LCR: Números 21:4-9; Salmo 107:1-3,17-22; Efesios 2:1-10; San Juan 3:14-21 Todo el que cree en Jesus, tendrá vida eterna. Éste es el mensaje para este cuarto domingo del camino cuaresmal. La cuaresma nos invita a examinar nuestras vidas a la luz de la Palabra de Dios, preparándonos bajo su guía para lograr una vivencia profunda…

[RCL] Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 Our Gospel passage today is the end of a conversation Jesus had with the Pharisee Nicodemus. Some might hear that Nicodemus is a Pharisee and immediately cast him in a negative light. For that reason, a hearer could be tempted to imagine his conversation with…

LCR: Números 21:4-9; Salmo 107:1-3,17-22; Efesios 2:1-10; San Juan 3:14-21 “Pues Dios amó tanto al mundo, que dio a su Hijo único, para que todo aquel que cree en él no muera, sino que tenga vida eterna”. Esta frase del evangelio recoge la acción más importante realizada por Dios en favor del género humano, materializada…

[RCL] Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 There is no more familiar passage in all of Scripture than John 3:16. It has been emblazoned on billboards and bumper stickers, sewn into throw pillows and baseball caps, and it has even appeared tattooed into the skin of more than a few actors and…

La lectura del evangelio según San Juan que acabamos de escuchar le sigue al diálogo entre Nicodemo y Jesús. Nicodemo es uno de los líderes religiosos judíos quien, por temor al juicio de sus compañeros, secretamente y en la oscuridad de la noche busca a Jesús. Es en esta conversación que encontramos tal vez uno…

If you are uncomfortable around snakes, this might not be your Sunday! But, if you can set that discomfort aside, you will be treated to an insight about how the ancient Hebrew Bible reading from Numbers connects with the Gospel reading from John. If you were running from something, brutal slave labor, for example, you…

John 3:16 – it appears a lot of places, and mostly not a quote of the text but just that citation of gospel, chapter and verse. Just the name “John” followed by the number “3,” a colon and the number “16.” It appears on placards at sports events, on signs people post on their front…

Todas las lecturas que nos entrega la Iglesia en este día, nos hablan del amor del Señor Jesucristo por nosotros sus hijos. San Juan en el Evangelio dice: “Pues Dios amo tanto al mundo, que dio a su hijo único, para que todo aquel que crea en el no muera, sino que tenga vida eterna”(Juan…

Quick, what is another name for today, the Fourth Sunday in Lent? Give up? Actually, there are several possible answers to this question, all of them correct, and all of them originating in ecclesiastical history and liturgical practice. In some quarters, especially among our Roman Catholic friends and neighbors, the Fourth Sunday in Lent is…