Helen Prejean
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Helen Prejean
Helen Prejean, C.S.J.is a Roman Catholic nun, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph and a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth21 April 1939
CountryUnited States of America
Helen Prejean quotes about
death-penalty dies deserve
Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?
speaks-out government citizens
I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.
prayer suffering world
I saw the suffering and I let myself feel it… I saw the injustice and was compelled to do something about it. I changed from being a nun who only prayed for the suffering world to a woman with my sleeves rolled up, living my prayer.
stronger vengeance mercy
Mercy is "stronger and more God-like than vengeance".
fitness-motivational important matter
The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.
eventually matter
The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.