Through the story of young Magdalena Gomez Gregorio and her family — witnesses to adversity and unexpected support during the August 2019 immigrant raid at food processing plants in Morton, Mississippi — Sr. María Elena Méndez reveals in her column for GSR an inspiring story of how courage can transform pain into a beacon of hope and unity.
Jesus spent his childhood in an era marked by violence, imprisonment, and exile. His childhood was not too different from what we experience today. And in the rubble-filled manger of Nicaragua, Jesus continues to be born.