The night the world has known from the darkness of war, the violence of hatred, the actions of imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, patriarchy. The world has waited in silence of destruction, natural disasters, and trauma. We are always waiting in hope for peace and justice to Reign. The splendor of the Glory that rises each morning with the sun comes with an opportunity to live once more.
Our lives are a constant cycle of life, death, and resurrection. We are born with each dawn of the morning and continue onward like the constant waves of the ocean. We are connected to everything, especially in suffering. We have the lives of the saints to illuminate our struggle with sincere hope in the truth and existence of peace and justice. The sacrifice of the martyrs, lives of saints, those who have given their whole lives for the greater good of humanity give us hope that love conquers all things. In fact that one day the great night of crisis will end.
Women will not weep at the death of their children from malnutrition, violent massacres by armies or gangs marking territories. Children will not be separated from their parents by thousands of miles and boarders of other countries or be put to rest each night with the sound of bullets and bombs exploding as common as the sound of rain drops. Men will not be tormented by the scars of war, memories of darkness consuming their existence into fatal addictions.
We know and believe that this can be transformed because of the sacrif
ice of Jesus Christ and the life of the Virgin Mary. Death does not conquer our existence. Rather we are liberated because of love. For this we have the cross, with the arms of Christ wide open willing to receive us and the eyes of the Virgin Mary looking upon us with care.
We have hope with every moment of laughter and joy in breaking bread together. We have hope because we are walking in this journey together in all our struggles. We share the pains of our crucifixion, the anticipation of our nights waiting. Like John the Beloved Disciple and the Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross, the fidelity of hope is present for the strength of love cannot be broken by fear. The whole-hearted reality in which we live comes with vulnerability, baring ourselves to one another in authenticity. We are transformed. Each day is a revelation of our interconnectedness and experience of solidarity. Together we live; together we die, and together we rise. This is the eternal mystery in which we believe to be true. We are rooted in the tree that became the cross and upon eternal love sacrificed. Let us hope!
Via Cruses en Chaletanango
Campesino en la via cruses
San Ramon Vigilia
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