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“Decisive action of women for the salvation of Israel….delineating with ever greater precision the characteristics of Mary's mission in the work of saving all humanity”
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As per St. Pope John Paul II (3/27/1996), “the Old Testament tradition reveals on numerous occasions, especially in the writings closest to the coming of Christ, the decisive action of women for the salvation of Israel. In this way, the Holy Spirit, through the vicissitudes of the women of the Old Testament, was delineating with ever greater precision the characteristics of Mary's mission in the work of saving all humanity.” These great women of the Old Testament are remembered in images:
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Miriam: A Very Clever Big Sister
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Deborah and Jael - 2 tough ladies of the Old Testament
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Huldah - Prophetess of Mercy for King Josiah
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Judith - Turning the Tables on Holofernes
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Queen Esther
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Abigail (aka, Alice Kramden of c 1000 BC
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Joe Tevington is a proudly orthodox Catholic, a husband of 36 years, a dad to two married adult children, a grandpa to two, and a civil service retiree. He is a sign language fluent certified rehabilitation counselor with graduate degrees in deafness rehabilitation, religious studies/moral theology, & Christian counseling psychology. He deeply appreciates Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life and the sanctity of the transmission of human life, as well as how they are to inform us in our apostolates and ministries.
On much lighter notes, he fancies himself to be the foremost authority on his native Brooklyn, when it comes to architecture, geography, history, Italian food, Saturday Night Fever, stick ball, stoop ball, or wiffle ball.
