This is great good Advent news for me.  In 1984 I made a retreat on the topic of Guatemala in Washington, D.C.  The reflection and education about the genocide in Guatemala was followed by the action of visiting our congressmen.  Then in l988 I was part of a consciousness  raising trip to El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.  We visited a village where only 6 men survived among women and children.  We were told not to publish any pictures from that visit.  It would endanger the people's lives. I'll never forget our visit to the U.S. embassy in El Salvador.  At that time we were supplying the Salvadoran army with at least a million dollars a day.  The Embassy was a fortified bunker.  It is difficult for me to believe that the situation in these Central American countries is worse now.  It was so terrible then.  Stanley Rother and Bishop Gerardi with so many others gave their lives in service and witness.  Eternal rest grant unto them Oh Lord, and Let PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON ....