Esther, wet nurse of Johanna of Chuza
Wet nurse of Johanna of Chuza.
"I received her from her mother’s womb… I was a servant and I was married, and I had a child one month old and I suckled her, because her mother was very weak and could not… I acted as her mother when she became an orphan and she could hardly say mummy. I have grown old and wrinkled watching at her bedside when she was ill… I dressed her as a bride and led her to her nuptial bed… I smiled at her hopes of becoming a mother… I wept with her over her dead baby…"[2]
She pleads to Jesus to heal her mistress,[3] which will be done.[4]
Character and Appearance
Apostolic Path
As a disciple, she will be among the holy women active at the dawn of the Resurrection.[6]
Her name
Esther (Estér) is a name coming from the Persian *stareh* which means "star," taken as a symbol of beauty. - Historical reference: Queen Esther chosen by the King of Persia who had to intervene to to save her people destined for destruction.