Dear friends,

When the welcome mat is removed, in this case solely arbitrarily, getting a job and other things necessary to live become hard to obtain.  There is, of course, hope that applying contact in high places, this mistake can be reversed.  Our hope is in the Name of the Lord, who made Heaven and Earth.  We never forget, especially now, that Jesus is God and King, not only in our hearts, but socially.

Here is something from what Lazaro wrote while in prison:

Freedom is the right that every man has to be true (honest), and to think and talk without hypocrisy.  A man that hides what he thinks, or does not dare to say what he thinks is not an honest man.

--José Martí

Libertad es el Derecho que todo hombre tiene  a ser  honrado, y a pensar  y a  hablar sin hipocresía. Un hombre que oculta lo que piensa,o no se atreve a decir lo que  piensa no es un hombre  honrado.
--José Martí.

I asked him to express his thoughts on Our Lord's claim to be Our God and King from the Cross and below is what he wrote to me.  Please keep in mind that, as with millions of modern-day Cubans, he was never properly catechized nor given the sacraments and we have a duty to evangelize such as these.  Yet, he does appreciate the eternal sacrifice of the Lord.

" That He is Who guides and takes care of us; he makes us different but  makes there be respect, which is the base of societies, so that people would not have to go through what Jesus went through on the scaffold.  This story serves as reference so as not to fall any more into sin."

¡Viva Cristo Rey!

Patria y Vida.

Blessed Easter Triduum!

+JMJ+
Manuel Vicente