La teología de la liberación en prospectiva - Noticias más vistas

These two factors create a situation in which consequences are judgedfrom the liberal political discourse, where the society and Peruvian authoritiesare criticised. They had not been able to respond to the situationin a proper manner: human rights had not always been fully respected norwere the politicians guided by disinterest or minimum respect for the truth.These are understatements so typical of Gutiérrez which fully indicate hisopinions regarding the policy of the Fujimori government. He is not explicitlyaccusing the government of violating human rights, benefiting from theturmoil or lying; it is up to his readers to read behind the lines.It is against this background that he finds reason for hope from theCatholic theological discourse through his reading of the texts for Christmas.“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light”. Gutiérrezwants to remind his readers that there are forces within Peruvian societythat try to do something about the situation. It was important to recognisethese efforts and their potential power to transform the despair of the momentto something hopeful. The Catholic theological discourse becomesdecisive in Gutiérrez’ pastoral theological discourse in this text.By their commitment and dedication, they are small but contagiouslights, which bring a ray of light in the thick of the night. The light is not atthe end of the tunnel; it is in the tunnel itself, in the people who journeythrough it. Their role is to bring light in the tunnel and even more to bringdown walls and ceiling so that it may cease to be an obligatory hemmedinpath and become a wide, open, luminous, and free avenue leading us“with justice and with righteousness” and preparing us to welcome the“prince of peace” (Is 9:6-7): Jesus from Nazareth.Gutiérrez develops his reflection towards its crescendo in the last twoparagraphs of which the one quoted above is the second to last. It is permeatedby the pastoral theological discourse, which here focuses on givingreasons for hope. Gutiérrez focuses on those people whose examplewill encourage others to resist moments of hopelessness and despair. Theirexample lights up a dense night.People were at this moment desperately trying to look for the light atthe end of the tunnel. And when they could not see it, despair was deep.People are encouraged to change perspectives: if the light at the end ofthe tunnel cannot be seen, try instead to see the lights within the tunnelitself; a light that could be exemplified with the various initiatives of thosepeople he referred to. These people were called to give light in the tunnel,but not only that; with their example they were like termites underminingthe whole system that kept people in despair, so that the tunnel could becracked down and transformed to a wide, open and luminous avenue thatCongreso Continental de Teología x 357