¿Sabes tú que hace más de dos mil años, Cristo oró por ti? ¿Sabes que Cristo le pidió a su Padre, que te cuidara con Su poder? ¿Sabes que Cristo oró para que todas las personas aquí presentes estén completamente unidas? Esto es lo que acabamos de recibir de las lecturas. En la lectura del…

[RCL]: Zephaniah 3:14-20; Canticle 9; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18 Technically, Christmas lasts 12 days. It starts at sundown Christmas Eve and continues until January 6, the Epiphany. In the old days, Christians refrained from Christmas celebration until Christmas Eve. Not even the tree would go up before then, as people respected the holy anticipation of…

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…

Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) Saul of Tarsus, the persecutor of Christ-followers, performs his job so thoroughly that Acts describes him as “still breathing threats and murder” (v. 1). Rounding up believers on the Way, binding them up, and sending them to Jerusalem was as innate to him as inhaling and exhaling. We might even presume that…

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John…

Hace muchos años estuvo de moda una canción de Joan Manuel Serrat basada en uno de los poemas más conocidos de Antonio Machado. Decía así: “Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más. Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar. Al andar se hace camino y al volver la vista atrás. Se…

[RCL]: Amós 5:18–24; Salmo 70; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:13–18; San Mateo 25:1–13 QUE LA LÁMPARA DE NUESTRAS BUENAS ACCIONES NOS GUÍE AL ENCUENTRO CON DIOS Y LA RECONCILIACIÓN CON LOS HERMANOS A largo de nuestras vidas seguramente hemos pasado por momentos difíciles y, para muchos, este año 2020 estará presente entre las cuentas; a pesar de…

Episcopalians are invited to enhance their Good Friday devotion by attending a sacred performance of music devoted to this solemn day. The concert is being given in support of the 103 years of the Good Friday Offering, which assists churches, medical programs, and schools in the Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

[RCL] Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7,10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12 Let me share with you a bit of parable: in spite of what the Christmas pageant might have us believe, and with great respect and love for pageant directors everywhere: shepherds aren’t always with their flocks. Once in a while, they get a day off too….

[RCL]: Exodus 24:12-18; Psalm 2 or Psalm 99; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9 Over the course of the liturgical year, we make our way through the Gospel, hearing the accounts of Jesus’ ministry from birth, to life, to death, to life eternal. On the first Sunday of the season after Epiphany, we encounter Jesus at…