Ramblings and ReflectionsNewsletter 9March 2004 If anyone speaks ill of you, Praise them always. If anyone injures you, Serve
them nicely. Dear friends of justice and peace, Lent gratitude! - Resurrection joy! Yes, Lent is my most favorite liturgical season and springtime, which enhances my body and spirit, is my favorite chronological season. Sister Carol, who sent a message to me through others, cautioned me to be gentle with myself during the penitential days, saying, “remember that prison is penance in itself.” A group of us who met daily for breakfast decided to awaken each morning with gratitude on our minds for two things that we would then share at table (that will total 92 things by Easter Sunday). What a wonderful Lenten practice this has been! Those depressed are keenly aware of gifts that are free. Their lives seem to have taken on new meaning. When we have more time together, the sharing opens up whole long stories, so we know each other better and understand the sacrifices they offer to God this Lent. This practice is helping us accept the harshness of prison life rather than adding more to the burdens. Many peacemakers in prison, however, were fasting with you on March 20th as you took to the streets. Thanks, Gary Ashbeck, for suggesting that we do this together…. We trust we are millions of people united. Mordecai Vanunu – Welcome and Gratitude! “Yours the voice that cried aloud publishing death. Doggedly in pursuit of truth. You the one snatched from the crowd, languishing in Ashkelon. Solitary in your cell. We may not have met you. Yet we know you well. The headlines fade, the years pass. But we shall not forget – Yours the palm pressed to the glass. We see it yet”. by Molly Russell Smith Mordecai, you are in our hearts; please come to our home that we may say think you in person for revealing nuclear weapons in Israel and doing 18 years of time for your truth-telling. Release date - April 22, 2004.Have you heard? You can read our newsletters and keep up-to-date by going to the new
website: www.jonahhouse.org Thanks Again and Again I am showered with your gifts and express my gratitude to God and to you. When the books arrive, the donor names have been removed, so I hope you see the title and accept my thanks:
The Great Whiskey Rebellion by Helene Smith Your letters, xeroxed information, Bishop Gumbleton’s homilies, Updates on Weapons Production and World Affairs are wonderful materials that I receive regularly. Gratias! o all of you authors who sent your books. Your works are deeply appreciated Coming to Danbury? Is it true that 3 peacemakers from the November SOA Watch action are coming to Danbury? I am “quietly” rejoicing in this holy week entrance date, April 6, if this news is true. And please, tell Martha Stewart to come right in to learn this system from the inside, to examine the use of her taxes, and to begin a new journey – the walk of a life-time in behalf of the billions of people made poor in the world because of economic injustices My Easter Prayer “We are threads of all colors, gifted and
free, creating for Earth a tapestry of justice. Ardeth Platte # 10857-039 |