Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 1, 2011 / 12:06 pm
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City has called on Mexicans to seek out the love and peace of Christ as a response to the terrible wave of violence that has swept the country.
The cardinal explained during a Jan. 30 homily that “hatred and violence will always lead us to destruction and to digression. Love and peace are the way toward true and irreversible change, not only at the institutional level, but at a personal level and in our consciences.”
“It is unquestionable that the love and peace proclaimed by Christ have benefited people and humanity much more than the revolts of zealots, civil wars and class warfare. It is clear that what the Mexican people today are waiting for are proposals that will bring progress and not useless confrontations; inclusive and participative projects and not short-lived prominence; productive programs that create wealth and not the spreading of bitterness and despair,” Cardinal Rivera said.
“The changes and transformations that Jesus proposes do not come about through hatred and violence, but rather through love and peace. The struggles that Christ calls us to are not ‘against’ someone, but rather ‘for’ the poorest and most excluded of this world,” he continued.