"The powerful women disciples follow Jesus to the cross and beyond the cross to the empty tomb. The..."

"The powerful women disciples follow Jesus to the cross and beyond the cross to the empty tomb. The women disciples are courageous, compassionate and faithful, but the male disciples are fearful, hard-hearted and disillusioned. They deny, desert and sell Jesus out to the rich and powerful for money. We have often heard that the Gospels display a 'preferential option for the poor,' but the Gospels display a preferential option for women as well."

- From Broken and Shared, a remarkable new book by Jeff Dietrich of the LA Catholic Worker soup kitchen on Skid Row.