Every March 8, the world and the Church commemorate the International Women’s Day. This event, whose origins date back to the early twentieth century, should challenge nations to strengthen the conditions that guarantee the participation of women in all social spaces.
Within the framework of this commemoration of the different women’s struggles, we want to share a text by Father Javier Leoz, current parish priest of San Lorenzo, located in “Casco Viejo” of the city of Pamplona, Navarra – Spain.
THE BEATITUDES OF WOMEN
- Blessed is the woman who decides what to do and how to do… for you she will feel the representative and not just represented.
- Blessed is the woman who doesn’t just fight for a day… for you will realize that every day of the year is a call to work for your rights and obligations.
- Blessed is the woman who, far from lacking courage, undertakes any action so as not to see her conquest difficult… for you will prove that your voice will be timely accurate and taken into account.
- Blessed is the woman who is aware of the path she has traveled… for this will encourage you to surpass the obstacles that still remain to be overcome in terms of equality, opportunities and conditions.
- Blessed is the woman who doesn’t feel like a luxury much less an ornamental vase… for she will continue to demand, not alms, but what corresponds to her in dignity and justice.
- Blessed is the woman who discovers that she is neither «less nor more» but that she is an «equal»… for she will do the unspeakable so that nothing and no one can underestimate or take away her initiative and dynamism.
- Blessed is the woman who opposes against domestic violence and denounces without fear or trembles in the mistreatment that humiliates her… for it will make visible and understandable the way that exists for the achievement of their fundamental rights.
- Blessed is the woman who reads and writes, studies and trains, believes and loves, laughs and forgives, accompanies and helps, celebrates and works, the adventurous and the brave, the innovative and the just… for she will be a seed and a point of reference for those others who, even in the midst of their achievements, cannot speak or smile, work or succeed, decide or advise, because they are relegated to the background or to the silence that restraints.
- Blessed, the woman, who when she lacks strength on earth… knows how to look up to heaven and listen to the voice of GOD: «I will be with you every day, in all your hardships».
- Blessed is the woman who, contemplating Mary, does not care as she does about breaking patterns and goes against the tide to break in, as she did in the history. Amen.