Rosalina Tuyuc, Cakchikel indigenous Guatemalans who now chairs the National Commission for Reparations and is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, is a of those lives that accumulate experiences that can not reach the common people.
Comalapa spent his childhood in a colorful town of farmers and primitive painters, where he suffered poverty and limited education for today continues to suffer the vast majority of the Mayan population in Guatemala.
But when his small town and country began to suffer the misery of war, she grew up. His key was the activism, from very young worked in the Church, cooperatives, and then has been at the head of the National Coordination of Widows of Guatemala, an organization of more than 100,000 women who lost husbands and sons in the war.
This tiny woman with colorful blouse, often faced military power. Side of the people, called to end the forced recruitment of indigenous youth in the army, fought for the armed forces not to force their husbands to patrol and paramilitary organizations and in particular has investigated the fate of the disappeared. Activism led to political participation, was deputy and now President of the National Reparations Commission and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
God expects each of us be active in life and not to be of those who let things happen without leaving marks. God has called us to trace our way. This is the day when you leave your imprint on the move as Rosalina Tuyuc ..... And especially as Jesus of Nazareth did.
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Matthew 4:23 And when Jesus had finished these words, people were astonished at his doctrine. Matthew 7:28
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of Jesus. Matthew 14:1
