The text was discussed in the homilies of masses made in the San Cristóbal (Iztepeque, San Vicente: 5:00 pm.) Mass in honor of Heisselita and Osman, child victims of the storm Ida and the Calvary of San Vicente, mass in tribute also to victims of the storm (7:00 pm.).
In the context of Christmas is often recall the text of Isaiah 9:
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. The text of Isaiah, John the Evangelist applies to the birth of Jesus
Word-that is, Christ- The true light that enlightens every man . is the status light to see. So it is not enough to have eyes to say "I see." To discover the deeper aspects of reality requires, first, to be enlightened by the light that Jesus proposes to his thinking and lifestyle. At the same time, who are enlightened by Jesus, can in turn create the conditions for visibility, ie, can, with his works, being light in the darkness, who imposed blur the reality of corruption and violence.
then understood what Jesus says in the Gospel: I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but will have the light of life (Jn 8.12).
And we mean to us to be a source of light in the world:
You are the light of the world A city on a hill can not be hid. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a gourd, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to everyone at home. Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven (Mt 5.14).
In the case of the Virgin Mary, she "gives birth to Light," that is Jesus.
Inspired
vocation of Mary, our mission is to radiate light in the darkness that consistently produces world. This theological mode, it tries to open a space in the history of the Holy Spirit, so that he can act. In fact, Mary was "full of the Holy Spirit" and suitable for the historical conditions that could work. Good works are an act of freedom. Freedom, directed, is a prerequisite for building the Kingdom of God, kingdom of justice, peace, freedom. Christmas is a gathering of freedoms: freedom from God revealed in Jesus, and freedom of men. Men and women who respect the dignity and fight for their rights are light, offer solutions to the problem of violence. In contrast, people who conspire evil will be highlighted by their own actions.
Therefore, the interesting words of the Prologue of the Gospel of John: came to his house, and yours did not. But those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, if he believed in his name.
And therefore, being the children of God, that is, to be disciples of Jesus, held by the God you believe. Thus began the Christian faith in the world, when there were people who were willing to testify the truth revealed in Jesus and how he lived.
1. PAIN AND HOPE
Party and the joy of year-end can not minimize and hide under the realism of the painful historical facts with which closes this year. One is the natural disaster that hit many families Vicenza, in particular, simple people.
But the fact gives us hope that the God in whom we believe was born in painful conditions: poverty and persecution.
of poverty because there is no space in the lodges where accommodation requests, and if found it is a stable, ie in unsanitary conditions. Revealed the news to the shepherds, unsophisticated people of manners, but in a profound simplicity of heart. Hence the maximum summary of the Gospel preached by Jesus blessed the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven and opposite version, that is, woe to you rich! For you have received your consolation. In the same story of the birth of Christ appears a dialectic between the violent intentions of Herod, King of demagoguery, who tells the Magi: Go and search diligently for the child, and when ye have found him, bring me word that I may come and worship him. His real intentions are revealed in the killing of innocent children. Lying is synonymous with violence, pain and death. The mothers of these children wept bitterly to their children, as well as the text says the prophet Jeremiah:
A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation
Grande, weeping and wailing;
is Rachel weeping their children,
and would not be comforted, because they.
Grande, weeping and wailing;
is Rachel weeping their children,
and would not be comforted, because they.
And how many mothers have mourned the death of his sons in San Vicente? We want to be close to those mothers. Not cheap sentimentality, but as one who identifies the terrible dialectic that is repeated among those living on the banks of rivers and ravines in El Salvador and those who see with indifference and indolence the suffering of the people thereof, campaign time to embrace those same people, demagogic promises of a better situation. They that live in luxury homes, whose children will never know the precise meaning and exact words: hunger, cold, economic precariousness.
2. CAUSES
But the breeding ground of corruption and domination is ignorance, deliberately provoked and sustained by the executioner, by the dominator. Let
examples: How many theaters are in San Vicente? How many specialized libraries for children or young people?
And how many brothels there in San Vicente? How many "Chupaderos? How many clubs? respond with sincerity and we realize that the development of peoples is not good intentions. And the violence we live in is not coincidental. The space in reality is always the same and shall be filled, if any, by the promoters of culture, life, human rights, otherwise, is occupied by the usual suspects: the corrupt, violent, those who trample on human dignity.
The streets of San Vicente resemble a lunar surface, by the number of craters in them are. Meanwhile, the people still paying their taxes before the indifference and cynicism of their leaders.
3. CHALLENGES
are opened, therefore serious challenge on the horizon next one year that begins:
- strengthen institutions. The already struggling to improve people's living conditions.
- Creating new institutions for resistance. Spaces where people can express their thoughts and also demand their rights.
- Serious evangelization of the Church community. The priority is to overcome sentimentalist reduction of faith and into a serious evangelism, organized and inspired by Gospel principles of prophecy, the option for the poor and defending human rights.
The process does not need pastors evangelical faith commitment to political and economic favors. The Gospel has power in itself, and all you need are people willing to give tesimonio of truth and to focus on the preaching of the gospel. Everything else is waste of time.
We wish you a year filled with peace, with many blessings for their families. Society is showing signs of hope, but we have to even more courageous step, so that justice reigns, peace and respect for the rights of individuals.
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