Sr. Barbara Battista is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Provident of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She ministers as a PA in Occupational Medicine in Terre Haute, IN and is a member of the Terre Haute Death Penalty Resistance, which is mobilizing against the proposed restart of federal executions.
After accompanying William LeCroy to his death on Sept. 22, Sr. Barbara Battista reflects on Christ's call to “love our neighbors as ourselves.”
The readings for the Second Sunday of Advent call us, God’s children, to live in harmony with one another. This unity can only be achieved through the light of Christ.
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