As we see the people of Gaza and Palestine return to their homes, whatever was left of them, our hearts go out to them as they try to rebuild their lives, hoping they will find a big heart from the rest of the world to help them build new homes. This reminds me of some Holy Land craftspeople who carved various religious statues from olive wood trees. A few salesmen and women used to call me in my parishes in Oregon asking if they could sell these articles. They told me that they were done by people from the Holy Land and Palestine, and they used only dead trees, using the wood that was still good to carve and sculpture.
Of course all proceeds was used to help the poor people we’ve been seeing in recent photos, begging for food with their pots and pans. I am sure that many of those carvers who created these little masterpieces, will be busy carving more statues and nativities in time for Christmas, (like the one you see in the second photo) using whatever wood they can find from the destruction they’ve experienced over the past 2 years.
No comments:
Post a Comment