Co-creators – Feb. 5, 2021
“When you look at our continent [of South America], where more than two thirds of the people live in sub-human conditions as a result of injustices, and when you see that the same situation is repeated all over the world, how can you help wanting to work towards human liberation? Just as the Father, the […]
Hyperconnectivity – Aug. 7, 2020
“One time I listened to Farmer give a talk on HIV to a class at the Harvard School of Public Health, and in the midst of reciting data, he mentioned the Haitian phrase “looking for life, destroying life,” Then he explained, “It’s an expression Haitians use if a poor woman selling mangoes falls off a […]
“God gives but doesn’t share” – Aug. 5, 2020
“How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: “Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe.” In literal translation, “God gives but doesn’t share.” This meant… God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he’s not the one who’s supposed to divvy up the loot. That […]
Where to Seek Him – Dec. 27, 2019
We must not seek the Child Jesus in the pretty figures of our Christmas cribs.We must seek him among the undernourished children who have gone to bed tonight with nothing to eat,among the poor newsboys who will sleep covered with newspapers in doorways. –Archbishop Oscar Romero, December 24, 1979
