke about my fear of nuns...I often
tell people I am still afraid of penquins. Yes, they really
did scare us with their thundering verbal "advice." And more than
a few were quick to reach out and "touch" us. But we deserved
everything
we got and in a just world, quite a bit more. These women raised
us. Yes, they were part of what some will call a cult. Some
of them entered their orders as young as 14. Some made up their
minds
even earlier. Sometimes the times weren't kind to them.
They
worked long hours for little more than their own support and sometimes
they didn't even get that. Even their attire, this kind of burka,
must have been a cross to bear.
Maybe a little history is in order. These beautiful spirits didn't just teach miscreants how to read and write...and fear God. These women built and staffed some of the best hospitals in the world. Roman Catholic nuns went out into the battlefields during wars to care for the wounded. They went out and sought those ill from dangerous plagues. They went where they were needed...and they went driven by faith and love. There are few in history who match them. |