Good morning. Tomorrow is Dec. 12, the anniversary of the day when innocent little Juan Diego, Mexican Indian peasant, had a chance encounter with a beautiful vision--the Virgin Mary. It's been about five hundred years or more, but things have not changed that much for Juan Diego in Mexico I am sure. But he has a beautiful vision. That's a lot.
My church has a section for Spanish-speaking people. That's harshly said, but true. The kids in that section are lucky to have a talented leader who is trying to help them understand their place in this world and finally perhaps realize some of the good things that will come of this collision of new and old worlds, civilizations, and religions.
One of the best things I know is the Guadalupe Project, which aims to show the girls that they are all Guadalupes...and to show the boys --and this is so important--that within each girl is a Guadalupe, an image of the Virgin Mary. Boys have to have something to venerate in women, or they just go crazy following their own built-in instincts and drives. Am I being ridiculously old-fashioned in having these ideas? I don't believe so. I believe there is a huge need in young boys and girls to have something offered to them other than the rapacious exploitation of each other's existence that seems to be what our 21st Century USA offers. The generation of parents of these adolescent youngsters seems to be the generation totally without inner resources, and they just pass all their ignorance on to their starving kids and tell them|: Go at it. That's what I see on television, for sure. I avoid most television, especially reality TV and family squabble shows. But five minutes a day of skimming is enough. It is sad. Remember, girls of America, within each of you resides the Virgin of Guadalupe or whatever color or class of Virgin you wish to identify with. You have the right to honor her. Draw her picture. Put it on your wall or in your notebook. Just don't forget she's there for you to call on, no matter what happens to you. YAZZYBEL
No comments:
Post a Comment