• It is better to light one candle…

    While walking around the magnificent Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, I captured a photo of one solitary man praying before thousands of candles.  It spoke something profound to me.  I asked my wife to give me a caption for this photo.  She said, “You are not alone.”   I imagined his prayer being represented by a solitary light.  But joined with countless others.  I was on side of the basilica called the Quemador de Veladoras (simply translated “Burner of Candles”).  It was a wide pedestrian road.  On the other side of the road were many pilgrims, young and old, sitting in the shade on the curb eating…