A meeting of Holy Angels and St. Theresa’s group was held at Dianne’s home on November 21, 2021. Opening Prayer, “Lord, Give me a Big Heart Today” was read by Lorrette. The Prayer Service “Congregation de Notre-Dame – Celebrating Our Internationality Together for the Life of the World” was presented by Doreen, Genevieve and Patrick. The Closing video Prayer was to St. Francis Assisi ending our meeting.
Mi nombre es: (My name is) Maria, Jose, Jesus I stand at the water's edge, of Mexico.
WAITING, WAITING, WAITING.
Looking on the other side of the river I dream of freedom. Cameras are watching my every move, like monsters ready to attack if I dip my foot into the waters.
The vast country of the North is before me. I WAIT, I WAIT, I WAIT
I ask myself: “Is there room for me in this expansive land?”
I doubt there ever was an easy time to live. But as I am buffeted by many present threats to life such as COVID-19 that many try to wish away, climate change that has been downplayed for forty years or more, and ever more violent backlash against attempts to begin to dismantle the caste system in North America, I find it difficult not to despair. Nonetheless, the readings for the second Sunday of Advent give me cause for hope.
