As Jesus was dying, the Gospel says that Mary, his mother, stood under the cross. What was she doing, while standing there? On the surface, it seems she wasn't doing anything at all.

She wasn't saying anything, wasn't trying to stop the crucifixion and she wasn't even trying to protest against the unfairness or plead Jesus innocence. She was silent, seemingly passive, overtly doing nothing.

But at a deeper level, she was doing all that can be done in this kind of situation, she was standing inside of it, in strength, refusing to give back in kind, resisting in a much deeper way.

Our nation saw it in Mama Rosette Mboutchouang who avoided the luxuries of Yaounde and stayed as Mayor of a small hamlet to contribute her own quota to a dying nation. Cameroon never forgets. Rest In Peace