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  • Travel Always With a Hoe and a Spade

Travel Always With a Hoe and a Spade

Travel Always With a Hoe and a Spade


Author Country :Sudan
Genre Type :True Story
Location :Torit, Sudan
Year of Publication :NULL/
Publication :“Travel Always With a Hoe and a Spade” (Overview -- Maryknoll Africa Area Newsletter, June. 1995)
Sub Theme :Death, Lent, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence, Persecution, Traveling/
Author Name :Bishop Paride Taban/
Author City :Torit
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Between Ikotos and Chukudum, near Lotome in Southern Sudan, I found vultures
finishing off the remains of a person eaten by hyenas, yet another of the many
victims of terrorist bombing. The skull in the centre of the road forced me to
stop the car.  As I stepped down I saw vast quantities of dried up bones on the
ground covering the whole length of the road.  I had neither hoe nor spade to
bury the remains of "my countrymen" like Tobit.  Spontaneously I knelt down and
prayed as the Holy Spirit could inspire me at the moment.  Certainly, I could
not prophesy like Ezekiel: "In the valley of dried up bones."  But I recommended
those dry bones to the Lord who alone can give life to the dead, for he is "the
resurrection."  I now end my Lent message with this appeal: "Travel always with
a hoe and spade to help you bury the bodies of our countrymen."


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