Paper No. 8: The Flavor of Mexican Catholicism: An Ongoing Rebellion (March 22, 2013) Essay

When I first read Octavio Paz’ collection of essays in The Labyrinth of Solitude it awakened in me a need to comprehend my identity as a Mexican. Like most people, I used to spend my days wrapped in the cocoon of experiences and the stimulus of my surroundings, as if the world was the same everywhere. The reality of the Mexican experience is, as Octavio Paz explained is that México is a people of contrasts, as Paz wrote façade of “smoke and mirrors.” Nothing explains this duality better than the Mexican flavor of Catholicism.