A Statue Of The Virgin Mary Hit By Shrapnel

Fifty bullets they say … some say 60, some say as many as the years that this statue has been installed. To go to work and from work I pass by this building (the Holy Family baby Hospital and CrÀche) and thus I am greeted by two welcoming hands into the glory and peace of the life promised to all of those who accept. I grew up with this statue, and never thought it could or would be harmed, Helpless and lifeless, it represents no threat physically, yet carry a lot of spiritual meanings, May be the fight is no longer physical, even emblems statues and stones are now a threat. George Ghattas

Fifty bullets they say … some say 60, some say as many as the years that this statue has been installed.
To go to work and from work I pass by this building (the Holy Family baby Hospital and Crèche) and thus I am greeted by two welcoming hands into the glory and peace of the life promised to all of those who accept.  I grew up with this statue, and never thought it could or would be harmed, Helpless and lifeless, it represents no threat physically, yet carry a lot of spiritual meanings, May be the fight is no longer physical, even emblems statues and stones are now a threat.
 

A statue of the Virgin Mary hit by shrapnel when a shell from an Israeli tank slammed into a church in the City of Jesus ‘s Birth, stands a top the chapel of the Holy family hospital and Orphanage in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Thursday March 14, 2002. As U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni left for the Mideast for his third truce attempt in four months, U.S. President George Bush criticized Israel’s push into the West Bank and Gaza, the biggest Israeli military operation in two decades.  (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)