Luke 10:25-41, from the Proper 10 (15)

Twenty-five-year-old Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez was a nobody. His daughter, Valeria, just shy of 2, was even more of a nobody. But they’re both famous now, although not necessarily by name. Their picture made news around the world in late June. It shows the two of them nestled close, her tiny arm around his neck, his shirt stretched over her as a makeshift carrier, and both of them face down in the muddy Rio Grande river, dead.

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