Mary and the church in Latin America
are marked by poverty.
Vatican Council II says
that Mary stands out among the poor
who await redemption from God.
Mary appears in the Bible
as the expression of poverty, of humility,
of one who needs everything from God.
When she comes to America,
her intimate, motherly converse
is with an Indian, an outcast, a poor man.
Mary’s dialog in America
begins with a sign of poverty,
poverty that is hunger for God,
poverty that is joy
of independence.
Poverty is freedom.
Poverty is needing others,
needing brothers and sisters,
supporting one another
so as to help one another.
This is what Mary means
and what the church means
in Latin America.
If at some time
the church betrayed its spirit of poverty,
then it was unfaithful to the gospel...
which meant it to be distinct
from the powers of the earth.
Not depending on the money
that makes humans happy.
But depending
on the power of Christ,
on God’s power.
That is
its greatness.
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