Looking out at the postmodern day landscape, we may be tempted toward hopelessness and despair, and very often we fall directly into the mire of confusion and nihilism that seems to be determined and final. The conflagration of world and national politics, ideologies of colonial domination and marginalization, war, famine, and environmental terrors blaze all around us.…
GOD MOTHER
After many yearning years of hoping to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this past All Saints Day (November 1st) I was graciously afforded the opportunity. As I approached the new basilica, designed by the architect, Pero Ramirez Vazquez, I was struck by how the structure created both a hospitable and protecting spirit, as if the church itself attracted you into the embrace of its great mother. …
FREEDOM’S HOME
What does it mean to feel cursed? In a way, to be cursed can mean that there is something seemingly greater than us that wields power over us in such a way that we are deprived of our freedom. Something has a hold on us and we cannot seem to break free. …
The Rose
“What must I do, to tame you?” asked the little prince.
“You must be very patient,” replied the fox. “First you will sit down at a little distance from me–like that–in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing.…
WITHOUT QUESTION
We live in a world that can seem very frightening. If we spend only a moment simply glancing at the headlines or listening to the sound-bytes in the mega-media, we are doused with an overwhelming barrage of news that can incite fear, loathing, anger, despair, and even worse, numbness and indifference. …