Cesar Fernandez-Stoll

Everything in life is not black and white, a selective pattern which only allows two alternatives. This nevertheless, does not mean not to exist issues where the choices are as blatantly clear as black and white. The foundation and strength of the collective social approach is based on the assumption that there are some people more gifted than others and for that reason, these people have a sort of divine gift and beyond it, mandate, to impose their plan upon others. Without a doubt, there are people more gifted than others in several areas and most definitively, not in all areas all the time; with wonderful special gifts but these especial qualities are not to be vehicles of oppression but as means towards common good and social justice, from the individual not from any collective scheme. Even the less gifted are capacitated to provide a contribution for the common good as are as blessed by God as each and everyone else.

While we laugh on the last ‘blonde’ joke and we look at the political scene and observe how the election of a black president in the United States becomes a major threshold in the process of cultural integration; we think about how other culture divides can make good use of this experience and we praise the Lord for the gift of putting an end to the racial divide. Yet, it seems in the world there is no particular race or culture, that can escape untouched from stereotyping, and the occurrence of one particular event as meaningful as it might seem to be, is nothing but an opportunity to advance other issues in the political agenda not letting the opportunity pass without taking advantage of precisely the issue that is supposed to ‘end’ it all.

As history unravels an persistently repeats itself while stubbornly as well as blindly, insists on our helplessness and the futility of our participation in assisting to the common good and justice, we look back and see how progress

Some time ago the feminist movement claiming that men and women were equal; used to present education and upbringing as the problem that made them in the differences they are today.

As we navigate through the rough waters of these seemingly disastrous economic times of so much social decay; it is important to reflect on the roots of such a

Love is giving not expecting anything in return. Love is our direct connection to God. Nobody that rejects love or refuses love can reach salvation.