Read in English Amado mío, Tú que me acompañas en el camino,Haz que tu presencia que es mi guíasantifique cada paso que doy. En los momentos en que me preocupo al pensar que mis dones tal vez no sean suficientes,recuérdame…
This week, we celebrate National Migration Week around the theme, 'Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees.'
A voice rises up from within the trees:
Are you ready to give your whole life to me?
My eyes shine up at the trees
From under my visor.
They know my answer is yes.
Beloved, be with all of us in our
leaning,
leaning into something new
leaning with trust on one another
leaning in toward the light.
t definition of asylum in the U.S. is based on the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees. It was created when countries came together in the wake of the Holocaust and committed that never again would they return people fleeing persecution to danger.
Like most stereotypes, my beliefs about immigrants most likely came from a combination of sources: messages I heard from the news, friends, and media that convinced me that immigrants were an inherent threat to my well-being.
As I move into this new ministry of accompanying and learning from people on the move — people fleeing violence, seeking opportunity, working to keep their families together — I find some solace in the ways Creation shows us that division is a farce.
I couldn't help but feel a sense of loss that, as the drumbeat of white supremacy in the U.S. echoes louder and the inequality gap widens, this beacon of creative non-violent resistance is simultaneously dimming
It was so strange to stand outside the place where Sonia was detained
At times when the way ahead,
or even the next step,
seems unclear,
assure me that You know what is to come;
that You envision
a plan to prosper me and not to harm me,
to give me a future full of hope.