November 14, 2007
Dear Fr. Joseph Sharbel, Parish Council, brothers and sisters of St.
Peter’s Parish:
Please receive many greetings from all the members of San Francisco de
Asis Parish.
Once again, we had the pleasure of visiting with a delegation from our
beloved sister parish. The delegation’s visit was very important to
us. First, because through the brotherly interaction with these five
brothers and sisters from St. Peter’s, we feel that we have strengthened the bonds
of unity between our two parishes. And second, because we lived
together and shared our faith, our hope and our desires of building a
different world with them. By sharing all of this, we feel that we are not
alone, then we realize that despite the distance between us and the
different circumstances and living conditions, our faith is the same and
that same faith drives us to live in solidarity.
The dates that the delegation decided to visit are very significant to
our town, because, commemorating the martyrdom of the Jesuits and their
collaborators, we also commemorate the martyrdom of many men, women,
youth, and children who dreamed about a different society and that
compromised until it meant death for them. All of these people shouldn’t
be forgotten because the cause of their fight must continue alive in
our hearts; but also because there has been no justice for their deaths,
and because we continue having crimes that in our country that go
unpunished, the most vulnerable of our society are always the victims.
Thank you, because you all have made us feel that you carry us around
in your minds and in your hearts. The support that you have given us
will be used to continue with our pastoral labor, to continue with our
mission of building up the Kingdom of God among our people.
We want to also thank the boys and girls that very enthusiastically
wrote letters to the girls and boys of our parish. Our children
couldn’t send a response yet, but they are very happy to receive your letters
and also send their greetings. We hope to answer them in the future.
We don’t want to forget to thank you for your economic support that
permits us to carry forward, with more resources, our pastoral work.
There is much to tell and much to thank you for and one letter isn’t
sufficient. We hope that the delegation can convey all of our thanks
and our happiness to have had them with us.
All that there is to do now is send a brotherly hug from our entire
parish to St. Peter’s Parish.
May God bless you, may Jesus Christ accompany you and the Holy Spirit
light the road of all the members of our loved sister parish.
P. Jesús María Ahechu
