LCR: Isaías 35:1–10; Salmo 146:4–9 LOC; Santiago 5:7–10; Mateo 11:2–11 Encarcelado por órdenes de Herodes, Juan el Bautista tiene urgencia de saber si Jesús es el Mesías esperado. Para saberlo, envía una comitiva a donde se encontraba. La pregunta es simple: ¿Eres tú el que ha de venir o debemos esperar a otro? La respuesta…

Two weeks ago, a six year old girl who lives a few doors away was outside, swinging in her backyard. She was playing a popular children’s game of swinging until she gained sufficient momentum, and then jumped off the swing as it swing forward, sending her up and out, higher and farther than the swing…

[RCL] Revelation 7:9-17; Psalm 34:1-10, 22; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 Today we celebrate the Feast of All Saints, one of the principal feasts in the life of the church. All Saints’ is a day when we recall the enduring beauty of the faithful, both living and departed, and when we profess that, somehow, we…

RCL: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Psalm 19; Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46 Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 There’s something about the Ten Commandments that engages my Inner Child. Not a fun, playful Inner Child, but a child who is very keenly invested in rules: Children naturally are interested in rulemaking, rule-keeping, and rule-enforcement. When I read the…

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home. John Stuart Mill Sitting at a table in the lunchroom at work the other day, a small group of people began talking about the movie Titanic. One person in the group had not yet seen this phenomenon…

LCR: Ezequiel 34:11–16, 20–24; Salmo 95:1–7a; Efesios 1:15–23; San Mateo 25:31–46 Se acerca el final de este año 2023, estamos a un mes del día de Navidad y a un poco más del inicio de un nuevo año; ya se respira un aire navideño en muchas de nuestras ciudades. Con el fin de año llega…

All Saints’ Day is one of the most underrated church holidays of the year. It is overshadowed by its more glamorous cousins, All Hallow’s Eve and Thanksgiving, similar to how Holy Saturday gets lost in Holy Week. But All Saints’ Day can bring us a unique blessing just as Holy Saturday does because they are…

Isn’t today’s gospel reading the darndest parable? The whole thing just sort of jerks along, and doesn’t quite work – especially when you get to the poor fellow who is tossed into the outer darkness for violating the dress code. Puzzling. Let’s unpack it a little and maybe make it a bit easier to grasp….

LCR: 2 Reyes 5:1-3, 7-15c; Salmo 111; 2 Timoteo 2:8-15; San Lucas 17: 11-19 Unidos en la adversidad y agradecidos en la prosperidad. La respuesta a nuestras oraciones llega de donde menos esperamos y de las formas más asombrosas, pero a la vez más sencillas que pudiéramos imaginar. Dios está actuando permanentemente en nuestra historia…

Have you ever tried to explain to a friend, who has never visited, about your home town? It can be a bit disconcerting when you start to describe what for you is so familiar and heart warming, and you look up to see descending over your friend’s eyes a haze, the eyelids starting to droop,…