\nIt is their right to find a better life, but it is also their right to have a better life in the country where they were born, and to have no need to migrate.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I know I have found my call to accompany and advocate for migrants in their journey from despair to hope, either here in Honduras or in one of the many other countries with a migrant population searching for hope and life. It is their right to find a better life, but it is also their right to have a better life in the country where they were born, and to have no need to migrate.<\/p>\n
I am still discerning my place and my role in these situations that many times seem to have no end or reason. I place my trust and hope in God that I, too, will find my way in this journey and draw closer to God as I accompany the suffering migrant. Just like the women who accompany Jesus in his suffering on the way to Calvary, I hope that I can be faithful till the end. I hope I can share God\u2019s love and help these people regain their dignity, which has been stripped away by the treatment they receive in their journey. Together, may we find a path and a light to guide us through the darkness.<\/p>\n
Scarboro missioner Fr. Luis Lopez was ordained on July 11, 2015, at the Scarboro Missions chapel by Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Lenten reflection by Fr. Luis Lopez, S.F.M. In August of last year, I went to Honduras to discern the possibility of working with migrating peoples. Honduras is a poor country, full of violence and with few prospects for a better life for many of its peoples. The migrant Hondurans I have met are not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5334"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5377,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions\/5377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarboromissions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}