05/18/2026
Here is a post about the story we heard in this week's homily.
In the middle of violent protests in Myanmar in 2021, armed riot police moved toward a group of unarmed civilians — many of them young people and children.
Then one woman stepped forward.
Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, a Catholic nun from the Kachin community, walked directly into the street wearing nothing but her simple white habit and her faith.
She dropped to her knees.
Stretching out her arms before the rifles, she pleaded with the soldiers through tears:
“Shoot me instead! Don’t shoot the children!”
The armed officers froze.
Faced with one defenseless nun willing to die for others, they halted their advance.
The moment was captured in a photograph that quickly spread across the world — a lone religious sister kneeling before heavily armed men, protecting the innocent with nothing but courage and love.
Sister Ann later explained why she did it:
“There was no one else to protect the people.”
She worked at a Catholic clinic caring for the sick and displaced, but on that day she became something more:
A living witness to Christ-like courage.
In a world filled with fear, anger, and violence, one small nun reminded millions what real bravery looks like.
Not power.
Not weapons.
Not hatred.
Sacrificial love.
Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, may God protect you and all who work for peace in Myanmar.
