Haiti gave us Mother Mary Lange

Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted…” (Mt 5:3-5) reverberates in my head as the world looks on in stunned horror and sadness at the aftermath of a devastating earthquake on the island of Haiti. Millions have been affected by this natural disaster and hundreds of thousands are estimated to be dead. Thousands of unidentified bodies have already suffered the additional indignity of burial in a common grave. Many of us in the diaspora wait in anguish on news of the status of our loved ones.  Read on….