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The article offers information on parenting and being pacifist. It further discusses the mass shootings at school in Uvalde, Texas; practical safety measures and safe environment for children at Catholic schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the exchange between Jesus and Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26); and the importance of community in keeping children safe. Also mentions that the church allows for self-defense.

The author reflects on her experience of spending time alone in the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, the place where Jesus used to go to pray. She discusses the lessons to be learned from the ancient trees in Gethsemane, what the garden has to teach about the humanity of Jesus, and might be learned from Jesus asking his disciples to stay awake and pray with him.