On Feb 12 2005, Sr Dorothy Stang, an American nun who had spent 40 yrs in Brazil, was confronted by hired gunmen who asked whether she was armed. In reply she produced her Bible and recited the Beatitudes. Then they shot her.

Feb 12, 2019 · 12:31 PM UTC

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Stang had come to see the connections between defending the poor farmers of the Amazon and defense of the rainforest. As a result she was seen as an enemy of the loggers and cattle barons who hired her killers. orbisbooks.com/martyr-of-the… icon by William Hart McNichols
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
How does anyone know that she did that?
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Testimony of her killers.
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
Saw the one woman play of her life in Phoenix several years ago. So beautiful. Sister Dorothy, you live forever! 🌳 💚
Replying to @RobertEllsberg
She walks with giant steps in the company of our Rabbi, Jesus of Nazareth, and all the cloud of martyrs/witnesses who are reinvigorated in the will of ABBA, our glorious Father. Bullets, Prisons, Guarded Tombs....poor weapons against Infinite Love.
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
She was armed with the words & love of the Christ she served! She may not be canonized but I believe there is another saint in heaven. I pray that I would have her faith & strength, but I can’t say that I that I would. 🙏🙏
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
A saint for our times!
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Rest in paradise martyr
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I guess demons are busy in every country... they kill !
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Ecology martyr. Prayers for those that are sent in harms way to get to protect indigenous peoples and their environment.
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