Christmas is a good time to remember the words of Our Lady to St. Juan Diego: "Am I not here who Am Your Mother?" Those are tender words of a Mother to her baby, to that defenseless human being who cannot survive on his own. Recently, I saw a well intentioned poster depicting the Holy Family. Next to the image, in Spanish, were the words: "Navidad es ternura" (Christmas is tenderness) and that is true if we only center the attention in those cute images of baby Jesus under the gaze of his … [Read more...]
Waiting for the 490th Solstice
I am writing much less these days due to some health problems that I hope to resolve as the months go by. For reasons that would be long to explain, I must stay long hours in bed to ease the recovery process. That has kept me away from my computer but at the same time allowed me to revisit certain books and read in depth other works that I had not touched at all before. Please be patient and forgive this meandering article.One can say that God is neat. He orders things in a particular way. … [Read more...]
