Suffering servant.END OF THE FREIGHT TRAIN IS MAKING TRACKS ON HIS BACK, LIKE A SCOURGE. Arms outstretched out·stretch tr.v. out·stretched, out·stretch·ing, out·stretch·es To stretch out; extend. outstretched Adjective , this Honduran migrant is holding on. God, I really don't want this cross, but don't let me fall from it. This cross, even this awful cross, might lead, he believes, to a better life for him and his family. My God, my God, why have you forsaken for·sake tr.v. for·sook , for·sak·en , for·sak·ing, for·sakes 1. To give up (something formerly held dear); renounce: forsook liquor. 2. me? The cry does not want to come out, but the noise inside is deafening. Why are some of your children so forsaken? The migrant breathes hard. Is it a prayer, a shout, or both? My God, my God, why? And yet there is hope. We have done what we can to bring about a better world for us and our children, he thinks. All is fulfilled. All that remains is to entrust everything to you, our God. Even from this strange cross, there is hope. The train runs on, toward the other side, El Norte The Spanish phrase El Norte ("The North") may refer to any of the following places or things:
The crucified migrant prays, breathes hard, dreams--perhaps about resurrection. By CARMEN AGUINACO, managing editor of Claretian Publications' Hispanic Ministry Resource Center and contributing editor of U.S. CATHOLIC. The photo of Honduran migrant Santo Antonio Gamay ga·may n. Any of several related red grapes used for making red wines, especially Beaujolais. [French, after Gamay, a village of east-central France.] is part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo story by Sonia Nazario and Don Bartletti. (Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). photo by Don Bartletti.) |
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