Catholic Herald letters

Stop the bickering and listen to Mary

SIR – As a woman, a wife and a mother, I feel such pain in my heart seeing the bickering (Cover story, May 10) between our fathers and our brothers: "I am for Benedict!", "I am for Francis!", and listening to the stressful, stony silence. Why does no one ask, "Who is for Christ?"

Can we hear the voice of our Mother Mary asking this very question: "Who is for my Son?"

Didn't divine Providence put Benedict and then Francis in the Chair of Peter? Can we not trust God? Can we not ask ourselves, "What is Our Heavenly Father trying to reveal to us?" instead of reacting in response to the inner turmoil created by His surprise?

Look at divine revelation. God created us in His image and likeness; male and female He created us. Two complementary beings together bear witness to His image and likeness. Moses and Elijah together bear witness as the law and the prophets to Christ's divinity. Martha and Mary together bear witness to the ministry needed by the body of our Lord. Peter and Paul together are each called, in their own unique way, to bear witness to the Resurrection, first at home, then later pushing out to the peripheries.

So why be surprised that He continues to work in the same way today, these last days? God is unchanging and yet ever new.

So I appeal to you my fathers, my brothers, open your eyes, expand your hearts, listen to our Mother!

Jane Campbell
Ballina, Co Mayo, Ireland


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