Brighton Katabaro Academy of International Ecumenism, University of Hamburg The Pain of Seeing One’s Child Suffer and Die Recently, on November 15th, 2025, my choir here in Nienstedten had a concert, and we sang the "Stabat Mater" piece by Joseph Haydn. Since that evening, one particular line from the hymn has stayed with me like a refrain I cannot shake off. Again and again, this sound rises within me: “Stabat Mater dolorosa, juxta crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat Filius.” The sorrowful mother (Mary) standing beneath the cross, watching her son (Jesus) die. Today, in many places around the world, mothers and fathers stand beneath their own “cross.” They watch their children suffer - because of war and violence, because of hunger that threatens millions of young lives every day, and because of the consequences of climate change: droughts, floods, destroyed harvests - bringing new suffering, new tears, new graves. The pain of seeing a loved one (and especially...
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